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Bank Sues WV Fire Department For Nonpayment on Apparatus Lease

A volunteer fire company in West Virginia is being sued by a local bank for defaulting on payments for a new 3,000 gallon tanker. Last August, the Wharncliffe Volunteer Fire Department Inc. purchased a new tanker under a lease-purchase agreement ...

Foreclosure Sale Leaves PA Fire Company On The Hook

A volunteer fire department in Pennsylvania is being sued by a bank following the repossession and sale of its ladder truck. Commercial Bank & Trust of Pennsylvania filed suit against the West Newton Volunteer Fire Company Inc. in Westmoreland County ...

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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