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Committee directs staff to develop standard form so volunteer firefighters can use private doctors for required physicals
Summary
Oconee County’s Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee directed county counsel and staff to develop a standardized medical form to allow volunteer firefighters to use private physicians to meet required physicals, while preserving NFPA stress-test requirements for interior certification.
Oconee County’s Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee directed county counsel and staff to develop a standardized physical-examination form that would let volunteer firefighters use their own physicians to meet county/OSHA/NFPA physical requirements, while preserving the NFPA stress-test standard for interior firefighters.
A committee member who requested the agenda item said volunteers sometimes must visit the county doctor and also their own physician, which can be burdensome and may push volunteers to leave. "People feel like they will be able to, if they have an issue... take the…
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