The Supreme Court’s landmark decision Friday on SSM has already started to ripple through the EMS community. The 5-4 majority decision that SSM is Constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment drew widespread praise from EMS administrators

According to the Harrington Beach Herald, Officers in this resort city will have another uniform option this summer.

Officials in California are discussing bringing back flogging in an attempt to cut back on the jail overtime budget. Offenders who have been sentences to less than ten days may opt to be flogged ten strokes for one day of credit.

Chief Dan McDaniel is currently suspended from duty as the city investigates allegations of using his department to recruit for pyramid schemes his family works. The chief and his wife are distributors for multiple direct sales marketing programs. Allegedly a requirement of being a member of the FD is to sign up for one of their direct selling programs.

Police across the nation are reporting confusion with family due to the term “partner” being used. For police officers it is a term to indicate co-workers. But in the gay community it designates being in a romantic relationship.

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced last Monday that they are changing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPPA to an as yet undisclosed name but is willing to confirm the acronym will be HIPPA.

In response to the Legalization medical Marijuana grow operations and dispensaries Allenadge Fire Chief Jimmy Marin expressed concerns that it was merely a matter of time before his department was “stuck dealing with" an emergency at one of these facilities.

Two firefighters who work for the Great Falls Fire Dept. both hired in 2008 are off the Job permanently today after testing positive for Marijuana. The un-named firefighters who are also volunteers for the Allenadge City Fire dept. are claiming the positive test is as a result of smoke inhalation from the recent fire at “Dr. Raggs Weed Dispensary.”

The Allenadge City fire department was called to a fire last night around 1 a.m. at the Dr. Raggs Weed dispensary. The Talmdale fire department initially assisted and additional manpower was later called in from several other area departments when the Battalion Chief reported the Fire was “So hot and really red.”

The Fire service has been deeply rooted in tradition, for decades fire apparatus has been red adorned with gold lettering, in the 1970’s some departments experimented with “Lime Green” which was more of a safety yellow, was said to improve the recognition of fire apparatus in traffic thus preventing accidents and injuries. This trend sparked the great red/yellow debate.