Legal Issues
An Alabama recruit school is under investigation after video emerges of a staged EMS response in a bathroom
A Decatur Fire & Rescue recruit school training video shows recruits facing a simulated injured patient inside a bathroom stall
A CAL FIRE employee had spent months as an inmate firefighter after a gross vehicular manslaughter conviction
Deborah Greenspan allegedly awarded millions of dollars in federal contracts to her own law firms from a fund meant to help those with 9/11 related illnesses
The Fourth Court of Appeals ruled that the clause that keeps nearly an entire contract valid for up to a decade after it expires is not unconstitutional
The lawsuit claims the sirens exposed firefighters to “loud, excessive and harmful noise levels”
Chad Cunningham was demoted from lieutenant to firefighter after failing to oversee the actions of an aerial ladder
Police said Nathan Stottler stole the truck while firefighters were doing an inspection inside a business
Michael Pepper pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to defraud public health benefits with a kickback scheme involving compounded prescription benefits
Fire officials wanted new apartment buildings with three to 20 units to have fire sprinklers installed
The investigation was prompted by Thomas Ronalter’s refusal to hang a photograph of the department’s first black chief
The West Odessa Volunteer Fire Department confirmed the investigation into former Chief Jimmy Ellis, but said it is in limbo at this time
Michael Johnson agreed to spend five years and nine months in jail after driving a fire truck that crashed, resulting in the deaths of two firefighters
Last year, about 31 percent of the budgeted overtime expenses were associated with firefighters calling in sick
Mark Carr, the department’s first black chief, had his photo hung with the others in March at the direction of city lawyers
Volunteer firefighters asked former chief Jimmy Ellis to resign due to claims of mishandled money, but Ellis refused, so they quit
Residents of a badly damaged apartment building are not allowed to return for belongings, despite evidence that their property has been stolen
The main source of water was previously cut during demolition work in the Deutsche Bank fire that killed two firefighters
A 17-year-old boy smashed a glass panel at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston
Firefighters responded to a call about a 3-year-old girl; the parents refused to let the firefighter help her because they believed he was drunk
The firefighters said in their lawsuit that Federal Signal Corp. should have warned them of the hazards of long-term exposure to the high-intensity sirens
The three described what happened as a “joke,” but Chief John Jurgle said he won’t “tolerate this kind of thing”
Police caught Brenden Ivie, 21, with an IV catheter port attached to his arm during a sting operation
Uloma Curry-Walker was found guilty of aggravated murder and conspiracy
Jarrod Samra is suspected of being responsible for eight wildfires over the last two months
Matthew Sanchez, a 10-year veteran, told the caller to “deal with it yourself” before hanging up
The firefighters claimed they feared for their lives after a colleague confronted them about a Confederate flag license plate
Fire and EMS experience, overdose patient data and funding needs aren’t mentioned in commission’s national emergency declaration request to President Trump
Firefighter Idris Debruhl claimed the department did nothing when he complained about the license plate
The firefighter was suspended after making insensitive remarks on Facebook about two men who died while riding a suspected stolen dirt bike
“Never before in Summit County history has one man been charged for the murders of nine people,” said Chief Prosecutor Margaret Scot
The bar owner claimed the firefighters refused to leave and bullied him
The 911 districts want AT&T, BellSouth and other companies to turn over billing information to prove they knew they were pocketing millions of dollars in fees
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