Legal Issues
Senator Jamaal Bowman said he pulled the alarm inside the Cannon House Office Building, thinking it would open a door
An Orlando firefighter is on administrative leave over his reaction to a kitchen joke
Los Padres National Forest firefighters cleaned vandalism off a rock formation in the Los Padres National Forest
The lawsuit seeks to compel Gander Mountain to take steps to guard against straw purchases and also asks for unspecified damages
Deputy Mayor Andy Kopplin said the judgment will be devastating to the city’s budget and could potentially lead to cutting critical city services
The plan calls for funding to equal 70 percent of the estimated 10-year average firefighting cost; his plan also calls for an additional $954 million disaster funding pool
Dawn Nguyen was sentenced to up to four years for lying on forms when she bought guns used by a man to kill two volunteer firefighters
Firefighter Chris Brown was killed when he was hit by a semi driver in March 2013; he left behind a wife and two young sons
Asst. Chief Charles Dowd is one of subjects of a federal investigation into FirstNet; he has been transferred to run the transit division for reasons unknown
They approved a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged discrimination against African-American and Hispanic firefighter job hopefuls
Orville Fleming had been wanted since the body of his 26-year-old girlfriend was found May 1 stabbed to death
Opponents say it will strain budgets and invite fraudulent claims
Chuck Dai failed to make court-ordered repairs to the abandoned structure before it collapsed in a fire, killing two firefighters in 2010
Officials will meet with West residents to present the findings of their line-of-duty report examining the deaths of the responders who were killed in the blast
Prosecutors have charged him with making a terroristic threat after two firefighters claimed he was going to “shoot everyone” at the fire station
The department alleges that the firefighter “showed virtually no concern for the patient” and rather than initiate a response, he “did absolutely nothing”
Peter Varney claims he was wrongly terminated from his position as fire chief in February
Nearly a year after Capt. Bill Dowling was critically injured, his wife still wants answers about what happened, what started the fire and what went wrong that day
Retired police officers and firefighters have a better deal that trims only cost-of-living payments
The charges come about 10 months after more than 60 of the tankers carrying oil from North Dakota came loose in the middle of the night, sped downhill and derailed
The temporary move aims to reduce overtime pay to stay within budget
The law firm will handle the lawsuit against its firefighters union over the city’s efforts to reduce fire department staffing and services
Lawyers disagree on how the term ‘voluntary’ applies to the rule prohibiting fire, EMS from serving on boards in another district
Lt. Kellene Davis: “If I had known someone was in distress across the street, I would have been over there immediately”
Michael Quinn entered not guilty pleas to three felony charges of DUI from a 2013 crash between his fire truck and a motorcycle
Firefighters say the sprinkler requirement is needed and that smoke detectors aren’t always enough
The order requires anyone moving the equivalent of 35 tank cars of crude oil to provide information on the trains’ routes and emergency contacts
A female firefighter said she was passed over for promotions and subjected to harassment from her supervisors
The new policy will base the amount of unused sick leave the city buys back upon the firefighter’s retirement or death on the rate at which he or she utilized that sick leave during their career
Giuseppe Falcone said he wasn’t performing welding at a building next door when the March 26 fire erupted
The temporary order returns staffing and response to levels before cutbacks; the union is seeking a permanent order
Union leaders suspect Deputy Chief Chad Williamson was improperly texting with witnesses during an arbitration hearing in March
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