It would appear that the long saga of West Palm Beach Fire Captain Rick Curtis is finally at an end with a settlement announced today that will resolve all outstanding suits and complaints. Captain Curtis has been featured here at ...

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Investigation is related to a fire in a daycare center that killed a one year old child.

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The lawsuit brought against the city of Alameda for not rescuing a suicidal man who drown himself in San Francisco Bay two years ago has been dismissed. Raymond Zack, 52, committed suicide by wading out into the frigid waters off ...

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A new lawsuit has been filed in the aftermath of a fire in Utica, New York in 2009 that claimed the lives of four people. By my count, this is at least the sixth suit to come out of the ...

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The tragic death of Raymond Zack in Alameda, California on Memorial Day, 2011 is back in the news again as the family’s wrongful death lawsuit winds its way through the court system. According to news reports – at issue is ...

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It took eight years, a total of forty days of testimony before an arbitrator, and cost taxpayers $350,000, but the termination of a Windsor, Ontario firefighter for being chronically AWOL has finally been upheld. It is the kind of story ...

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The former fire chief of a Texas volunteer fire department pled guilty to embezzling $20,000 from the department.  So did his wife. Ernest Roland Chapman and his wife, Donna Kay Chapman, pled guilty this week to the charges in 42nd ...

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A New York fire district is facing an unusual problem: what to do with a $5.2 million undesignated surplus uncovered in a state audit. The headache (to the extent a surplus can be a headache) belongs to the Brentwood Fire ...

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An Ohio firefighter/paramedic who lost an eye in an off-duty fireworks accident, today lost a federal court lawsuit to get his job back. Anthony Rorrer was injured in a bottle rocket incident of the 4th of July, 2008. Afterwards, he ...

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Headline says “Detroit fire union sues city for negligence”, but it’s not a new suit

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Its been a long year for Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters IAFF Local 1813, but a hearing officer for the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board has finally added some sanity to what had been a series of labor setbacks. Stating ...

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