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California EMTs Sue For COVID19-Safety Related Termination
Two California EMTs who were terminated after refusing to transport COVID 19 patients last spring because they were not supplied…
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Burning Question: COVID 19 and HIPAA Hysteria
Today’s Burning Question: Does HIPAA allow first responders to be notified of critical information such as the addresses of positive…
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Coronavirus SARs-CoV-2 to be Added to Ryan White Act Disease Notification Requirements
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has undertaken steps to add the novel coronavirus, SARs-CoV-2, to the list of…
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Fire Law Podcast 32: Legal Implications of Corona Virus COVID-19 and Quarantine
In this episode, Curt and Bill Maccarone discuss the legal implication of the Corona Virus COVID-19 quarantine on fire departments…
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Detroit Firefighters Sue to Block Bodily Fluid Clean Up Policy
Detroit Firefighters Association IAFF Local 344 has filed suit against the city in an effort to block implementation of a…
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Oregon FD and Medics Sued Over Accident
A patient in the back of a fire department ambulance that collided with another vehicle during transport killing the other…
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Family Seeks $11 Million from Glendale Firefighters for Assault
Here is a follow up to the story we covered last week with regards to the Glendale, Arizona firefighters who…
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Combative Patients and Self-Defense
Today’s burning question: My crew was on an EMS run and the patient took a swing at us. Can we…
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