Legal Issues
Four questions to help leaders refine how to educate their members on fire department discrimination and reporting practices
Gordon Graham defines the difference between “good-natured fire station shenanigans and hazing, bullying, or outright harassment”
The only way to finally end sexual harassment within our ranks is if everyone speaks up when they see it or experience it
The comptroller’s office says Terry Gaylor Jr. used Olean Fire Department funds to write checks to himself and to cover personal spending at Verizon and Amazon
Former Chief Vince Beasley worked for the Kennewick Fire Department for 40 years
The man attempted to run a firefighter down before slamming into the station’s garage door; firefighters then popped the truck’s tires using an axe
Policies, culture and a lack of experienced firefighters have officials worried about future risks for fighting wildfires
South Bend FD members have cited a culture of harassment and discrimination, but the St. Joseph County prosecutor said detectives could not find a suspect
The Rockford firefighter was transported to a local hospital and treated for his injuries
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A firefighter working the Marshall Fire reportedly told Stephen Tyger Francis Roch the area was under mandatory evacuation orders and asked him to leave
The Rochester Fire Department said the apparatus was out of service for “an extended period of time”
The firefighter was arrested, and police sources said he has an arrest history pre-dating his employment with the department
Devin Bullis filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division about conduct at the Olathe Fire Protection District
Police and firefighter unions had filed lawsuits against the city alleging unfair labor practices
Aristola Devinci Jenkins is the boyfriend of firefighter Christopher Lee Easter’s stepdaughter
Former firefighter Fabian Giovannagelo was accused of using department funds to pay for a federal lawsuit filed against the fire company and city officials
Jerame Simmons, who has since been pardoned for the crime, was appointed acting fire chief of the Prairie Du Pont Volunteer Fire Department
The medical examiner determined Renardo Green’s cause of death was “prone restraint cardiac arrest”
The ruling means that union employees will lose pay if they do not receive a first shot by the deadline
Lumberton Master Firefighter William Taylor Deese was arrested Saturday and charged with simple assault on a female
Lawyers for former Las Vegas Raider Henry Ruggs III, who was allegedly driving drunk at “racetrack speeds,” suggested a slow fire response contributed to the fatality
Levi Coleman’s lawsuit claims that the Ogden Fire Department and the city violated the Utah Medical Cannabis Act
Prosecutors allege Ryan Mays was angry about being a deck seaman aboard the Bonhomme Richard instead of a SEAL — the job he joined the Navy to do
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Ryan Sawyer Mays has maintained his innocence and said he helped fight the Navy warship blaze that burned for almost five days
District attorney and Dwayne Clement’s defense attorney both said that the victim of the alleged crime was not someone he met via his work with the department
A grand jury indicted a Mass. man on charges of second-degree murder and arson; the criminal case is ongoing
The Caldor Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes and other buildings and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate
Dylan Charles Dalessio, 21, entered guilty pleas earlier this year
Melvin Woodson Jr. struck a Williams Township firefighter with his vehicle, before fleeing and hitting an unoccupied state police vehicle
The association’s treasurer, John Kuhl, was arrested and faces two charges
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