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Fire Chief John Butler said the verdict sets a dangerous precedent for firefighters and paramedics
The pair allegedly schemed to rig contract prices and coordinate bids
A jury found Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec guilty of criminally negligent homicide for administering ketamine to McClain
The volunteer fire departments will go from $20,000 each to $7,000; the county will spend $65,000 to hire an administrator
The charges accused the 28-year-old of setting fires to three houses that were scheduled for demolition
Officials said the fire department has worked hard the past year reducing a deficit of more than $10,000
Deputy chief: “We have been cut to the bare bone ... we don’t feel it’s safe, not only for the citizens, but for ourselves also.”
Jeffrey Sanchez claims that the sexual relations were consensual and is being falsely accused
Dawud Abdulwali, 56, was booked on suspicion of aggravated arson and arson of a structure; potential charges could lead to a life sentence
This time, Terrance King posed as a doctor, stole an ambulance and later crashed it; he was arrested twice in 2013 for posing as a firefighter
Crews were at a briefing after responding to a fatal accident involving children; they came out to find $7,000 worth of equipment missing
Edgardo Fournier pleaded guilty to lighting a marijuana growing site; he was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison
Robert Jackson was upset about the treatment of a relative who had to resign from the department
Matthew Duvall, 42, has since been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation
The state’s case questioned more than $325,000 in spending between 2007 and 2012; designer sunglasses and genital enlargement devise among the items
Fire official: “They don’t want anyone to know that they are having problems or that people think they are weak so they make errors.”
The boot is used to collect money for the Walsh-Kennedy Memorial Fund and muscular dystrophy
The serial arsonist set five fires in one year and admitted getting high watching things burn
The Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the firms top executives steered fire, police and other municipal pension investments to their company
The department is suing the municipalities for breach of contract; the council cited a failure to report on training and physicals
The woman was found stabbed to death in a bathroom, and the firefighter was found hanged in a bedroom
City officials voted 6-1 to contract fire services, which would save $7 to $10 million, to help the city’s bankruptcy exit plan survive
It would make it easier to attract and retain volunteers who might be discouraged from joining if they lived outside municipal limits
Andrew Gruenberg, 26, is charged in the death of 32-year-old Forest Service hotshot Michael Kelly
He took a bottle of alcohol, a bottle of a non-alcoholic beverage and a bottle of seasoning from one of the cars
They saw a man dig his hand into a woman’s open purse as she shopped at a fruit stand
With the new request, firefighters would be allowed to administer basic first aid and life support
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, stood with his hands folded upon learning his fate, decided after 14 hours of deliberations over three days
The truck driver and the woman who reportedly stole the ambulance were reported dead; an investigation is underway
The driver of the stolen ambulance, estimated to be traveling at 100 mph, may have intentionally collided with the semi-truck
The move will allow certain funding available to service members to pay for a larger percentage of the cost of a firefighting certification
More than 2,000 people signed a petition asking Commissioner Brenda Carey to apologize to the firefighters
Jose Moreno pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for molesting five kids he babysat in his apartment
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