A Washington state firefighter has filed suit claiming he was denied full-time employment and removed from a part-time position on account of his Middle-Eastern descent and non-citizenship. Damon Winters filed suit in April in US District Court in Seattle against the City of Lynden and Assistant Chief Robert Spinner.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Law Blog

A Washington state firefighter has filed suit claiming he was denied full-time employment and removed from a part-time position on account of his Middle-Eastern descent and non-citizenship. Damon Winters filed suit in April in US District Court in Seattle against the City of Lynden and Assistant Chief Robert Spinner.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Law Blog

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Mayor Ray Stephanson heard about the dispatching failures during Everett's recent three-alarm warehouse fire, and he's not happy. Stephanson on Wednesday sent a pointed letter to New World, the technology company responsible for Snohomish County's balky 8-month-old emergency dispatching software. In the letter, he referred to the troubles as “simply unacceptable” and said continued problems could put people in danger.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2016 8:35:37 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

Mayor Ray Stephanson heard about the dispatching failures during Everett's recent three-alarm warehouse fire, and he's not happy. Stephanson on Wednesday sent a pointed letter to New World, the technology company responsible for Snohomish County's balky 8-month-old emergency dispatching software. In the letter, he referred to the troubles as “simply unacceptable” and said continued problems could put people in danger.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2016 8:35:37 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald