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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An accident in Floyd County, Georgia has called into question the use of 24 hour shifts/56 hour per week schedules for fire and emergency personnel. Paramedic Gerald Zigner, 22, allegedly fell asleep at the wheel of his ambulance 12 hours into ...

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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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We are living in an era of rapid change, where technology seems to stay well ahead of our ability to effectively draw the line between poor judgment and criminal misbehavior.  Social media web sites such as Facebook and MySpace, combine ...

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Unless you have been on a deserted island ….. one without internet access …. you have probably been following the media spectacle surrounding the Spalding County firefighter who took a video of a fatally injured young woman at an accident scene ...

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Last Friday, October 15, 2010, 31 DC firefighters filed suit against the department leadership alleging racism and discrimination. The lawsuit claims that black firefighters have been disciplined, treated unfairly, denied promotions, and subjected to a hostile work environment based on race. ...

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Change comes hard to the fire service. We all know the worn out saying about 200 years of tradition unimpeded by progress. So it is understandable that firefighters in Orange County, Florida sought to block attempts by the fire department ...

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In what seems to have become standard practice following a line of duty death, the widow of Buffalo Fire Lt. Charles McCarthy has filed suit against the city of Buffalo and Fire Commissioner Mike Lombardo, alleging negligence in connection with ...

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One of the FDNY EMTs who failed to come to the aid of a dying woman in an Au Bon Pain last December, has been charged criminally. Melissa Jackson was arrested and arraigned in Brooklyn today, ten months after the ...

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An unusual case is developing in the city of Corbin, Kentucky.  On October 4, 2010, Firefighter Eric B. Isom, 30, was arrested for allegedly selling fire department property for personal gain. However, the matter is by no means an open ...

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Did the headline catch your eye? Sounds pretty interesting, right? We all assume good journalists covering such a story would fully develop the facts before they print headlines like that, right? What happened in Chicago on Saturday was initially reported ...

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This week's Fire Service Court Radio discusses the recent decision by the City of South Fulton Fire Department – not to respond to a fire in a non-subscriber's home. Listen as attorneys Brad Pinsky, Chip Comstock, John Murphy and yours truly debate ...

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In a troubling decision issued on September 21, 2010, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that immunity protection for emergency responders will not protect them if they mistakenly conclude a patient is not seriously ill. The background of the case is ...

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