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The City of Washington, Pennsylvania has settled a controversial sex discrimination suit brought by the city’s first female firefighter. Victoria Bozic was fired by the City of Washington on March 5, 2009, after she allegedly misrepresented where she lived during ...

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An innocent man sat in a Southern California jail for five months because EMS personnel who transported him to the hospital inadvertently deposited his DNA at a murder scene they later responded to. The unbelievable story of the arrest and ...

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Additional details are emerging about the police investigation of the Columbus Fire & EMS that we posted about last week. It appears the primary focus of the investigation relates to the staffing level of the first in engine at a ...

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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 estate of a man killed in a high rise fire in Chicago last Tuesday, has filed a petition in Cook County Circuit Court to obtain access to 911 tapes and fire reports. The three alarm fire occurred in a ...

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A Florida firefighter is in jail, charged with extortion and related offenses following his threat to release the contents of an illegally recorded private conversation between his fire chief and union president. Fort Lauderdale firefighter Steve Loleski, 35, a 12 ...

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Today’s Burning Question: We are at the scene of a fatal fire that claimed the lives of five people. The building is unsafe and needs to be knocked down. Can we order the building to be demolished? Answer: The authority ...

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Today’s burning question: Are there any Federal laws or requirements that mandate that fire departments comply with or meet NFPA 1710 staffing levels or response times? Answer: There are no laws that I am aware of on a Federal or ...

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Two Murfreesboro, Tennessee firefighters have been suspended following the discovery of two joints in Station 3 on March 11, 2012. Firefighter Terrell Ellis was suspended the day after the discovery of the joints, which coincidentally was the day that he and ...

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An Ohio firefighter paramedic who was terminated for taking illegal drugs from an incident scene and later destroying them in 2010, has been ordered reinstated by an arbitrator. North Royalton firefighter Richard Urich responded to the scene of a heroin ...

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There is a case pending before the Ohio Supreme Court that raises some important considerations for fire departments, and in particular questions about a department’s policy for emergency response driving. The case arose out of an apparatus accident in Canton, Ohio on ...

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Does the fire department have the authority by law, to seize the generator as part of the investigation?

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Today’s burning question: Our union attended a city council meeting, and during the course of the meeting we observed one of the councilmen texting. Are his texts subject to the public record laws? I mean, wouldn’t it be awesome if ...

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A South Carolina paramedic who has been under investigation for the past week, was arrested and charged today for her role in taking and concealing marijuana that was in the pocket of an accident victim. Chelsea Arrowood, 27, of Berkeley ...

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