About Fully Involved Legal: What We Do

At Fully Involved Legal, we understand that volunteer fire and EMS organizations face challenges that go far beyond emergency response. From governance and personnel issues to contracts, compliance, and liability, your agency deserves legal counsel that’s just as committed to the mission as you are.

Our firm is proud to provide comprehensive, practical, and mission-focused legal services tailored specifically for volunteer fire departments, EMS agencies, and emergency service organizations across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and beyond.

• Drafting and revising bylaws, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and internal policies
• Advising on nonprofit structure, board operations, and membership rights
• Ensuring compliance with state and local laws, including Right-to-Know and Sunshine Act obligations
• Providing guidance on grants, insurance coverage, and inter-agency agreements

• Counseling leadership on hiring, discipline, and termination of both paid and volunteer members
• Handling workplace investigations, including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims
• Drafting personnel manuals, codes of conduct, and volunteer agreements
• Representing agencies before the EEOC, PHRC, or Department of Labor
• Labor negotiations and CBA's

• Drafting and reviewing service contracts, MOUs, mutual aid agreements, and vendor contracts
• Negotiating municipal service and funding agreements
• Advising on apparatus purchases, leases, construction, and facility use

• Guiding chiefs and boards through fair, defensible disciplinary procedures
• Preparing hearing notices, findings, and appeals documentation
• Representing agencies or individual members in internal hearings or court proceedings

• Conducting legal risk audits and providing training for officers and administrators
• Advising on incident documentation, training liability, and injury response protocols
• Defending agencies against civil claims, negligence suits, or duty-of-care allegations