Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services

Written by a lawyer who is also an experienced firefighter, LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, 2E examines the most challenging legal issues confronting firefighters and emergency service personnel today. Readers will explore the latest information on liability issues, search and seizure, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and more. In addition, LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, 2E also covers EMS law addressing consent, capacity, standard of care, medical confidentiality, and HIPAA. The book also discusses many of the most significant fires of the past century, along with the cases and legal battles that ensued, illuminating the connections between past events and the legal concepts facing emergency responders today.

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• Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident
• Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service
• Fire and Emergency Services Administration: Management and Leadership Practices, 2nd Edition (PUBLIC SAFETY)
• Occupational Safety and Health in the Emergency Services
• Fire Investigator: Principles and Practice to NFPA 921 and 1033
• Managing Fire and Emergency Services (Icma Green Book)
• Fire Chief's Handbook
• PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support, 8th Edition
• Building Construction Related to the Fire Service