Legal Considerations for Fire & Emergency Services

The long-awaited 4th edition of Legal Considerations for Fire & Emergency Services is an essential textbook for any course on fire service law as well as an indispensable desk reference for day-to-day fire department administration.

Author J. Curtis Varone, a practicing attorney and experienced firefighter explores comprehensive coverage of the major legal issues in the fire and EMS services, such as:

• Negligence
• Immunity
• Criminal law
• Arson
• Search and seizure
• FLSA wage and hour overtime issues
• Employment discrimination
• Sexual harassment
• FMLA
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Public records laws
• Open meetings requirements
• Drug testing
• Due process
• Collective bargaining
• OSHA and the relationship between NFPA standards and OSHA enforcement
• EMS-related topics such as consent, DNR orders, living wills, durable powers of attorney for healthcare decisions, and refusals against medical advice