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Civil Rights Employment Government 

Omaha Firefighter

February 5, 2021February 8, 2021 BRIEF
firefighters, Hate Crimes, Nebraska, race

A Black woman working as an Omaha firefighter filed a lawsuit against the city after she said she faced verbal abuse from coworkers and found her gear hung from a station flagpole in a way that simulated “a public hanging or lynching.” She said she had to take a leave of absence after the city did nothing.

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Appeals Government 

Yarnell Hill Fire

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 BRIEF
Agriculture, Arizona, Fire, firefighters, FOIA, public records

The Ninth Circuit ruled against a firefighter seeking records relating to the Yarnell Hill Fire of 2013, which killed 19 firefighters in Arizona. The court ruled that even if the U.S. Department of Agriculture once held the records the firefighter seeks, there is no question that the department’s search for them was adequate.

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Environment Government Health 

Firefighting Foam

February 20, 2020February 21, 2020 BRIEF
chemicals, Defense Department, Fire, firefighters, Trump administration

Environmentalists and other nonprofits sued several Trump administration agencies Thursday, claiming approvals for the incineration of highly toxic firefighting foam will lead to dire health consequences and violates federal law.

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Business Government 

New York Souvenirs

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 BRIEF
dbrief5, firefighters, NYC, NYPD, tourism, Trademark

A federal court ruled that New York City may pursue its trademark infringement claims against a company that sells souvenirs featuring NYPD and FDNY shields and images that are identical to the city’s.

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Environment International 

Firefighting Plane Crash in Australia Kills 3 Americans

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
ap5, crash, firefighters, wildfires

Three American crew members were killed Thursday when a C-130 Hercules water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said.

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Environment International 

Volunteer Firefighters Die as Wildfires Ravage Australia

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, firefighters, wildfires

Two volunteer firefighters died Thursday battling wildfires ravaging Australia’s most populous state, bringing the wildfire death toll to at least eight, as authorities braced for temperatures to soar in New South Wales over the weekend.

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Civil Rights Employment 

Reverse Discrimination

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 BRIEF
Cleveland, discrimination, firefighters, race

Twenty-four firefighters sued Cleveland, Ohio, claiming its fire captain promotional exam discriminates against white people in favor of blacks, in Cuyahoga County Court.

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Environment Government 

New Mexico Wants Air Force Ordered to Clean Up Poisons

July 25, 2019July 26, 2019 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
firefighters, injunction, military, New Mexico, pollution, toxic waste

New Mexico’s Environment Department and attorney general filed an injunction asking that the U.S. Air Force be compelled to quickly clean up contamination from toxic firefighting foam that lingers in the ground around Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases.

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Appeals Employment 

Firefighters’ Fight With Houston Still Smoldering

June 14, 2019September 3, 2019 CAMERON LANGFORD
firefighters, Houston

You need to make a deal, a state appeals court told Houston on Thursday, ordering the city to mediation with a firefighters union fighting for voter-approved pay raises held up in litigation.

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Employment Government Regional 

Judge Strikes Down Pay Raise for Houston Firefighters

May 15, 2019June 14, 2019 CAMERON LANGFORD
firefighters, Houston, Police, referendum, unions, wages

A Texas judge on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a voter-approved measure to raise Houston firefighters’ pay, potentially heading off mass layoffs the mayor said were necessary to fund the mandate.

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Personal Injury 

Firefighter Death

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 BRIEF
firefighters, Texas

The widow of a firefighter claims the failure of Scott Technologies Personal Alert Safety System cost her husband his life and nearly killed a second one, in Bexar County Court.

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Civil Rights Law 

Political Attire

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 BRIEF
firefighters, First Amendment, Houston, Voting

Challenging a Texas law that makes it a misdemeanor to wear political clothing near a polling place, the wife of a Houston firefighter filed a First Amendment lawsuit claiming she was forced to turn her pro-firefighter T-shirt inside out while voting on a measure to raise their pay.

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Employment Government Regional 

Judge Approves Pay Raise for Houston Firefighters

December 18, 2018December 19, 2018 CAMERON LANGFORD
firefighters, Houston, Police, referendum, unions, wages

Houston firefighters’ wallets just got a little fatter, after a Texas judge on Tuesday denied the city’s request to stay a voter-approved amendment requiring firefighters to be paid as much as police.

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Courts Government Law 

Houston Firefighters, Police Battle Over City’s Limited Budget

December 14, 2018October 11, 2019 CAMERON LANGFORD
firefighters, Houston, Police, Texas

The Houston Police Department won’t have the manpower to investigate home burglaries and car wrecks if the cash-strapped city is forced to lay off hundreds of officers to help finance a voter-approved pay raise for firefighters, the police chief testified Friday.

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Employment Government 

Police v. Firefighters

November 30, 2018 BRIEF
firefighters, Houston, Police, wages

The Houston Police Officers’ Union filed a complaint Friday challenging a voter-approved city charter amendment to pay firefighters the same as police, claiming state law prohibits tying firefighter wages to how much other municipal workers make.

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Appeals Employment Government Law 

Justices Find Age-Bias Law Covers Small State Employers

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 KEVIN LESSMILLER
age, Arizona, discrimination, firefighters, Ninth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court

In the first decision of its new term, the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday with two Arizona firefighters who argued that a federal age-discrimination law applies to state and local government entities with less than 20 employees.

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Health Personal Injury 

Methane Blowout

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
California, Fire, firefighters, Oil and gas, utilities

Three dozen firefighters who responded to the Aliso Canyon methane blowout near Los Angeles — the largest gas leak in U.S. history — sued Southern California Gas and Sempra Energy in superior court Monday, accusing them of knowingly exposing them to carcinogenic chemicals, negligence, fraudulent concealment, and other charges.

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Employment Government Regional 

Minnesota Court Rules for Disbanded Firefighters Union

October 9, 2018 DIONNE CORDELL-WHITNEY
firefighters, Labor, Minnesota, municipal law, unions

The Minnesota Court of Appeals found Monday that the city of Brainerd violated labor rules when it laid off all full-time firefighters to dissolve their union amid collective bargaining.

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Appeals Civil Rights Employment Government 

Firefighter Case Leaves Justices Tangled in Age-Bias Law

October 1, 2018 TIM RYAN
age, Arizona, discrimination, firefighters, U.S. Supreme Court

The fate of age-discrimination claims against an Arizona fire department hangs in the balance after the Supreme Court spent a hearing Monday dissecting a statute’s use of the words “also means.”

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International 

London Fire Brigade: ‘Hunky Firefighter’ Cliches Are Sexist

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
discrimination, firefighters, London, sex

The London Fire Brigade wants the media to stop depicting firefighters as hunky sex objects.

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