Legal Issues
Anthony Saccavino was one of two former chiefs in the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Prevention charged with rushing improper requests to expedite inspections
Public safety leaders need to evaluate the impact of executive orders and policy pronouncements on their departments and communities
Here is an action plan for assessing the impact of the Trump administration’s temporary freeze on federally funded grants and a federal judge blocking that order
The human body is an ideal training tool, but fire/EMS training protocols and the law must be followed
Though an investigation said 11 department members admitted to intubating a deceased patient, only nine of them were actually credentialed healthcare providers
Police are looking for a person who was seen on camera damaging a Riverhead volunteer firefighter’s personal vehicle with a bat while it was parked at the station
The lawsuit alleged the city retaliated against the Chief Andrew Turcotte and Deputy Chief Stephen Sloan after they complained about a volunteer firefighter
Isaac Garcia, 19, was set to become a volunteer firefighter with the Patterson Fire Department until he was arrested on suspicion of robbery and hit-and-run
The suits, filed by nearly 190 Buffalo firefighters, claim Federal Signal Corp. “knew or should have known” their sirens were harmful
Harrison Township firefighter Steven Hart can be seen on body cam footage picking up a pill bottle and walking away at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash
Officials said several department members practiced multiple intubations on a body that was awaiting transport to a funeral home
A lawsuit filed by the La Verne Firefighters Association alleges Battalion Chief Michael Thompson took more than 250 videos and 1,500 photos of union members
The city filed suit in 2017 to dispute a judge’s decision that firefighter Carrie Stewart should receive workers’ compensation after her cancer diagnosis
Two Aurora firefighters detained Lester Bernard when he was pursued out into the parking lot of the bank, and kept him there until police arrived
Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District Chief Dennis Reilly is stepping down from the position he has held since 2012
The incident happened when a man driving a black pickup pulled up to a Holly fire station, put on the mask and started howling
Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks claims his chronic lymphocytic leukemia resulted from responding to New York City to support 9/11 recovery efforts
Jerry Elmo Jr. was terminated for an inability to “perform essential functions,” but claimed he was injured as a “direct result of ... negligence”
Ashley Bemis is suspected of creating a nonexistent husband to bilk good Samaritans out of at least $11,000 in donations she claimed would help firefighters
Jem Ibrahimov’s attorney is arguing that he should not face stiff bail because “he’s an artist” who “worked as a painter”
Volunteer firefighter Christopher Gallagher claimed a Surfside Beach captain and fire chief allegedly said, “We’re not hiring someone who can’t read”
A rape case against an Idaho prison inmate working at a Utah wildfire base camp raises safety questions for vulnerable crews
City fire marshals arrested 42-year-old Jem Ibrahimov on Saturday after he allegedly returned to the scene of the crime
Two firefighters were responding to reports of an unconscious man in a car when the driver allegedly drove straight into them, striking one
Jared Evans faces a maximum sentence of three years in county jail and must register as a sex offender
For the second time this month, a member of Payne Springs Fire Rescue has been charged with at least one felony
Ruben Ochoa Cruz set a fire at a RoomPlace warehouse that caused $122 million in damage after getting in an argument with his boss about overtime
Jason Persyn drove people who were touring the station on a fire truck without permission from his supervisors, according to officials
The court decided that the firefighters, who claimed a fire truck siren damaged their hearing, could not prove that another brand would have been safer
An official said Scioto Township Fire Department Chief Porter Welch was fired for several reasons including failure to submit a balanced budge
Fire officials said the man had to be forcibly removed from a fire truck after he hit two firefighters and attempted to drive away in the rig
Authorities released few details about a possible motive or the suspect, but said they believe he may have known the victim, Jack Wiley II
The Board of Fire Commissioners changed its policy to give the watchdog, or the Office of the Independent Assessor, access to unredacted transcripts and evidence
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