Legal Issues
The Stratford firefighters’ union says members were unjustly fired while recovering from injuries, while town officials cite a lack of return-to-work timelines
A Norfolk grievance panel upheld the firing of a firefighter over medical marijuana use, despite state law now protecting such use
A Phoenix family filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging firefighters declined to transport a 2-year-old to the hospital after a seizure
The Rockford firefighter had a THC concentration above the legal limit
Firefighters voice their outrage after rabbis that started the fatal Spring Valley fire are given probation
Dwain Williams had more than two decades with the Chicago Fire Department after joining in 1992
Nathaniel and Aaron Sommer will receive probation for starting the fire that killed Spring Valley Lt. Jared Lloyd
The San Jose Fire Department Engine 4 captain was disciplined for violating public trust and the city’s vehicle use policy
Kansas City Fire Chief Ross Grundyson issued a directive in February to eliminate confusion about NFPA standard, FD guidelines after fatal crash in 2021
Joseph Pfeifer’s appointment, comments as first deputy commissioner led several chiefs to ask to be demoted
Members of the D.C. Firefighters Association Local 36 stood in support as two firefighters arrived at a police station
Authorities in Longmeadow say muriatic acid was stolen from a nearby pool building and poured on the slides
Firefighter Dominic S. Biscari was responding to a fire when he ran a red light, struck a car and sent it into a building killing 3 people
Tulsa firefighters’ union has been reviewing the use of marijuana for pain relief for several years
Supporters on both sides gathered at the Greensboro city council meeting to protest Capt. Dustin Jones’s firing
Fire officials had been to the Davenport apartment building a day before the collapse for a 911 call about a partial collapse
The first in several trials over firefighting foam and groundwater contamination was scheduled to begin Monday
Days before starting firefighter training EMT Arnaldo Rodriguez was brought before Chief Michael Gala and ordered to stay home
Herders have been paid a minimum salary to be on-call 24/7, available for overtime, but new regulations have raised the minimum
Mistaken releases account for the majority of drops getting into waterways, constituting less than 1% of the thousands of annual loads handled
The law requires EMS and trauma care systems to develop transport protocols by Jan. 1, 2024
The Oakland fire where 36 people died revealed a flawed fire inspection process
A.G. Peter Neronha takes on PFAS and companies allegedly violating consumer protection laws
Charleston firefighters faced three bad hydrants and had to wait on tankers from neighboring FDs
Encouraged to join the department by a group she now leads, Wilson hopes to elevate the role of diversity in hiring practices
A pilot program will monitor the chemical levels in the blood of thousands of firefighters
Saratoga Springs Fire Chief Joseph Dolan had been on paid leave since Feb. 1 following a complaint alleging he was working for two fire departments
A 2021 law allowed nearly 8,000 officers and firefighters about to reach 20 years of service a two-year window to retire early with half their final compensation
When Collin West was asked why he set the fires, he told investigators that his grandmother disliked the properties and wanted them burned
The “bleeding control stations” would contain tourniquets, among other life-saving items, and include instructions on preventing blood loss
The Vine Grove volunteer firefighter met the teen when she was part of the department’s junior firefighter program
The medical examiner’s office ruled Jesse Reed’s death a “suspected homicide” with “blunt force injuries” listed as a contributing cause of his death
Sarah Tierney, wife of Buffalo Firefighter Jason Arno blames negligence, cites conscious pain and suffering and wrongful death
