Top Fire Law Stories for 2014

It’s time to review the top fire law stories for 2014, and this year we are going to take a second look at some of our top headlines in a couple of different ways.

Today, we are going to look at the stories that folks on Facebook thought were the most important, or at least most interesting, based upon the number of “people reached”. It’s a statistic that Facebook provides to indicate just how many different folks saw a posting. It is not a measure of how many people clicked through to read the entire story, nor how many people liked or shared a particular story – although both liking and sharing stories does tend to increase the “reach” numbers.

So without further ado here are the top 20 stories in rank order, for 2014 according to Facebook!!

1. Ohio LODD Suit Ends in Victory for Morning Pride and Motorola
2. Alaska Supreme Court Reverses North Pole Fire Case
3. Kentucky Firefighter Sues Over Racist Facebook Posting
4. San Francisco Firefighter Claims She’s a Scapegoat
5. Colorado Court Rules on Cancer Presumption for Denver Firefighter
6. Use of Fire Department Email for Union Communications
7. Wisconsin Firefighters Face Discipline Over Cellphone Recording
8. Part-Time Firefighters Allowed to Organize in Pennsylvania
9. Kayaker Sues FDNY for Injuries
10. Georgia Firefighter Claims Incentive Stipend Belongs in Overtime Rate
11. Ohio Chief Accuses Fire Board of Conspiracy and Racketeering
12. Texas Judge Dismisses City’s Unfair Campaigning Suit Against Union
13. IAFF Video Expose on Looting of Public Pensions
14. Judge Orders Fire Department Liquidated
15. Automatic Aid Agreements Challenged as Contracting Out – Texas
16. Drunk Driving Offense Costs Texas Firefighter His Job
17. Attorney Challenges FAA Anti-Drone Directive With FF Safety Angle
18. Its About Time: Police Officer Investigated for Arresting Firefighter
19. Jacksonville Lieutenant Sues For Sexual Harassment
20. Providence Gay Pride Parade Ruling Upholds Constitutionality of the Order to Participate

Incidentally, if we go strictly by Facebook shares, here is how the 20 stories stack up:

1. Wisconsin Firefighters Face Discipline Over Cellphone Recording
2. Automatic Aid Agreements Challenged as Contracting Out – Texas
3. Ohio LODD Suit Ends in Victory for Morning Pride and Motorola
4. IAFF Video Expose on Looting of Public Pensions
5. Ohio Chief Accuses Fire Board of Conspiracy and Racketeering
6. Use of Fire Department Email for Union Communications
7. Drunk Driving Offense Costs Texas Firefighter His Job
8. Part-Time Firefighters Allowed to Organize in Pennsylvania
9. Alaska Supreme Court Reverses North Pole Fire Case
10. Georgia Firefighter Claims Incentive Stipend Belongs in Overtime Rate
11. Jacksonville Lieutenant Sues For Sexual Harassment
12. Colorado Court Rules on Cancer Presumption for Denver Firefighter
13. Providence Gay Pride Parade Ruling Upholds Constitutionality of the Order to Participate
14. San Francisco Firefighter Claims She’s a Scapegoat
15. Kentucky Firefighter Sues Over Racist Facebook Posting
16. Its About Time: Police Officer Investigated for Arresting Firefighter
17. Judge Orders Fire Department Liquidated
18. Attorney Challenges FAA Anti-Drone Directive With FF Safety Angle
19. Texas Judge Dismisses City’s Unfair Campaigning Suit Against Union
20. Kayaker Sues FDNY for Injuries