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A Muslim civil rights group alleges the Baltimore Fire Department denied religious accommodation, selectively enforced its grooming policy and suspended him without offering a respirator fit test
KCFD faces a record $1.3M discrimination settlement, a bitter fight over firefighter Dominic Biscari’s fatal 2021 crash discipline, and scrutiny after two line-of-duty deaths
Other bills still up for consideration include one increasing penalties for assaulting first responders and one that aims for more police accountability
A forensic analyst found more than 5,200 images and nearly 1,600 videos of child sexual abuse on the tablet
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the bill would create conflicts of interest in chain of command and budgetary oversight
The family of the man who died in 2016 claims fire department personnel prematurely terminated lifesaving efforts and made false statements
Police said the suspect had failed to make court appearances after allegedly cutting down the flagpole at the Washingtonville memorial last year
An off-duty Reading Fire Department paramedic spotted the ambulance and followed it until state police arrived, officials said
Police said several dozen shots were fired and three patients were “maybe critical”
The suspect allegedly sent a message to firefighters at another department telling them to be ready for a call moments before the blaze started
Documents related to the lawsuit filed by widow Vanessa Bryant reveals two firefighters were terminated in December and another was suspended
The bill would carry a minimum mandatory sentence of 30 years for killing federally funded law enforcement members, firefighters and EMS providers
Police said the man threw objects down at the firefighters while setting multiple fires in the home
The former Buffalo firefighter-EMT says he was fired under an outdated collective bargaining agreement
Police said the firefighter was providing assistance to deputies who were trying to arrest the man
Akron Fire Department officials said additional training has been made available across the department in response to the incident
The department launched an audit in March following the back-to-back drunk driving incidents
Members of the crowd climbed onto the engine and unfurled a section of fire hose, officials say
An attorney for members of the Morgantown firefighters’ union said the lawsuit is the latest escalation in the city’s “war” on the fire department
The Fairfield firefighters were able to catch up with the suspect and detain him until deputies arrived
About 130 firefighters responded to the blaze on the third floor of a six-story Bronx apartment building
Delano police said the suspect, Dustin James Drennen, 32, has an active arrest warrant for multiple counts of attempted murder
The ex-firefighters are accused of working with two other suspects to start the fires so they could then respond to them
Police reportedly found nearly $20,000 and drugs in the suspect’s vehicle
Former McDonald Green Fire Chief Francis Ghent was initially suspended for posting “Dear Police, stop responding to these black neighborhoods”
The lawsuit said miscommunication between Seattle agencies led to a 20-minute delay in firefighters responding to the shooting
Two of the firefighter suffered severe burns in the February mobile home blaze
McDonald Green Volunteer Fire Department Chief Francis Ghent’s post suggested police should stop responding to Black neighborhoods
EMTs were checking on the man when he suddenly “punched the gas” and dragged the firefighter with his car, police said
An attorney for Jamon West’s family alleges firefighters threw West to the ground and put their weight on top of him while he was having a seizure
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