Burning Question
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Burning Question: Can Sharing Imagery Be Sexual Harassment?
Today’s burning question: I am a female fire captain in a large metro-sized fire department. I just discovered that a…
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Burning Question: Can a Complainant Investigate a Disciplinary Infraction?
Today’s burning question: In a disciplinary investigation, can the lead investigator be the complainant on a case? I was under…
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Burning Question: Part-Time Fire Chiefs and Compensation
Today’s burning question: I am a town manager and we have a small volunteer fire department with a part-time paid…
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Burning Questions: NFPA Standards and Liability
Today’s burning question: Is it safe to say that compliance with NFPA 1710 is a recommendation but not law unless…
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Garrity and Threats to Increase Punishment
Today’s burning question: Last week one of our drivers was written up. When the employee in question went before the…
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Burning Question: Cancelling Kelly Days
Today’s burning question: Can a fire department cancel a firefighter’s assigned Kelly Day without violating the Fair Labor Standards Act?…
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Burning Question: Volunteers and the FLSA for Fire Departments Conference
Today’s burning question: I am a volunteer fire chief and have been very interested in taking your FLSA course May…
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Insubordination As A Disciplinary Charge
Today’s burning question: What is "insubordination"? I am so tired of people trying to make fire departments into paramilitary organizations.…
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Lunch Breaks for Part-Time Employees
Today’s burning question: Do we have to pay part-time firefighter/EMS employees for their lunch break? Answer: First of all, the…
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FLSA, Vacation and Shift Trades
Today’s burning question: Can a firefighter assigned to a shift position take a 24-hour vacation day and then turn around…
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Burning Question on Retention of Fire Reports
Today’s Burning Question: We were cleaning out some of our office storage cabinets and found we have paper copies of…
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