A contentious suit against two Beaufort County paramedics has ended in a $150,000 settlement to the victim of a 2008 beating who claims the medics mishandled his injuries. In 2009, Brian Lanese and his wife Tracy filed a lawsuit against ...

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A California fire department concerned about the fire hazards associated with a house of hoarders (Collyer Mansion), has taken the drastic step of suing the three brothers who own and reside in the property. The Tiburon Fire Protection District and ...

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The case of an Ithaca, New York firefighter is in the news as one of four employment discrimination cases the city is battling. Mark Hassan was terminated by the Ithaca Fire Department in April, 2011. He claims the termination was ...

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A Texas appeals court has rejected the appeal of a former fire chief who sued the firefighters’ union for engaging in a “sinister and ill conceived” campaign to cause his termination. Michael Pruitt was the first African-American Fire Chief in ...

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The epic case of Roanoke fire captain Dennis Croft turned another page last week with a Federal court ruling dismissing his sex discrimination lawsuit. Captain Croft was fired back in 2010 after his ex-girlfriend, Deborah Van Ness, told fire department ...

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Today’s Burning Question: I was off duty and went to a casino. I sat down at a slot machine, put in $20 and started playing… er… well… losing.  As I was playing/losing some jerk comes up to me and says ...

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Firefighters in Sheridan, Wyoming have lost their bid to receive step increases in their pay. IAFF Local 276 filed suit last year after the city council refused grant six firefighters step increases that the union claims had been honored for ...

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It appears that a settlement has been reached in a controversial wrongful death lawsuit filed by the widow of an upstate New York firefighter who died at a house fire 10 years ago. On March 7, 2002 Fayetteville firefighter Timothy ...

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Two Murfreesboro, Tennessee firefighters have been suspended following the discovery of two joints in Station 3 on March 11, 2012. Firefighter Terrell Ellis was suspended the day after the discovery of the joints, which coincidentally was the day that he and ...

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The city of Salem, Oregon has settled the claims of five present and former firefighters alleging discrimination under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). All five were members of the Oregon National Guard. The firefighters alleged systematic ...

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A Pennsylvania fire chief has been arrested for drunk driving to an EMS run early Sunday morning. Fire Chief Donald Hindman Jr., 49, of the Cecil Volunteer Fire Department No. 1, was accused of having a blood alcohol content of .253. He ...

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While we have debated the pros and cons of firefighters carrying firearms – something that all of us should agree upon is the need for firefighters and EMS personnel to receive training in how to handle firearms, particularly in jurisdictions ...

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The San Jose Firefighters are spearheading a lawsuit to challenge a local pension reform ballot referendum scheduled for June. The ballot measure proposes a comprehensive overhaul of the employee pension rules, and includes a “poison pill” provision that would “cut current ...

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A Connecticut man has filed a lawsuit over being forced against his will to be transported to a hospital to be evaluated for a possible heart attack. Arthur Schofield, 53, contends that he was forcibly removed from his home in ...

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