>> CURT VARONE is the new fire service 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. Previously, Varone was division manager of the Public Fire Protection Division at the National Fire Protection Association. A practicing attorney for the past 24 years, Varone is also a 37-year fire service veteran, and served 29 years as a firefighter with the Providence (RI) Fire Department, from which he retired in 2008 as a deputy chief.
