Legal Issues
Five graduates say the department reclassified them as EMS trainees just before contracts expired, then issued termination letters
A Waterbury HR probe says recruits used phones, split screens and Google during an unsupervised final test
The Finance Committee advanced an $8M payout in the ambulance restraint death and $7.5M to the family of pastors killed during a police chase
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
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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
The plan calls for Aurora to revamp its use-of-force policies and launch new training programs in an effort to combat bias in the ranks
A firefighter working a structure and brush fire was working traffic when a driver “attempted to come through the road block”
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