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Tacoma Fined and Ordered to Train Department Heads in Public Records Compliance

The City of Tacoma has been fined $36,800 and ordered to provide training to all department heads for failing to produce a fire protection study when requested by an open government activist. Arthur West sued the city seeking “threat assessment” records related to an LNG facility.

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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