Tag Archives: Pittsburgh Fire Bureau

The City of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Firefighters IAFF Local 1 have reached a compromise on ending a residency requirement for firefighters. The residency requirement was incorporated into the city charter in 2013 for firefighters and police officers.

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The man whose state court conviction for setting a fire that killed three Pittsburgh firefighters in 1995 was set aside due to prosecutorial misconduct, will have to face a retrial after all in federal court. Gregory Brown Jr. was convicted of setting the Bricelyn Street Fire on Valentine’s day, 1995.

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The city of Pittsburgh has settled a class action lawsuit filed in federal court by fire officers claiming they were wrongfully denied overtime compensation. The suit was originally brought last August by Deputy Chief Harry Scherer, Battalion Chief Robert Cox ...

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The strange case involving retired Pittsburgh fire captain David Cerminara appears to have come to a close. Captain Cerminara filed a lawsuit in Federal Court last summer alleging that the city wrongfully withheld his severance check in retaliation for his ...

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Three ranking officers of the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau have filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act claiming that PFB officers have been wrongfully denied overtime compensation. Deputy Chief Harry Scherer, Battalion Chief Robert Cox and Captain Edmund J. Farley ...

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A Pittsburgh fire captain who retired on June 1, 2012 has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court alleging the city wrongfully withheld payment of his accrued sick leave. How is that a Federal case? He claims the money was withheld ...

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