Apparatus

The two Stafford County, Virginia firefighters who were suspended for having transported an 18-month old child to the hospital on an engine company, have been reinstated. Captain James Kelley and Sergeant Virgil Bloom were reinstated yesterday as of 4 p.m.

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A firefighter in the City of Miami has been given a four-day unpaid suspension for his role in an apparatus accident last August that injured twelve people, including seven firefighters. Gustavo Alzate, a Miami firefighter for two years, was driving an EMS unit when it collided with an engine company

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An Indiana fire department is being sued over a 2013 accident between a rescue vehicle and pickup truck. Andrew Bryner is suing White River Township and the White River Township Fire Department over an accident that occurred on December 14, 2013 at the scene of a previous accident.

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The family of a man killed last July in a collision with a Los Angeles County fire apparatus is suing the county and the driver for wrongful death. Eric Stein, 36, was killed on July 31, 2015 when the car he was driving collided with a Los Angeles County Fire Department camp crew vehicle.

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A Connecticut firefighter whose foot was run over and crushed by an engine at the scene of a house fire last year, is suing his fire department and the driver for his injuries. Christopher Ziemba, a member of the Durham Volunteer Fire Department, was injured on April 23, 2014 at the scene of a house fire in Durham, Connecticut.

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A Philadelphia Fire Department medic is facing discipline following the posting of a video on Facebook showing him texting while driving an ambulance to the hospital. The video was posted by Ebony Clarke, the mother of a patient, Jeron, who was being transported to the hospital for a head injury.

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Today’s burning question: After an apparatus accident last week and I was sent for routine drug/alcohol testing. The local newspaper wrote an article about the accident naming me as the driver and indicating that I was sent for drug testing. The way it was written implied I was sent because I did something wrong.

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The wrongful death suit against the San Francisco Fire Department arising out of the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in July, 2013, has been dismissed. The parents of 16 year old Ye Meng Yuan filed the suit last year. Yuan was allegedly written off as dead as SFFD began foam operations. The suit claimed that her body was struck by two San Francisco Fire Department vehicles.

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A 53-year-old California man who was severely injured when two fire trucks collided as he was waiting to cross the street, has agreed to settle his claims for $15 million. Kenneth Thai was waiting to cross the street on April 16, 2014 when a ladder truck from the Alhambra Fire Department collided with an engine from the Monterey Park Fire Department, causing the engine to strike Thai and continue into a restaurant.

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Its been a busy week in the fire law news. Let’s take a look at a few headlines. In North Carolina, the Providence Volunteer Fire Department has filed suit against the Town of Weddington claiming breach of contract after the ...

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A veteran Oakland firefighter who was seriously injured last year at Oakland International Airport when his ARFF vehicle overturned during a training exercise, has filed suit against the agency that operates the airport. Michael Ow filed suit last week in Alameda County Superior Court against the Port of Oakland.

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The widow of a Kentucky fire captain who was electrocuted while assisting with an ice-bucket challenge event last August has filed a wrongful death suit against Kentucky Utilities, Campbellsville University, and Pierce Manufacturing. Gina Grider filed suit in Taylor County Circuit Court last month over the August 21, 2014 death of her husband, Captain Tony Grider of the Campbellsville Fire Department.

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A battalion chief from Kingman, Arizona has been cited in the traffic death of an elderly woman last July. On July 7, 2014 Emily Jeanne MacDonald, 75, was crossing the street when she was struck by a Kingman Fire Department pickup truck driven by Battalion Chief Bill Johnston

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There’s been another volley fired in the ongoing Police Fire Wars, this time in Georgia. The fire chief for the City of Rincon was responding to a vehicle accident involving a gasoline tanker on April 10, 2015 when a Port Wentworth Police Department saw him and gave chase.

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