The Superior Court affirmed the Commission's decision which overturned the City of New Bedford's decision to terminate the employment of a Deputy Fire Chief.
The Commission overturned the termination of a New Bedford deputy fire chief after finding that New Bedford failed to prove that he had misrepresented his physical abilities to avoid returning to duty or otherwise abused the fire department’s injury leave policy.
The Commission denied an appeal from a firefighter who took the 2025 Statewide Fire Lieutenant Promotional Exam, upholding the decision of the state’s Human Resources Division that it was not arbitrary or capricious to deny him ECT&E credit for time spent teaching at the Massachusetts Fire Academy.
