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Toronto Fire Terminates Three For Reposting South Park Comments

Three Toronto firefighters have become the latest fire service cyber-casualties, terminated over tweets their fire chief said violated city policy. Matt Bowman, Lawaun Edwards, and a third firefighter whose identify has not been released were terminated today over posts that ...

FDNY EMT’s Tweets A Career Ender

The son of FDNY Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano has become the fire service‘s latest cyber-casualty courtesy of his propensity to tweet racist, sexist, and in general stupid comments. FDNY EMT Joseph Cassano, 23, resigned today following news reports that ...

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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