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• Senate panel considers wildfire bill, but too late for 2020 season

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  Bipartisan Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act addresses forest management, as Senators highlight wildfire destruction and need for change

• Calif. governor signs presumptive COVID-19 workers' comp bill

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  First responders will be presumed to have contracted COVID-19 on-duty if there is an outbreak at their workplace

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• Unprecedented: Second round of AFG-S grants to open in October

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  Volunteer and combination departments have a second opportunity to secure COVID-19 PPE-related funding

• Cuomo approves 5-year extension of 9/11 health task force

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  The bill signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the 19th anniversary of the attacks also expands the scope of the 9/11 Worker Protection Task Force's work

• Calif. governor signs law allowing former inmates to become career FFs

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  Former inmates who fought fires while incarcerated will now have the chance to have their criminal records expunged upon release

• Administration admits stripping millions from FDNY’s 9/11 healthcare program

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  The Treasury Department acknowledges defunding the program between August 2016 and May 2020 to cover “delinquent Medicare Secondary Payer debt” owed by various entities within NYC

• Pa. 'move over' bill would double penalties for endangering first responders on roadways

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  The bill seeks to update the state's 2001 "steer clear" law with stiffer penalties and clearer rules about driving near emergency scenes and vehicles

• 9 key questions you must be able to answer during budget negotiations

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  People expect more than an impassioned plea; they want data-driven details

• NH city considers mask exemption for first responders

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  Portsmouth fire and police department officials said their protocols call for masks to be worn in most circumstances

• Ariz. city considering switch to fire department ambulance service

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  The expansion of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department's ambulance fleet and upcoming expiration of a contract with AMR has revived talks of a possible shift to public EMS

• Calif. legislators push to let former inmates become firefighters

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  AB2147 would allow inmates, who have trained at state fire camps in prison, to have their criminal records expunged

• Be careful how you spend your department’s CARES funding

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  Talk to an attorney or CPA to get clarity, and work through some of the Act’s oddities before spending any money

• Trump signs first responders COVID-19 benefits bill into law

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  The law extends death benefits to public safety officers who die as a result of COVID-19

• Pa. volunteer fire, ambulance fundraisers hurt by COVID-19

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  Officials say some departments have lost more than $20,000 from a canceled event

• Navigating politics and budgets during trying times

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  Fire Chief Marc Bashoor speaks with Baltimore City Chief Niles Ford about how fire service leaders can manage political and financial challenges in the modern era

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