Today’s burning question: I am a firefighter and I am bound by the fire department residency requirement to live in the city. I cannot afford to send my children to private school and the city schools are terrible. Can I ...

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The estate of a former teacher convicted of sexual assault, has filed a wrongful death suit against a Connecticut fire department and a private ambulance company. However, the department claims the estate sued the wrong entity and is seeking to be ...

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Directive seeks to limit the posting of “opinions” in fire stations… Yes… no “opinions”… posted in fire stations…. anywhere in the city of New York...

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The treasurer of IAFF Local 1695, Clovis (California) Firefighters has been accused of embezzling more than $150,000 from the organization. Captain John Watson has allegedly confessed to the theft and resigned from the Clovis Fire Department.   Criminal charges have ...

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Last week Dave Statter asked me to look into a case out of Washington, DC, where a fire lieutenant accused of working excessive overtime sued a local TV station claiming its coverage defamed him. The case was recently dismissed under a ...

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A Ridgewood, NJ firefighter who claims he was denied a promotion because he reported safety violations at two incidents, has been awarded $3.5 million by a jury. The unanimous verdict was announced yesterday with the entire $3.5 million being awarded ...

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Does the fire department have the authority by law, to seize the generator as part of the investigation?

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We have been following a tragic case involving the death of a skier at the Sugarloaf Ski area. The victim’s widow claims she was left by the side of the road by the transporting ambulance as it was enroute to ...

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A New Jersey community has taken steps to close its volunteer fire company, and contract with a neighboring district to provide protection. The Folsom Volunteer Fire Department had served Folsom Borough since 1946. The Borough and the department had been ...

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A widow has made some stunning allegations about her treatment by a Maine ambulance crew that was transporting her dying husband to the hospital last week following a skiing accident at Sugarloaf Ski Area. Dana Morse, a nurse practitioner from ...

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The driver and the officer of a Lake County, Florida engine company that was involved in a fatal Christmas day accident in 2009, have been sued for $1.4 million. The suit was filed on behalf of Gieco Insurance Company to recoup ...

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The strange case of the New Mexico fire chief who was arrested at an incident scene as a way to relieve him of command, is in the news again – this time with an entirely new twist. Fire Chief Eddie Velarde, ...

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The Supreme Court of Georgia has issued an important ruling that orders the reinstatement of a fire captain terminated two years ago. DeKalb County Fire Captain Sell Caldwell was one of five firefighters terminated after the fire death of 74-year-old ...

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A fire chief in Louisiana has been sued for an accident that occurred in 2010. Fire Chief Marty Thibodeaux of the Little Caillou Volunteer Fire District was responding to a call in a department-owned SUV when he rear-ended a boat ...

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