Tag Archives: reckless endangerment

In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for January 8, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss criminal charges brought against a Nashville firefighter for interfering with firefighting operations of another department while off-duty; the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a ...

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A Nashville firefighter is facing criminal charges related to his actions at a fire scene in Rutherford County while he was off duty. Jacob Welbaum, 31, is facing five counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct.

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A dispatcher for Greene County, PA is facing manslaughter charges for not promptly dispatching EMS to a request for medical aid in 2020. Leon Price faces one count of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, official oppression and obstruction in the death of Diania Kronk.

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A woman who drove over a fire hose at a fire scene resulting in injuries to two Pennsylvania firefighters, has been charged with reckless endangerment. Karissa Morder was leaving an apartment complex in North Londonderry Township when she drove over an uncharged hose stretched by Palmyra Fire Department.

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A Facebook posting about a fatal dirt bike accident in June is continuing to raise troubling questions for a Long Island firefighter and his fire department. Jon-Paul Brechter was suspended from the Holbrook Fire Department, one day after he posted insensitive remarks on Facebook about an accident that killed two young men on a stolen dirt bike.

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Four volunteer firefighters from Pennsylvania are facing criminal charges for calling in false alarms. All were probationary members of Logan Township United Fire Department's Kittanning Trail Station. They have been suspended from the department.

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We started this week with too many fire law stories to cover them all and that is exactly how we will end it!

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