A fire captain is set to receive a $450,000 settlement after suing the city and a former fire chief for discrimination. City Attorney Barbara Parker is recommending City Council approve the sum at its June 5 meeting, according to city documents. Capt. Joseph Torres filed suit in November 2015, alleging Chief Teresa Deloach Reed refused to promote him to battalion chief, even though he qualified for the rank.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

Gov. Chris Sununu said he intends to sign a bill that passed the House last week to allow firefighter cancer treatment benefits to be funded through worker’s compensation. Senate Bill 541 comes 28 years after a law was ruled unconstitutional that stated certain cancers are presumed to be work-related for firefighters, leaving firefighters with cancer to pay many of their costs out of pocket.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foster's Daily Democrat

A firefighter who was pulled from a burning building Monday is in fair condition at the UC Davis Burn Center in Sacramento. Firefighter Justin Costa was pulled to safety by California Highway Patrol Officer Geno Cortez and another firefighter after being badly burned while battling a blaze at Hardester’s Market in Middletown.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC Sacramento

An executive committee representing nearly 8,700 current and former Dallas police officers and firefighters has agreed to a $173.3 million settlement in their decades-old class-action lawsuits against City Hall over years of back-pay claims. The figure is an agreed-upon price that comes with caveats because it's not yet a done deal.
- PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

Jeremi Roesler takes over as Julian fire chief Friday, succeeding five-year Chief Rick Marinelli and inheriting a firestorm. A battalion chief with Cal Fire’s Hemet-area Battalion 5, Roesler will be dealing with lawsuits, complaints of Brown Act violations, expected protests at the Julian fire station on state Route 79 and an angry citizenry that has petitioned twice to keep its last-in-the-county volunteer force.
- PUB DATE: 5/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times of San Diego