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Committee adds wildland firefighting vehicles to emergency-vehicle definition
Summary
The House Transportation and Defense Committee advanced a bill to amend state code to classify emergency wildland firefighting agency vehicles as first responders, citing concerns about being delayed in traffic during incidents.
The House Transportation and Defense Committee advanced House Bill 234 on a unanimous voice vote after Representative David Shepherd said the bill would add emergency wildland firefighting agency vehicles to the statutory definition of emergency vehicles so they can be recognized as first responders.
Representative Shepherd (District 7) told the committee the change corrects an apparent oversight that left some volunteer wildland…
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