Statesville Fire Fighter Scott Butler and Statesville Professional Fire Fighters Association have filed a suit against the city manager and assistant city manager asking the city’s leaders to allow Butler his right to a Civil Service Board grievance hearing, which has been denied to him following his failure to receive a promotion. In a suit filed in [...]

A lawsuit that was filed almost two years again between the Greenville Professional Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local 1867 and EMS Specialist Lisa Davis-Christ vs. the city of Greenville has been settled after determined efforts from Davis-Christ, Local 1867 and Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina Association attorneys. Among the [...]

Day 2 ended with a powerful presentation from Greensboro Fire Capt. Sterlin Suddarth. Capt. Suddarth was injured in the line of duty in January 2014. He was among nine fire fighters injured after a roof collapsed on a working structure fire. “It was like a freight train hit me,” Capt. Suddarth said. He spent weeks at Baptist hospital with seven [...]

Day one of the 2014 PFFPNC convention is in the books in downtown Winston-Salem. The morning started with sounding notes of support and thanks from members of the Winston-Salem city council and mayor Allen Joines. PFFPNC President David Anders addressed the crowd next. The outgoing leader touched on his more than 20 years experience with PFFPNC. He [...]

Wilmington Fire Figther Captain and IAFF Wilmimgton Local 129 member Eric Lacewell passed away Nov. 4, 2014, from complications of an injury he received on duty three years ago. Capt. Lacewell was a Brother, friend, father and husband. He always had a smile on his face and a kind word for everyone. Capt. Lacewell fought a long, hard battle with his [...]