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Orange County Haircutting Hazing

A year long investigation into a haircutting hazing incident in Orange County, California has concluded with the announcement that 13 firefighters have been disciplined. The story began in April of 2012 when a group of firefighter recruits in uniform went ...

Hazing Leads to Arrest of Three Firefighters in Vermont

It is an occurrence that has become all too familiar: a group of young firefighters set out with the intention of hazing a younger member, but in the end the hazers end up arrested. The latest occurrence was in Vermont ...

Male on Male Sexual Harassment Suit Dismissed in South Bend

The male-on-male sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a South Bend, Indiana firefighter in February, 2009 has been dismissed. Firefighter John Banacki claimed that a male firefighter rubbed up against him in a sexual manner on at least three occasions in ...

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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