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Public Safety Chess Game Continues in Lockport NY

The city of Lockport, New York filed suit against the Lockport Professional Fire Fighters Association yesterday in an attempt to block the union’s attempt to seek binding state arbitration to block the city’s attempt to reduce minimum shift staffing from ...

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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