Legal Issues
Jackson Firefighter Annie Wallen faced pornography, penis-measuring contests and someone allegedly urinating on her bed
Two of the five firearms purchased were used to shoot Burnsville Police Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and Firefighter-Paramedic Adam Finseth
Real-world case studies from EMS Lawyer Doug Wolfberg reveal critical takeaways for EMS providers working alongside law enforcement
Mechanicstown Fire District Board Chairman Jay McClintock Jr. said the firefighters have been through hard times before and will do what they need to do to move on
Troy Jordan allegedly attempted to run down a firefighter before leading police on a high-speed chase to his home, where officers found he’d set a fire
Fire officials said the man was arrested after destroying a flag that was “proudly displayed” on the back of an ambulance
Samuel Chang was choked unconscious by an off-duty Los Angeles firefighter who saw him handing out Halloween candy to children
Unbeknownst to the city of Mission, a lawsuit was filed on its behalf against a firefighter who was awarded workers’ compensation after being diagnosed with cancer
Officials said 29 people, one of them a fire lieutenant and two of them volunteer firefighters, have been charged in connection with drug rings
Jawwaad Tasawwur Robinson first sparked a fire after crashing a vehicle into a tree, and was receiving medical treatment when he stole a fire department truck
Michael Janusek allegedly misappropriated money from the Chicago Heights Fire Department’s foreign fire tax fund
Officials approved a $75,000 settlement for a claim filed by the son of the deceased man Bellingham Fire Department staff practiced endotracheal intubations on
Robert Reasonover and Tyler Rathert allegedly logged into AMR’s accounting system and claimed hours they never worked
Lansing Fire Department firefighter Michael Lynn Jr. claims city officials did nothing after he found a banana on the windshield of his assigned truck
A judge ruled former Marshfield Fire Chief Kevin Robinson’s complaint did not have enough merit for the case to go to trial
Paul Avery was arrested after detectives determined he had stolen a number of artifacts from the John T. Brennan Fire Museum and sold them on eBay
Stephen Scarpa remains in custody with bail set at $2 million in the death of Costa Mesa fire Capt. Mike Kreza
A judge who recently granted default judgment in favor of a female Country Club Hills firefighter who sued the city will now let a jury determine liability
Fall River Fire Chief John Lynch said an investigation has been launched after Kyle Cusick allegedly made around 16 calls reporting fictitious fires
Officials said four McDowell County firefighters started fires because they “were all bored and wanted a call to go on”
Eduardo Mesa is at least the fourth Palm Beach County firefighter to file a discrimination or harassment lawsuit
Quinton Kane was hit and then trapped under a city of Dayton fire engine in 2015, according to a Ohio Department of Public Safety traffic crash report
Muddasir Bari and Nargis Bhatti are charged with violating building codes as landlords of the multifamily home
The review was ordered after several women in the department complained of a discriminatory culture toward female firefighters
City officials settled with Raheem Hassan, who said he had been subjected to a hostile work environment, but did not admit any wrongdoing
Officials said two fire trucks arrived at a house fire and the firefighters began fighting about who was supposed to respond
The new law states that any first responder diagnosed with PTSD will be eligible for worker’s compensation
PG&E could be charged with murder or involuntary manslaughter if authorities determine that recent California wildfires ignited as a result of the “reckless” operation
Other fire inspectors will still check the businesses, but the agreement would bar Fire Marshal Kevin Jones from inspecting seven adult entertainment businesses
The business owners are suing for more than $5 million, claiming that firefighters’ methods used to combat the blaze were “tantamount to arson”
The former employees allege the manufacturers knew about the adverse effects of their products since the 1970s but continued to sell them
Ali Acevedo expressed her thoughts on Jose Gonzalez before a Bronx Supreme Court hearing where a decision on his mental fitness for trial was delayed
