PERS Revised Disability Retirement & Reevaluation Required Documents for Local Safety
Updates: PERS Revised Disability Retirement & Reevaluation Required Documents for Local Safety By: John A. Ferrone, Esq. – Attorney with Ferrone Law Group The Industrial Disability Retirement (IDR) process is complicated for safety members. To qualify for an...
Married With (Or Without) Children: 4 Reasons You Still Need Protection
Just when you thought you were past the stage in life where you had to think about using protection, another reason comes along and it has nothing to do with the back seat of your parents’ station wagon and steamed-up windows. Being in a dangerous line of work means...
3 Useful Tips to Help Keep Young Kids Fire Safe
The topic of teaching fire safety to young children has a lot of moving parts. How fires start, how they can harm you, and of course, what to do if one starts if you are inside a house that is on fire are just a few. Of course, the first rule we think about when...
7 Common Firefighter Injuries (and a Hot Tip)
It’s no secret that firefighting carries inherent risks to life and limb, whether a firefighter is putting down a fire at an empty warehouse or a two-story residential structure. Simply put, it isn’t uncommon for firefighters to get injured – sometimes severely,...