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A German architect has pled no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter for his role in a fire that claimed the life of an LA city firefighter in 2011. Gerhard Becker is expected to serve about six months in jail ...

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An editorial appeared Sunday in the Prescott (Arizona) News asking a rather sobering question:  in light of $65 million in claims against the City of Prescott and $273 million in claims against various governmental entities following the Yarnell Hill Fire ...

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A township in Ontario, Canada has pled guilty to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act stemming from the death of a 21 year old volunteer firefighter. Firefighter Paul Nelson was killed on December 27, 2011 when the ...

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A new trial has been ordered in the lawsuit arising out of the fatal apparatus accident in Rocky Mount, Virginia. The accident on July 26, 2010 claimed the lives of Rocky Mount Fire Chief Posey Dillon, 59, and firefighter William ...

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The Arizona Industrial Commission has voted unanimously to adopt the findings of the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and issue fines totaling $559,000 against the Arizona Division of Forestry for its handling of the Yarnell Hill fire last ...

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The first claim has been filed in the tragic Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 firefighters on June 30, 2013. The family of firefighter Grant McKee filed a civil claim that seeks in excess of $36 million. The claim alleges ...

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A settlement has been reached in the contentious public records case that evolved out of the tragic Yarnell Fire in Arizona earlier this year. On June 30, 2013 nineteen Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters from the Prescott (AZ) Fire Department were ...

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The deaths of two firefighters in Ireland in 2007, has led to a guilty plea and the imposition of fines of €350,000 plus costs of €96,000 against the Wicklow County Council. County Manager Eddie Sheehy and three ranking fire officials ...

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There were several fire law cases this week that I missed covering that are really worth noting. Here are two of them: The first is a $95,000 citation by the Industrial Commission of Arizona against the Phoenix Fire Department arising ...

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A driver who struck and killed an Iowa firefighter in 2011 is now filing suit claiming that the firefighter, who had drugs in his system at the time of his death, caused the accident. Firefighter Michael Collins, 41, of the ...

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A Virginia jury has returned a defense verdict in favor of the estate of the driver of an engine company that collided with a civilian vehicle back in 2010, resulting in two firefighter fatalities. Rocky Mount Volunteer Fire Chief, Posey ...

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The City of Baltimore has reached settlement in the wrongful death case of a trainee killed during a live-fire training exercise in a vacant building in 2007. Racheal M. Wilson, age 29 and the mother of two, died on February ...

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A civil suit arising out of a double LODD apparatus accident in 2010 in Rocky Mount, Virginia, is one step closer to being resolved as two of the three parties have resolved their claims. The accident occurred on July 26, ...

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The death of a Scottish firefighter four years ago has led to criminal charges being brought against his department. FF Ewan Williamson of the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service was killed on July 12, 2009 in Edinburgh while ...

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