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• IAFC details how COVID-19-driven stimulus bill impacts fire service

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  The stimulus bill identifies the funding streams used to reimburse fire and EMS departments for operational costs during national emergency

• Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Understanding the leave provisions

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  The new law provides for two types of leave for employees impacted by COVID-19

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• Ohio bill would mandate COVID-19 disclosure to first responders

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  The proposal comes after firefighters who transported the first patient in the state to die from the disease were not notified of the exposure

• Fla. legislature approves bill to protect firefighters from cancer

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  The bill will help fund equipment, supplies and training to help reduce exposure to cancer-causing contaminants

• Congress addresses COVID-19 with trio of bills

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  Third package builds on emergency measures to address pandemic

• San Diego spending $59M on new fire engines, ladder trucks

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  The city will purchase more than three dozen new vehicles to upgrade its aging fleet

• COVID-19 funding to help agencies continue to serve

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  Detailing grant options and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act aimed at relieving financial burdens on communities

• Councilmen campaign against ambulance levy after city switches to fire-EMS

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  One Uhrichsville councilman and a councilman from another city went door-to-door hoping to force the city to reconsider the switch

• NJ ‘burnout bill’ would allow FFs, police to retire early with pension

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  The bill would permit firefighters and police officers to retire after 20 years, but without health benefits

• Conducting a grant-writing debriefing for future application success

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  Following a grant application submission, hold a formal debrief on the process to consider how your team can improve future efforts

• Pa. official to conduct review of volunteer FF funding

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  The state’s auditor general said he wants to ensure volunteer agencies are receiving the maximum state aid

• Free EMS to continue service during a national emergency

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  Minnesota EMS Regulatory Board removes constraints on EMS response to the coronavirus epidemic

• President Trump declares COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency

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  The administration's federal task force managing the crisis was working to break a bottleneck in the nation's ability to test for COVID-19

• 1,000+ sign petition to keep Mass. fire station open

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  New Bedford city leaders will decide whether to decommission the engine company in order to end the city's blackout policy

• Ordinance would charge assisted living facilities for calling FFs to lift patients

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  Fire officials say the fees would hopefully deter facilities from relying too heavily on emergency services

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