A combination fire department in Louisiana has filed suit against one of its former call firefighters who set fire to a building owned by the department. The Little Caillou Fire Department filed suit in state court against Jesse Patrick Marcel, ...

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Another New York volunteer fire department has agreed to settle an age-discrimination lawsuit brought by the US EEOC over the way the department credited personnel under the length of service award program (LOSAP). The Village of Amityville and the Amityville ...

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A firefighter in Bourne, Massachusetts has been terminated based on comments he made on Facebook last summer. Firefighter Richard Doherty was terminated last Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

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Criminal charges have been dismissed against a Pennsylvania paramedic who prevented a patient from being tasered by police last April. Medic Jodi L. Kerr-Rummel, 31, of the Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Department, was facing misdemeanor counts of obstruction of justice ...

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In a story that seems to get crazier at every turn, the last remaining FDNY EMT involved in the December 9, 2009 coffee shop failure to render aid case has been charged with shoplifting. You may recall that FDNY EMT ...

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A California volunteer firefighter who was electrocuted last September while battling a wildland fire has filed suit against Pacific Gas & Electric. Firefighter Ben Hakala, 36, of the Bodega Volunteer Fire Department was working in the area of a downed ...

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A cheating scandal with racial overtones has been alleged in the San Francisco Fire Department. Battalion Chief Kevin Taylor has alleged that senior officials provided assistance to white officers on a promotional examination for assistant chief. However, the incident that gave rise ...

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Here is the latest Fire Service Court Radio broadcast addressing the impact of the recent NLRB case on social media issues in the fire service.  Fire Service Court: Social Media Policy.

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The Gloversville, NY Fire Department has settled a claim filed by a firefighter/military veteran who alleged a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (USERRA).   Firefighter Kyle Partlow served in the Air National Guard and was ...

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Over the past year, we have seen a number of social media related cases end the career of firefighters. However, this case out of Frenchtown Rural Fire Department in Montana is different from the others we have seen. In Frenchtown, ...

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There's been an update on the DeKalb County, GA case involving the firefighters who stayed overnight at a fire station during the ice storm after having been out drinking.   DeKalb Chief Talks About Firefighters Accused of Drinking: MyFoxATLANTA.com

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The Albuquerque Fire Department has taken the dramatic step of banning a controversial new sticker that firefighters began placing on their helmets recently. The stickers have the letters "FMB" inside a maltese cross, and the Mayor, Richard Berry, seems to ...

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The Pittsburgh paramedic who was fired for refusing to walk through the snow to a patient’s home during a 2010 blizzard, has been reinstated by an arbitrator. Josie Dimon was in charge of Medic 8 on February 7, 2010, when ...

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Conn OSHA has fined the Bridgeport Fire Department a total of $5,000 for safety violations occurring at the July 24, 2010 fire that killed Lieutenant Steven Velasquez and Firefighter Michael Baik.  Both Lt. Velasquez, 40, and FF Baik, 49, died ...

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