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NJ Firefighter Stabbed During In Station Argument
Incident occurred at the Lincoln Park Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company 1.
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Alabama Dues Deduction Prohibition Facing Challenge from Mobile Firefighters
The Mobile, Alabama firefighters’ union is preparing to file suit against the city for refusing to allow union dues to be payroll deducted. The city’s position is that a new ethics law that became effective in 2011 prohibits them from collecting union dues. Alabama, a right to work state, enacted strict laws in December 2010 that restrict payroll deductions for union dues, and make it a criminal offense for payroll deducted union dues to be used for political purposes. Suits challenging the law have already been filed by firefighter unions in Decatur and Cullman, Alabama, as well as by teachers unions. The law…
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Connecticut Town Faces Suit for Fire
A Connecticut town appears to be in the gun sights of a local business owner who’s shopping center was destroyed by fire last September. The owners of the Oakdale Plaza have put the town of Montville on notice that they intend to sue for negligence over a three alarm fire that occurred on September 7, 2010. The blaze destroyed eight businesses and caused an estimated $1 million in damage. John and Kim Diamantini and Diamantini Construction LLC, the owners of the Oakdale Plaza, filed a notice of intent to sue the town of Montville on March 24, 2011. The notice…
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CHELSEA: CAFA rejects federal whistleblower lawsuit claims – Chelsea Standard – Heritage Newspapers
CAFA rejects federal whistleblower lawsuit claims.
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Maryland Volunteer Fire Department in Foreclosure
In what may be an indication of things to come, an Illinois Bank has filed suit to liquidate the assets of an active Maryland volunteer fire department. If successful, the suit would authorize the auctioning of the fire station, apparatus, and equipment, and serve as the death knell for the McCoole Fire and Rescue Department. The Marquette Bank of Cook County, Illinois filed suit in US District Court after the fire company defaulted on a $624,000 loan. The fire department receives a $33,000 a year county stipend, supplemented by fundraising. According to Fire Chief Charles E. Pearce Jr., the department’s bingo that…
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Jury Awards Damages To Property Owner Following Wildland Fire
An Oregon jury has awarded damages to a property owner following a wildland fire in 2006. The jury awarded the owner of the Widows Creek Ranch $9,997.13 from the Oregon Department of Forestry. The suit arose out of the Shake Table fire in August, 2006. Crews used parts of the Widows Creek Ranch as a staging area, and the owner alleged that fire crews damaged roads, fences and gates. The suit sought $379,000 in damages. The jury rendered its decision last week after four days of hearings in Grant County Circuit Court. For additional information on the suit.
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Can a homeowner whose house is on fire refuse AMA?
That is a bizarre question, and as phrased is not a totally accurate statement about a problem that is really worth discussing. However, the term “refusal AMA” has become so engrained into our vernacular that hopefully you catch my drift. Can a homeowner whose house is on fire, refuse to allow the fire department to put the fire out? Can a homeowner with a smoke condition, or even an alarm sounding, stop the fire department at the door and prevent them from entering to investigate? And can a homeowner who initially asked for the fire department to respond because of…
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Chief’s Actions Under Fire in New Mexico
These days, it is hardly newsworthy when a firefighter complains about a fire chief. However, a New Mexico firefighter has created headlines by formally accusing a fire chief of fireground misconduct that led to the unnecessary loss of at least one structure during a major wildland fire on March 7, 2011. Grant County has launched an investigation into the allegations of firefighter Matthew G. Robertson against Chief Justin Toney of the Whiskey Creek Volunteer Fire Department. The events occurred at the Quail Ridge Fire, that burned 1,800 acres, destroyed 13 homes, damaged 47 structures, and caused an estimated $2.6 million…
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Houston Files Suit Against Firefighters
Accusation that one of the three firefighters used the N word in a computer report.
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Another Case of Theft in the Volunteer Fire Service
A New Jersey volunteer firefighter has been sentenced in Federal District Court for stealing $589,000 from his fire company. Charles V. Mancini III, 46, of the New Sharon Volunteer Fire Department will serve four years and four months in prison. Upon his release he will be on probation for an additional three years, plus must make restitution for $505,000. Mancini admitted to stealing $90,000 in one unauthorized “loan” transaction, and then in 2009 he stole some $449,000 in insurance proceeds that was intended to rebuild the New Sharon fire station following a devastating fire in 2008 that destroyed the station and its…
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LA County Puppy Beating Case Comes To An End
The final chapter has finally been written in the infamous Los Angeles County puppy beating case. On November 3, 2008, Jeff and Shelley Toole’s 6 month old German shepherd mix, Karley, got loose and ran into yard of LA County Assistant Chief Glynn Johnson. Chief Johnson said he was bringing the puppy home when it bit him on his hand. However, a neighbor said he saw Johnson strike the dog and then beat it repeatedly with a rock. Karley was so badly injured that she had to be euthanized. Chief Johnson said he was simply trying to make the dog…
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Wichita Firefighter Terminated for Practical Joke Fire
A Wichita firefighter has been terminated for setting a small fire in the fire station that he intended as a practical joke. Jarrod Womack has been terminated for the January 12, 2011 prank. Five other firefighters also received discipline ranging from reprimands to suspensions. Womack was quoted by KSN as saying “I was wrongfully terminated. Some guys in upper management have done the same kind of thing more than once.” He vowed to grieve the termination. This is the second recent practical joke fire that cost a firefighter his job. The other case made news in January in Apopka, Florida over…
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