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The State of Hawaii’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited the Honolulu Fire Department for two OSHA violations following its investigation into the training death of Clifford Riggsbee last June.

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The family of Hartford firefighter Kevin Bell has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit they filed against the city and three fire officers for $350,000. Bell died on October 7, 2014 when he became separated from his crew during rapid fire development.

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The family of a Turkish fire captain killed in a bizarre roof collapse caused by a helicopter water-drop, has filed suit against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Captain Hayati Gökcan was killed on June 4, 2015 after 10 tons of water was dumped from a height of 70 meters on the roof of a burning warehouse in which he was operating.

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The family of a firefighter who was killed at a house fire last year in Woodstock, New York, has filed suit against the owner of the house alleging negligence and wrongful death. Jack Rose, 19, a volunteer firefighter with the Mount Marion Fire Department, died on December 19, 2015, at chimney fire in Woodstock. Rose had recently been elected captain.

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An Oklahoma trial court has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the widow of a firefighter who died last year at the scene of a water rescue. Claremore Fire Captain Jason Farley died on May 23, 2015 when he was pulled into a flooded storm drain

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The widow of an Oklahoma firefighter who drown last year in floodwaters has filed a wrongful death suit against the city. Claremore Fire Captain Jason Farley died on May 23, 2015 when he was pulled into a flooded storm drain while at the scene of a water rescue.

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An effort to sell the former Southwest Inn has resulted in a lawsuit by the prospective buyer, as well as claims by a local activist that the transaction is an attempt to hide assets from the families of the four firefighters who died there.

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A Bronx jury has awarded three firefighters and the families of two deceased firefighters $183 million in damages stemming from the Black Sunday fire. The January 23, 2005 fire trapped six firefighters on the top floor of a building from which they were forced to jump 40-50 feet.

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The families of three Houston firefighters killed in the 2013 Southwest Inn fire have filed another wrongful death lawsuit, this time naming Motorola and Scott Safety as defendants. The suit filed Monday accuses Motorola and Scott of negligence, gross negligence and product liability for selling products that are dangerously defective and contain design defects.

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The Cincinnati Enquirer is suing the Ohio State Fire Marshal’s Office in an effort to obtain records related to a fire that claimed the life of Hamilton firefighter Patrick Wolterman. Wolterman died on December 28, 2015 at a house fire.

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The family of a Chicago firefighter killed on December 14, 2015 has filed suit against the owners of the warehouse where he died. Daniel Capuano, 42, a 16 year veteran, died when he fell down an open elevator shaft in the vacant building.

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An Alabama rescue squad captain has been charged criminally with negligent homicide over the death of a squad member last April during a water rescue. Michael Ervin Bettis has been indicted on one count of negligent homicide. The charge arises out of the death of Vicky Houston Ryan. Both Bettis and Ryan were members of the Etowah County Rescue Squad.

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The family of a Hartford firefighter killed in the line of duty on October 7, 2014, has filed suit against the City of Hartford, Fire Chief Carlos Huertas, Deputy Chief James McLoughlin, and Lieutenant John Moree. Kevin Bell died of asphyxiation at a house fire on Blue Hills Avenue

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The widow of a firefighter killed in a collapse at a house fire in Waycross, Georgia in 2013, claims the fire chief and the building’s owner are responsible her husband’s wrongful death. Diane Little, the widow of Fire Lieutenant David Jeffrey Little, filed the lawsuit last week in Ware County state court naming the City of Waycross, Fire Chief David E. Eddins, and Ruben Guinovart as defendants

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