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A battalion chief with the Bradley County Fire Department has received a 2 day suspension for allegedly sexting a female co-worker while on duty. Battalion Chief Don Tankersley, who was promoted last December, will be prohibited from carrying a personal ...

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A year long investigation into a haircutting hazing incident in Orange County, California has concluded with the announcement that 13 firefighters have been disciplined. The story began in April of 2012 when a group of firefighter recruits in uniform went ...

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Camden Firefighters, IAFF Local 788 suffered a setback today when a New Jersey Appellate Division Court vacated an interest arbitration ruling that granted them modest pay raises in four of the five years covered by the award. The problem: the ...

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The foolish act of sending an inappropriate photo in 2010 has come back to haunt a new Colorado fire chief. Fire Chief Bryan Ware, 37, took the reins of the newly created Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District in Beulah, ...

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The estate of a man killed in a high rise fire in Chicago last Tuesday, has filed a petition in Cook County Circuit Court to obtain access to 911 tapes and fire reports. The three alarm fire occurred in a ...

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A Kansas City (MO) Fire Department EMT is facing federal wire fraud charges stemming from a wellness incentive program gone awry. The program, known as Points to Blue, was organized by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City as a ...

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One of our frequent fliers here at fire law is back in the headlines. Former West Palm Beach Fire Captain Rick Curtis has lost what he appeared to have won in November: a ruling against his union for failing to ...

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The facts are not all in, but it appears we have another instance of police fire wars, this time in South Africa. Dave Statter is on this so there’s no need to repeat it all here – but what we ...

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Two employment related cases on the East Coast are in the headlines, and while we don’t have much in the way of details on either one they certainly appear to be YCMTSU cases worth following. In Simpsonville, South Carolina, the ...

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The ex-wife of a firefighter is facing a lawsuit over comments she posted on a Facebook page about a fatal POV accident he was involved in. This is a long one… and a sad one with absolutely no winners. Firefighter ...

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The results of 2012 America’s Worst Bosses competition have been released, and the winner is a fire lieutenant from Fairfax County Fire Rescue in Virginia. Lt. Timothy Young topped a field of 49 other bad bosses in eBossWatch’s annual review. ...

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