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May brings us the tragic Beverly Hills Supper Club fire and the devastating loss of five Houston firefighters at the Southwest Inn fire.

Los Pinos Fire Protection District is facing allegations of wrongful termination, retaliation and discrimination in a 12-count complaint filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado on Dec. 3. Jennifer So...

There are unique challenges of addressing allegations of wrongdoing in the fire service — where managers without investigatory expertise may find themselves responsible for looking into their own colleagues and

In the wake of Stockton Fire Captain Max Fortuna's shooting death, is there anything more firefighters can do to protect themselves?

In the post, she denounced the tactics of Black Lives Matter and asked people supporting the movement to unfriend her. “Just to let you know — they are terrorists,” she wrote in June 2020. “They hate me. They hate my uniform. They don’t care if I die.” Several fellow Hopewell officers liked Ms. Erwin’s post or offered some support. One of them was Sgt. Mandy Gray, who had recently been promoted. It prompted an internal department investigation. The police brass took no action, but...

Police officers across the country have been fired, demoted or otherwise disciplined for social media posts that voice opposition to Black Lives Matter and violence during racial justice protests.

Fire department PIO arrested for crash scene photos in Connecticut Chesterfield Fire Companys Steve Frischling is accused of violating Joshuas Law Mar 11, 2021 This is an interesting interpretation of Connecticut’s Joshua’s Law preventing some photography by fire, EMS and police at emergency scenes. Read more from Curt Varone at FireLawBlog.com. The public information officer for the Chesterfield Fire Company has been charged in connection with crash scene photos he took without permission ...