Legal Considerations For Fire and Emergency Services 3rd Edition

Legal Considerations for Fire & Emergency Services

730 Pages/Softcover/August 2014

ISBN: 978-1-59370-347-9

Price: $89.00

The third edition of J. Curtis Varone’s Legal Considerations for Fire & Emergency Services is an essential textbook for any course on fire service law as well as an indispensable desk reference for day-to-day fire department administration.

Features of the 3rd Edition:
Updated cases on several topics including residency requirements, employment discrimination, and more
Expanded treatment of hot topics such as digital imagery, social media, and electronic surveillance
Meets the latest requirements for FESHE’s Legal Aspects of the Fire Service curriculum
Many new photos and graphics to help connect cases to day-to-day issues in the fire service
Coverage of recent changes to search and seizure law, use of digital photos and social media by emergency personnel, and fire department liability

If you would like to receive a complimentary desk copy of this book for your upcoming course please contact Josh Neal Joshua.Neal@clarionevents.com 918.831.9867 with your course name, course size, institution, mailing address, e-mail and phone number.

About Curt Varone

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.
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