Tag Archives: firefighter

Fire fighters are exposed to various hazards during the course of our work – but a claim filed last month by Everett, Washington firefighters reminds us that all hazards must be considered and mitigated during training activities. In July 2007, ...

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We live in a complicated time, where things that happen locally can instantly become sensationalized on a national or even international level. This reality is a function of digital imagery, the Internet and the power of social networking. Firefighters sometimes ...

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I know a lawyer should never complain about too many law suits, but at some point you have to ask when is enough going to be enough. Another group of New Haven firefighters have filed suit over the 2003 promotional ...

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Perhaps it is appropriate to mention this case over the 4th of July holiday, and then again perhaps it is in bad taste. Nevertheless, on July 2, 2010 a British firefighter was charged with manslaughter for the death of a ...

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Firefighters are renowned for their ability to adapt and overcome – at emergency scenes as well as through the trials and tribulations of life. A Haverhill, Massachusetts firefighter reaffirmed that reputation by serving a four month jail sentence in New ...

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Shortly after the historic US Supreme Court Decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, ruled that the City of New Haven had committed reverse discrimination by rejecting the results of the 2003 promotional examinations, Firefighter Michael Briscoe filed suit against New Haven ...

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A Texas jury has ruled in favor of the Austin Fire Department in a gender discrimination case brought by a female firefighter. Firefighter Nona Allen claimed she was subjected to a hostile work environment, and produced several videos to support ...

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The June 18, 2007 Charleston Sofa Super Store fire is in the headlines again, this time on the civil suit side. On March 12, 2010, the South Carolina Court of Appeals refused to dismiss an appeal filed by the store ...

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There has been another skirmish in the Police-Fire Wars, the battle over who is in charge at emergency scenes. This time the skirmish occurred in a most unlikely place: California, the birth place of ICS, the system that was supposed ...

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Which of the following seems out of place:  porn star costume party, on-duty firefighters, alcohol, and sexual assault. Unfortunately those four terms all came together in Sacramento, California on July 2, 2004. In the aftermath of this and several similar ...

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Law school professors are notorious for coming up with strange fact patterns to use on final exams. However, I find that real life in the fire service can top even the best hypothetic questions a law school professor can dream up. ...

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Ok, so maybe it was not a hammer that dropped, it was a gavel, but the metaphor is clearly there: something big happened in the Big Apple on January 21, 2010. Just one week after Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis determined ...

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A very interesting case was decided on January 5, 2010 involving the Bridgeport, Connecticut Fire Department. In May of 2007, the city acquired new vehicles for city fire inspectors, and installed GPS devices in order to electronically monitor the movement ...

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The Albuquerque Fire Department has been struggling with a persistent problem: drunk driving arrests of its off duty personnel. in 2008 there were 6 DWI arrests of AFD firefighters. In 2009, the number jumped to 9. Each new case has been ...

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