The Oklahoma City Fire Department is on the defense following the release of a YouTube video depicting the treatment of a female patient in 2010. The video appears to show some level of complacency by responders allegedly because the victim ...

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There were several fire law stories of interest in the news today: In New Jersey, North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue is investigating how a fire department vehicle came to be parked outside The Squeeze Lounge in Weehawken on Thanksgiving ...

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Earlier this week, we covered the case of US Forest Service firefighter Daniel Mariano Madrigal, who was charged in state court with arson for setting a wildland fire on July 25, 2010. Madrigal’s attorney, Salvador Silva, admitted that his client ...

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DC Fire is investigating the death of an elderly EMS patient who was transported by EMTs after a paramedic refused to join them in the transport. The paramedic has been placed on paid administrative leave. The incident allegedly occurred on ...

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A Baltimore city paramedic crew is in hot water over their treatment of a blind veteran and his service dog after the man was struck by an auto. Curtis Graham, Jr., a Vietnam Vet, was on his way to the ...

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Today’s burning question: I’m a wildland firefighter and I accidentally started a fire when the cigarette I was smoking burned me and I tossed it. Can I be charged with arson? Firefighter Daniel Mariano Madrigal goes on trial today in ...

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A jury in Cook County, Illinois has ruled in favor of Federal Signal Corp, and against 8 Chicago firefighters in the latest round of law suits against the siren maker over hearing loss. Following a two week state court trial, ...

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Four chief officers in the Monarch Fire Protection District have been terminated following an appeals court ruling in a sexual harassment suit. On November 15, 2011, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict in favor of two female ...

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We have covered a number of stories about theft in the volunteer fire service, but here’s a new one: a West Virginia mayor was charged with embezzling funds from the local volunteer fire department. Grant Town Mayor Robert Dale Riggs  ...

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A citizens group in Michigan has lost its initial bid to have a court order township officials to hold a referendum vote on a special tax levy to support the fire department. The Citizens Action Group of Plymouth Township filed ...

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Fire department email accounts pose a number of hidden traps for firefighters. The most common email related cases involve violations of public records laws (discussed below) – but a recent Massachusetts case raises an unusual issue: the use of a ...

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Buffalo firefighters are in the news over an alleged overtime scam. Mayor Byron Brown claims the scam involves a longstanding practice of buying and selling overtime shifts, coupled with healthy firefighters calling in sick to create additional overtime openings. The buying and ...

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A South Carolina paramedic who has been under investigation for the past week, was arrested and charged today for her role in taking and concealing marijuana that was in the pocket of an accident victim. Chelsea Arrowood, 27, of Berkeley ...

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A veteran Plymouth, Massachusetts, firefighter and union official has resigned from the department following allegations that he embezzled funds from the union. Steven Adams, 55, the treasurer of Plymouth Firefighters Local 1768, stands accused of embezzling between $7,000 and $10,000 from ...

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