July 18, 2005
Interesting Firefighting Headlines
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Plastics factory burns for second day (July 8, 2005) -- Acrid smoke poured from a 2-day-old fire Friday at an Indiana plastics recycling company 10 miles from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. The ... > full story
Suspicious fire hits Fla. abortion clinic (July 5, 2005) -- Investigators say that a fire at a Florida abortion clinic appears to be suspicious. Phil Kaplan, a spokesman for the West Palm Beach Fire ... > full story
Firefighters' facial hair in court dispute (June 14, 2005) -- Three Muslim firefighters can keep their beards until at least Aug. 1 following a federal judge's ruling regarding a D.C. Fire Department ban on ... > full story
Muslim firefighter suspended over beard (June 6, 2005) -- A Muslim firefighter in Philadelphia was suspended from the department for refusing to shave off his beard, ABC reports. Curtis DeVaux was suspended ... > full story
Female firefighters sue Virginia county
FAIRFAX, Va., July 6 (UPI) -- A group of female firefighters is suing Fairfax County, Va., alleging a pattern of discrimination in the fire department.
The suit says Fairfax County, a suburb of Washington, has practiced discrimination in hiring, promotion and housing, The Washington Post said.
Women's facilities are so inferior that the women's shower in one firehouse is a converted urinal, the suit alleges. Other female firefighters bunk in a converted closet that lacked heat for five years, the suit contends.
The plaintiffs, including some high-ranking female firefighters, said they are repeatedly subjected to sexually harassing comments and attitudes, the Post reported. In one incident, the suit alleged, a male firefighter slapped a female employee across the face with a piece of ham and made a sexually graphic remark. ">To story
Plastics factory burns for second day (July 8, 2005) -- Acrid smoke poured from a 2-day-old fire Friday at an Indiana plastics recycling company 10 miles from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. The ... > full story
Suspicious fire hits Fla. abortion clinic (July 5, 2005) -- Investigators say that a fire at a Florida abortion clinic appears to be suspicious. Phil Kaplan, a spokesman for the West Palm Beach Fire ... > full story
Firefighters' facial hair in court dispute (June 14, 2005) -- Three Muslim firefighters can keep their beards until at least Aug. 1 following a federal judge's ruling regarding a D.C. Fire Department ban on ... > full story
Muslim firefighter suspended over beard (June 6, 2005) -- A Muslim firefighter in Philadelphia was suspended from the department for refusing to shave off his beard, ABC reports. Curtis DeVaux was suspended ... > full story
Female firefighters sue Virginia county
FAIRFAX, Va., July 6 (UPI) -- A group of female firefighters is suing Fairfax County, Va., alleging a pattern of discrimination in the fire department.
The suit says Fairfax County, a suburb of Washington, has practiced discrimination in hiring, promotion and housing, The Washington Post said.
Women's facilities are so inferior that the women's shower in one firehouse is a converted urinal, the suit alleges. Other female firefighters bunk in a converted closet that lacked heat for five years, the suit contends.
The plaintiffs, including some high-ranking female firefighters, said they are repeatedly subjected to sexually harassing comments and attitudes, the Post reported. In one incident, the suit alleged, a male firefighter slapped a female employee across the face with a piece of ham and made a sexually graphic remark. ">To story
