Tag Archives: off duty injury

Today’s burning question: Our department hosts an open house during fire prevention week. When the recession hit back in 2009 the department stopped compensating off-duty members who attended the open house. Can the department refuse to pay us for that time, and what would happen if one of our off-duty uncompensated members is injured at the open house?

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Today’s burning question: I am a firefighter and I was seriously hurt while off duty. While recuperating, the city stopped my health care even though I had not exhausted all of my paid sick leave. Can they do that? Answer: According to the US District Court for the Western District of Virginia, they can!

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Anthony Rorrer was a firefighter for the Stow (Ohio) Fire Department from May of 1999 to July 4, 2008, when a bottle-rocket injured his right eye in an off-duty accident. Rorrer lost all vision in his right eye leading the fire department to eventually terminate his employment.

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