Legal Issues
City attorneys are trying to have a FOIA case dismissed as survivors and victims’ families demand that air quality studies be released
Jan. 23, 2005, marked the first time since 1918 that FDNY members had died in separate calls on the same day
The new law eliminates provisions that reduced benefits for retired police officers, firefighters, teachers and other public servants, offering retroactive and future payment increases
Kenyatta Mwambu, 17, was hit by a Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 ambulance in May while crossing a street
In a campaign ad, Jackson Hinkle posted photos of him wearing Orange County Fire Authority gear and posing in front of a fire truck
The victim told officers he used the vehicle to escape the home, where he said he was tortured and kept in a dog cage
A volunteer firefighter tried to stop Jessica Clines, but she struck him in the shoulder with the mirror of the truck
Officials said the responders were struck by a vehicle at the scene of a reported domestic disturbance
The City of Orlando is arguing the decision was “explicitly based on a misunderstanding” of criminal charges filed against Joshua Granada
A Florida volunteer fire department has since been shut down pending an investigation into the incident
The home was completely destroyed by the blaze, which later spread and caused a wildfire in a nearby wooded area
The jury awarded Pvt. Judi Imhoff $150,000 related to gender discrimination, but jurors denied claims of discrimination made by a retired captain
Ollice “Chuck” Hubbard, 59, is charged with one felony count of embezzlement of the Ann Arbor Police and Fire Benefit Fund
Daniel Esteban Rebora, 32, Holiday, was arrested at his fire station on 10 counts of possession of child pornography, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office
Terry Gammel claims his right to due process was violated and the district retaliated against him, damaging his reputation and good name
Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad Deputy Chief Jacob DeGlopper was found dead three days after police raided his home
Joshua Granada will receive back pay, with the exception of 240 hours, which was ruled the appropriate punishment under the city’s collective bargaining agreement
The man was charged with five counts of first-degree arson and one count of second-degree arson
The bill would have reduced the Fort Wayne Fire Department fire chief’s authority in promotion decisions and given discipline power to the Fire Merit Commission
Toledo female firefighters are speaking out after several complaints and legal issues have surfaced over the years concerning gender and racial discrimination
Judge Gallagher ruled that city officials must conduct “competitive examinations and make promotions within the fire department”
Susan Leonard-Lewis, 61, was arrested Sept. 11 for allegedly stealing more than $72,000 from the group’s 9/11 Memorial Fund
The Fire Pension Fund argued that Joe Daly’s cancers were caused by chronic alcohol drinking
A medical panel determined that while fire likely began the cancer process, there was no “definitive certainty” that it caused the firefighter’s death
Fort Worth firefighters cared for the newborn baby girl dropped off at the “safe baby site”
First responders are calling the new proposed ALS policy “an attack on the fire agencies’ ability to deliver EMS to the citizens we serve”
Barksdale, the current chief in Prince George’s County, Md., will replace former Chief Roderick Williams, who stepped down amid sexual harassment allegations
Nicholas Leone, 22, and Dylan Dalessio, 19, allegedly caused a fire that destroyed a furniture store in January
The lawsuits accuse the county of failing to properly train dispatchers, not warning officers that errors happened and not ensuring the 911 mapping system was accurate
Curt Varone outlines conditions that prevent fire departments from firing at-will or probationary firefighters without cause
Firefighter John Munro says he was called names like “cow” and harangued for taking up two seats in the fire truck
The East St. Louis Fire Pension Board voted unanimously to recover nearly $2.3 million in mandated payments from the city through an “intercept procedure”
CAL FIRE investigators have blamed PG&E power equipment for igniting most of the catastrophic Northern California wildfires in the past two years
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