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Mass Civil Service Commission Renders a Split Decision in Boston Discipline Case

The Massachusetts Civil Service Commission has upheld in part, and reversed in part, discipline of a Boston firefighter on charges of insubordination, unbecoming behavior, and being absent without leave.

Texas Lieutenant Sues For Whistleblower Violation

A Texas lieutenant who was fired for being AWOL on December 23, 2017, is suing his department claiming that his discipline is retaliation for his whistleblowing. Jeramie Casiano was a lieutenant Harris County Emergency Services District 48 Fire Department

AWOL Firefighter Cost $350k and 8 Years to Fire

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 ...

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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