Tag Archives: firefighter

In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for January 30, 2023, Brad and Curt discuss a race discrimination lawsuit filed by a paid-on-call lieutenant in Michigan; a ruling by the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division that four fire departments ...

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Apopka firefighter Jason Leblanc, 44, has resigned following the disclosure that he set another firefighter, 25-year-old Jack Shumate, on fire at a holiday party on December 18, 2010. Shumate sustained second degree burns and has not returned to work since ...

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A volunteer firefighter in Lafayette, Georgia has been arrested and charged with one count of arson. However, Marvin Chase, 32, is a suspect in over 20 fires and is being referred to as a serial arsonist. According to one news report he admitted ...

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It is not uncommon for members of the public to complain about governmental waste. We have all had to explain to angry taxpayers that it doesn’t cost $2,000 or even $20 to drive an engine company from the fire station ...

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In a long expected lawsuit, the family of Boston Fire Lieutenant Kevin Kelley has filed suit against six companies who inspected or worked on the brakes of the ladder truck prior to the tragic 2009 accident that took his life. ...

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Firefighters in Edison Township, NJ have filed suit against the township alleging that staffing cuts are endangering citizens. The suit, which was filed in Superior Court in New Brunswick on Friday, October 29, 2010, alleges that the cuts constitute an abuse ...

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The Spalding County, Georgia firefighter who took and forwarded a brief video clip of a dead woman at an accident scene on July 17, 2010, has been terminated. Here's the news coverage of the termination.

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Three Florida firefighters were disciplined for taking an ambulance to a house party last May, according to a report issued last week. They were caught after photos from the party appeared on another firefighter’s Facebook page. Three Spring Hill Fire ...

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The North Charleston, South Carolina, Fire Department was cited by state OSHA over injuries to three firefighters at a house fire on July 5, 2010. The department was cited for two serious violations, with fines totaled $2,000. One citation concerned accountability, ...

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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just handed down a decision in a case arising from a fire department administrative investigation in Rialto, California. Firefighter Nicholas Delia of the Rialto Fire Department was under investigation for working while off injured ...

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A volunteer firefighter in Madison, South Dakota was arrested last Saturday, September 4, 2010 and charged with driving a fire truck while intoxicated. Unfortunately this is not the first… nor second…. nor even third case like this we have covered this year. Here ...

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A settlement has been reached in the longstanding sexual harassment dispute in Westbrook, Maine. See past blog. And another. And another. Sadly this was the third round of sexual harassment claims – extending back to the early 1990s, and the third time the ...

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A Lawrence, Indiana firefighter has been terminated for sexual harassment. Michael Rude was accused of a lengthy list of inappropriate conduct. The Lawrence Merit board rendered its decision on September 1, 2010 after numerous witnesses came forward to describe his ...

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When I first started this blog my intent was to offer fire law news and information with a perspective that went beyond just the superficial headlines that other web sites provide. In particular I wanted to give firefighters the rest ...

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