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  1. Litigation Grant Award in Public Records Suit Against Chestertown (NY) Volunteer Fire Company

    Online Articles

    Thu, 30 Sep 2010

    citizen open government activist have been awarded a litigation grant from the Knight FOI Fund to press a legal action against ..... Freedom of Information Committee. The $2,000 litigation grant was announced by the National Freedom of Information

  2. Legal Issues and Leadership: Fire Service Survey on the Impact of Litigation

    Online Articles

    Fri, 11 Jan 2013

    the possible relationship between increasing incidences of litigation in the fire service and its impact on fire officer recruitment ..... theorizes that, like most disciplines, as incidences of litigation increase within the discipline, that the pool of qualified

  1. Can "Failure to Train" Lead to Litigation ?

    Online Articles

    Wed, 18 May 2011

    we may be seeing more of this type of litigation . The court of appeals ultimately reversed ..... in a handicapped space. In §1983 litigation that ensued, the city of Miami conceded ..... one subset of governmental liability litigation , it arises with frequency as a theory

  2. Litigation : firefighters and free speech

    Magazine Articles

    Sun, 1 Aug 1999

    Litigation : firefighters and free speech Citation: Gilbrook v. City of Westminster, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal, Nos. 96-56306

  3. Chilworth Technology

    Company

    Mon, 17 Dec 2012

    Fire testing services including litigation support, expert witnessing, fire engineering, fire modeling, fire simulation testing, internationally recognized fire research studies, fire test apparatus/instrumentation development, and more.

  4. Legal Fire Prevention: Social Media Policy

    Online Articles

    Fri, 18 May 2012

    Murphy With the recent spate of demotions, terminations and litigation related to the use of social media to post your likes, dislikes ..... personnel should be aware that they may be subject to civil litigation for publishing or posting false information that harms the

  5. Simulation: The Next Step in Driver Training

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 1 Nov 2010

    operations are leaving themselves exposed to litigation not only from the community but also from ..... can face both civil and criminal litigation . Navigating a static cone course helps ..... reduce death, injury, liability, and litigation in a safe, educational format

  6. Names in the News

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 1 Mar 2010

    division director for the Legal and Liability Risk Management Institute (LLRMI). The division provides risk management and litigation support to fire and emergency service organizations comparable to the law enforcement services they have provided since 1987

  7. Training Officers' Liabilities 2011

    Online Articles

    Wed, 23 Mar 2011

    of how the the lack of adherence to NFPA standards were attributable to both the preventable death of a firefighter and the litigation that followed. Murphy also reviewed NIOSH's analysis of each incident and its legal impact on the fire service. He also

  8. Fire Department Sick Leave Policies and the FMLA: Confusing and Complicated Rules Can Get You Sued

    Online Articles

    Fri, 18 Feb 2011

    week from the employee's FMLA leave bank. Those qualified organizations 2 following the FMLA guidelines may be subject to litigation , as one Illinois company discovered. In Jackson v. Jernberg Industries, Inc, 2010 WL 60921 (N.D. Ill. 2010) , a