Legal Issues
Former Miami-Dade firefighters face allegations of a cover-up after a deadly training exercise, with one falsely reporting to 911 that everyone was safe before admitting two were trapped
Three firefighters and 12 passengers were injured when the Brightline train struck a Delray Beach fire truck responding to an apartment fire
The Coast Guard determined the FDNY was at fault, finding excessive speed and inadequate lookout
Former Fire Marshal John Vidovich was transferred out of his job after he clashed with inspectors in his department and the fire union sought his removal
Gerald Alston sued the town in 2015 after a Brookline Fire Department lieutenant used a slur in a voicemail left on his phone
The union claims a captain was denied a promotion because of discrimination by administrators
Police said Douglas Cloman II, who was on medical leave, let himself into two fire stations with keys and stole from the station and from other firefighters
Isaiah Smith is facing charges after police said he made six false 911 calls over a period of more than a month
Jason Eagan and his family met with several members of the department, apologies were made, and his job was offered back
James Bulerin III said he passed all eligibility requirements to become a Bridgeport firefighter, but he was denied after he tested positive for marijuana
Polk Fire Rescue Capt. James Williams was suspended for sending video of a burning home in which a woman, who later died, was trapped
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
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