Tag Archives: Orange County Fire Rescue

The widow of a Florida firefighter who died of brain cancer in 2021, has prevailed in obtaining workers comp death benefits from his employer. Eric Siena was an Orange County firefighter who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2020.

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A firefighter-plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the legality of a COVID19 vaccine mandate in Orange County, Florida, has been terminated for refusing to issue reprimands to firefighters who did not get vaccinated. That in turn has prompted Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis to call for a special legislative session to enact laws that would prohibit such terminations.

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Orange County Fire Rescue along with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office are facing a negligence lawsuit brought by the son of a woman who was murdered last year. Juanita Childs-Hughes died in a murder suicide perpetrated by her husband, Taylor Hughes. Childs-Hughes was on the phone with dispatchers reporting smoke in the building when she was shot.

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Firefighters from two Florida fire departments are being investigated over allegations they gained access to test questions for a pediatric advanced life support certification program, and the media - who never wants to let a good headline go to waste - is suggesting that children might be in danger…

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