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  • Maine Shipyard Arsonist Was Bullied at School, Work

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    Bangor Daily News, Maine
    Posted: March 13th, 2013

    The civilian painter accused of setting a Navy nuclear submarine on fire is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. District Court on Friday. A presentencing report showed he is a talented musician and artist who has been bullied.

  • Maine Voters Grant Firefighters Independence

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    Bangor Daily News, Maine
    Posted: March 5th, 2013

    Etna voters decided to let volunteer firefighters to control and operate the fire department with the idea of becoming more eligible for grants as an independent agency.

  • Maine Chief Seeks Compensation For Vol. Firefighters

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    Bangor Daily News, Maine
    Posted: March 2nd, 2013

    The Newburgh fire chief says his firefighters deserve to have some compensation for the time they put in and he is seeking money to pay a token sum to the volunteers.

  • Fire Law: 2012 Cases And Controversies

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    Posted: January 3rd, 2013

    Fire Law: 2012 Cases And Controversies

    When I began to work on this review of fire service cases for 2012, my sense was that it had been a slow year compared with 2010 and 2011. In 2010, we had the landmark reverse-discrimination case of Ricci v. DeStefano, 129 S. Ct. 2658, 2671, 174 L. Ed. 2d...

  • For the Record 8/12

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    Posted: August 1st, 2012

    LODDs Hit 35-Year Low The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released its annual Firefighter Fatality Report in June showing a total of 61 on-duty firefighter deaths in the United States in 2011, the lowest annual total of firefighter deaths...

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