Legal Considerations for Fire & Emergency Services

The third edition of Legal Considerations for Fire & Emergency Services is a reader-friendly guide to the challenging legal issues that firefighters and emergency service personnel encounter.\n\nWritten by J. Curtis Varone, a practicing attorney as well as an experienced firefighter, this book explores such key topics as fire department liability, search and seizure, sovereign immunity, overtime laws, collective bargaining, OSHA compliance, workers� compensation, physical abilities testing, medical examinations, drug testing, discrimination, and sexual harassment. It is a perfect textbook for any course on fire service law as well as an indispensable desk reference for day-to-day fire department administration. Features of the new 3rd Edition: � Updated cases on several topics including residency requirements, employment discrimination, and more � Expanded treatment of hot topics such as digital imagery, social media, and electronic surveillance � Meets the latest requirements for FESHE�s Legal Aspects of the Fire Service curriculum � Many new photos and graphics to help connect cases to day- to-day issues in the fire service � Coverage of recent changes to search and seizure law, use of digital photos and social media by emergency personnel, and fire department liability Legal Considerations for Fire & Emergency Services 3rd Edition by J. Curtis Varone and Publisher Fire Engineering. ISBN: 9781593703479, 1593703473. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9781593703479, 1593703473.