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.
Bismarck Rural Fire Department’s new 9,000-sq-ft facility houses three apparatus with room to expand and features a kitchen, laundry, offices, gym and bunk rooms
Governor Newsom vetoed the bill, citing collective bargaining and cost, while the union says parity is key to recruitment
A $150K grant will help fund the replacement of two repurposed Auburn Fire Department command vehicles
Officials said similar legislation could have kept the man charged with murdering EMT Yadira Arroyo off the streets
A former deputy sheriff said the state needed to do more to protect responders, citing the death of two Sumrall volunteer firefighters earlier this month
The city’s current fire station is over 185 years old and is unsuitable for modern firefighters and equipment
The measure must go through two more committees before the House floor
The 9/11 Commission said there’s a “likelihood” that Saudi-government-sponsored charities funded the attacks
Recent legislation across the country could potentially equip firefighters with firearms while they respond to calls
The bill would allow first responders to carry firearms on duty under the condition they complete firearms training
Two recent state law votes are a sharp reminder of where key laws influencing firefighting are made
The action came a day after two volunteer firefighters were struck and killed by a vehicle in Mississippi
The proposed budget keeps fire grants at the 2016 level, but slashes other federal programs that aid fire and EMS
Chairman Mark Noland said firefighters chose their jobs “with their eyes wide open”
The new measure would create a special fund within the state’s public safety department to pay full costs of insurance for the families of firefighters and law enforcement officers
The bill says that a railroad must, within one hour of confirmation of a spill, provide a qualified company employee to advise the state on-scene coordinator
The debris clean-up bill would let Gatlinburg get FEMA reimbursement for cleanup on many residential private properties
Funds would go toward workers’ compensation and would release more money to individual fire departments
Federal Fire Prevention and Safety grants are extremely competitive; look to outside sources to help fund your programs
The plan relies, in part, on a 14 percent cut to the Coast Guard’s $9.1 billion budget and 11 percent cuts to both the TSA and FEMA
The law currently only allows law enforcement officers to carry firearms at emergency scenes
The measure would make police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel a protected class under the hate crimes law
The challenges and opportunities presented by the new government require firefighters engage with their elected officials
Many of the grant recipients said the money would be used to purchase educational materials, safety equipment and community outreach
Firefighter Richard Thomas Hart, 19, faces a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison for the conviction
Daryl DuPage was asked to resign after allegedly pointing out unpaid overtime and suspicious activity involving a grant
The state Department of Environmental Protection said the bill is too broad and that the cost to consumers could be significant
Under the bill, drones would be banned from interfering with firefighters battling wildfires
Firefighters and police have been pitted against Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings since he vowed not to let taxpayer dollars fund the gap in the pension system
The bill would provide coverage for firefighters who are diagnosed with digestive, urinary, prostate neurological or melanoma cancers
The legislation would greatly expand the definition of a public safety officer as a police officer, emergency health worker and firefighter
The legislation would also include killings of current and former military members
The bill will make obstructing a firefighter who is providing emergency medical care a misdemeanor
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