Legal Issues
DNA from the urine on the medic’s CD player strongly supported it came from a Kansas City firefighter
Fate of the Springfield Township fire chief and assistant chief is uncertain pending decision from board of trustees
Judge Nicholas Garaufis is overseeing the FDNY’s civil rights settlement with the Vulcan Society of Black Firefighters
Lt. Danielle Masse is alleging a pattern and practice of deliberate discrimination and harassment against women and lesbians
The 29-year veteran plead guilty to charges of assault and lewd conduct last month
Rodney Eddins collapsed in April as he and his crew of firefighters extinguished a fire inside a home
The lawsuit contends the Naval bases are the source of cancer-causing chemicals found in nearly 100 public and private wells near the properties
The ex-chief was accused of falsifying records to receive extra tax breaks
An additional 22 other suspects were arrested for trespassing in the evacuated zone
Training Capt. Brent Blamires is suing his dept. for wrongful termination and violating a whistleblower law
Jesse Austin Trader was killed August 2013 after his water truck crashed during a wildfire
Damin Pashilk faces 24 years to life in prison if convicted
Robert Meyers agreed to take a voluntary leave of absence from the dept. while the charges are pending
A retired firefighter and police officer sued the city, arguing that the changes were unconstitutional and a violation of their pension contracts
The fire chief noticed there were unusual withdrawals and cash advances in Brenda Livingston’s name
After being stopped for reckless driving, the firefighter’s BAC tested above the legal limit
Police were told a firefighter was exiting one of the vehicles when a Jeep tried to pass the engine, struck it and dragged the firefighter
Here’s a four-tiered process to reduce the risk of your apparatus or ambulance getting stolen and limit the damage if it does
The photos were reported after being seen on the firefighter’s SnapChat story
The ruling ordered a commission to revisit a firefighter’s PTSD work compensation claim
Officials said the man posed as a firefighter conducting a fire inspection system
Neighbors express concern over noise levels and environmental contamination
Negative Facebook comments about protestors may have been wrong, but were their terminations right?
The firefighter claims his captain blocked visibility by parking a rig across the station, where he was then struck by an oncoming vehicle
The suit said the website used by William Baun with the words “Woodbury Firefighter/EMT” amount to false advertising, consumer fraud and trademark infringement
The separate incidents in which all three firefighters were arrested
Colly Fisher charges that even women who succeed are held to higher standards than men
The uniforms were stolen from a laundromat a week before the arrest
The judge told CSX and Union Tank Car that the state’s “Policeman and Fireman Rule” does not allow companies to harm responders without financial consequence
Union officials say the 44 firefighters were deprived overtime pay due to an oversight, not wrongdoing
William Rhodes was charged after crashing his truck into a porch on the Fourth of July
Fire chief: The Lt. failed to communicate and collaborate with EMS, including sitting on a rig instead of escorting them to a patient
A Florida sheriff’s office says the two took 41 pictures with incapacitated patients; complaints from other medics sparked the investigation
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