Legislation and Funding
As part of the FireRescue1 Legislation & Funding topic, we highlight articles that will affect the bottom line of fire department budgets and operations.
Midland, Saginaw and Bay City fire departments will replace 120 SCBA units, with new expected in service by summer 2026
Months after a crash destroyed its tanker, Boones Mill firefighters say a county loaner is inadequate and push for a $1.01M custom replacement
The city unveiled 10 engines, 13 ambulances and 6 command vehicles to sustain fast response times and replace aging rigs
The National Institute on Money in State Politics said homebuilders have spent $24 million since 2014 to block sprinkler laws
A new state law limits the amount of time police and firefighters can continue to receive credit in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan
Forget the score, and learn what you can from your rejection to improve your next Assistance to Firefighters Grant application
The department was shut down because the city did not have the money to replace the old equipment and the aging fire station
The union posted a message on Facebook, saying “there has not been transparency or community involvement”
Gov. Matt Bevin said the pensions don’t have enough money to make required payments to retirees into the future
Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers asked for $7.4 billion to rebuild after fires tore through the heart of wine country, killing more than 40 people
The measure allows the retirees who were not part of Social Security in their government employment to deduct more of their pension income from being taxed
Proposition 6 would provide tax breaks for spouses of responders killed in the line of duty, but it only applies if they are not remarried
Climbing the ranks of the fire service often fails to prepare new chiefs to discuss financial issues with local elected and appointed officials
The House voted 232-188 to loosen environmental regulations for forest-thinning projects on federal lands
FEMA Administrator Brock Long said recovering from the recent spate of disasters will be tremendously expensive
Union leaders said cutting a fire truck and 11 firefighters would compromise the safety of both residents and firefighters
Governor Nathan Deal signed an executive order to create a statewide 911 agency after it was revealed they had no group to oversee the services
Seattle Firefighters Union wrote a letter to the council and said that restricting the city from addressing unauthorized camps poses a hazard for firefighters
The decision leaves intact the Arizona Court of Appeals’ ruling that the state doesn’t have a legal duty to protect property from naturally caused wildfires
The President’s declaration of a “National Public Health Emergency” falls well short of tackling the scourge of opioid overdose deaths
Fire captain Robert Wing said hearing Mayor Mark Holland make public statements about cutting the fire department is what led the firefighters to demonstrate
David Badillo refused an invitation to a reception hosted by Theresa May because he has to work a second job due to pay cuts
Among the types of cancers covered under the law are lung, prostate, breast, urinary and melanoma if the firefighter meets certain eligibility requirements
The bill would authorize hundreds of millions in new spending to help at-risk communities prevent wildfires and create a pilot program to cut down trees
The federal government’s Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance helps users identify federal assistance programs and improves coordination
The measure would allow the retirees to deduct more of their pension income from being taxed if they were born after 1952 and were retired as of Jan. 1, 2013
The federal government spent more than $2.7 billion on firefighting in the last budget year, a record that surpassed the previous high point of $2.1 billion
Most of the estimated $1.5 million in annual revenue would be earmarked for firefighter training programs, while some would go to the state fire marshal’s office
Judge Julio Mendez gave the state the OK to use layoffs to cut the fire department from 195 to his court-ordered minimum of 180, but not before giving 60 days notice
The package includes an estimated $1 billion added by the House Appropriations Committee to address California’s ongoing wildfire disasters
The issue was whether department retirees can keep their existing doctors or be forced out of network and pay more
Chief Sam Pena said HFD must double its spending on engines, ladders and ambulances, and must ramp up its purchases of water rescue apparatus and the training
The bill would provide medical coverage for volunteer firefighters who develop cancer from the job
