Fire Law Blog Fire Service and Public Safety Legal Issues Blog by Curt Varone
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for March 4, 2024, Curt and Bill Maccarone discuss a lawsuit challenging a large budget increase levied by a fire district in New York; the settlement of a wrongful death suit brought by the family of a homeless woman run over by a fire truck; a ruling upholding the Cleveland Fire Department’s ban of facial hair at the SCBA interface; an $80 settlement by a California utility with the US Forest Service over damages and costs associated with the Thomas Fire; and a decision by an arbitrator to reinstate two previously terminated firefighters accused of failing to enter a medical facility in California.
Suit Challenges Fire District’s Budget Increase
Colorado Springs Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $160k
Court Upholds Cleveland Fire’s No Beard Policy
California Utility Settles With US Forest Service for $80 Million
Arbitrator Reinstates California Firefighters
