Posts Tagged: Aerial Platform
Texas Firefighter’s Family Sues E-One and Fire Department for Aerial Training Death
The mother of a 28 year old firefighter who died last year, has sued the City of Kilgore, Texas, along with E-One, Inc., and Hall-Mark Apparatus. Regina Galloway, mother of Kilgore firefighter Cory Galloway, filed suit in District Court for …
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Councilman Files Lawsuit Seeking Reinstatement of Firefighter Pension.
Scranton City Councilman John Loscombe volunteered to serve on the council to finish the remainder of a four year term for a councilman who was elected tax collector. As a retired Scranton firefighter Loscombe received a pension of about $22,000 p…
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Fresno Sex Discrimination Suit Settled
Michelle Maher's sexual discrimination suit against the Frenso Fire Department has been settled. The single mom who claims she was forced out of the 2005 training academy, won her gender discrimination case last year, and the case had been on appeal…
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Four more fire fighters file lawsuits in Charleston Sofa Super Store fire
As the third anniversary of Charleston Sofa Super Store fire approaches, four additional firefighters have joined the growing ranks of litigants suing the Sofa Super Store, its owners and other associated companies. The June 18, 2007 fire killed 9 Charle…
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Widow Instrumental in Passage of Florida Law to Extend Line of Duty Death Benefits To Firefighters Killed During Training
An important piece of legislation was passed in Florida last month, and signed into law on June 1, 2010 to close a loophole in Florida law that treated the death of a firefighter during training as not “in the line of duty”.
This issue came in…
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Another Twist in the FDNY Discrimination Case
There has been another abrupt change in the FDNY discrimination litigation. On June 1, 2010 Judge Nicholas Garaufis announced that Mary Jo White, a former Federal prosecutor, would take over the role of special master from Robert …
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8 FF’s Injured When Aerial Brushes Electric Lines
EIGHT WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN, FIREFIGHTERS WERE injured at a major fire Friday when an aerial operating a master stream brushed along a high-voltage electric line.
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Around the Fire Web
... story from Prince George's County (Md.) about a backdraft explosion last night that blew several firefighters tush-over-teakettle across the front yard.
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