How to salvage an election process and stay on track…

What happens when a fire district forgets to post its required filing notices for an election, or worse yet, forget about the election altogether and fails to notify the election…

Laws, in general, do not remotely resemble “plain english” and are therefore very difficult to navigate. While individual laws may be intended to “stand alone” and address a specific concern, the courts have pretty uniformly stated that everything must be taken in…

Looking forward to teaching the “Fire Chief’s Legal Tool Kit: Sunday only at Winter Fire School, in addition to working with Chief Brian Schaeffer and Asst. Chief Sam Persell to present “Surviving the Realities of Leading” on Saturday. Looking forward…

After many years of work at the State legislative  level, and several unsuccessful attempts at a presumptive cancer coverage law, in 2021 the Missouri Fire Service Alliance was able to guide passage of Senate Bill 45, enabling creation of a…

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In prior blogs I’ve discussed the application of FLSA rules…

ON FRIDAY, JULY 15 I’LL BE PRESENTING ANOTHER SESSION OF “THE FIRE CHIEF’S LEGAL TOOLBOX”
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Another great year at the MAFPD annual conference.  I enjoyed the discussions during my “Return of the Roaring 20’s” presentation and the turnout was great!

By the way, if you are a firefighter and have not had the opportunity to…