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Suit Filed by PA Firefighter Injured in OUI Tanker Roll Over

It wasn’t the 30 pack that the driver of the tanker purchased enroute to a parade that led to the lawsuit. It wasn’t that the driver began drinking prior to leaving for the parade that led to the lawsuit. It ...

Drunk Driving Chief Charged Again

A Pennsylvania fire chief has been arrested for drunk driving to an EMS run early Sunday morning. Fire Chief Donald Hindman Jr., 49, of the Cecil Volunteer Fire Department No. 1, was accused of having a blood alcohol content of .253. He ...

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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