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When a firefighter works full-time for one department, and part-time for a second department, can the full-time department be financially responsible if the firefighter suffers a career ending injury while operating at a fire where both departments respond, even though she responded with the part-time department?

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A suit filed last year by a Michigan firefighter who was terminated for working in two fire departments has been voluntarily dismissed. Thomas J. Saladino filed suit after being terminated from the Wyoming Fire Department for continuing to work as fire chief in Jamestown Township.

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Three wrongful termination cases are in the fire law headlines today, one from Oregon, one from Pennsylvania and one from Michigan. All three are updates on cases we covered in the past few months.

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A Michigan firefighter who was fired last week has responded with a federal lawsuit accusing the city, the city manager and the city’s public safety director of violating his 1st and 14th Amendment rights. Thomas Saladino was a 23-year veteran of the Wyoming Fire Department

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The abuse of firefighter union officials in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania has been well chronicled here on Fire Law Blog. At every juncture of its multi-year struggle with the borough’s elected and appointed officials, The Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters, IAFF 1813 have prevailed. Here are a few of the headlines

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An IAFF union president from Pennsylvania has been disciplined for asking other IAFF members not to volunteer during their off-duty hours in his jurisdiction. Chambersburg Fire Department Captain Patrick Martin, President of Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters Association, IAFF ...

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