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Comptroller and unions back expanding fallen-officer fund to cover firefighters, seek inclusion of EMS
Summary
Comptroller Scanlon and fire-service groups told the committee SB 1239 should add firefighters — and ideally EMS workers — to the state’s Fallen Officer Fund; Scanlon also urged renaming it the Fallen Hero Fund and described a five-year survivor health-insurance benefit.
Comptroller Scanlon and multiple fire-service organizations told the Public Safety and Security Committee they support Senate Bill 1239 to expand the state’s Fallen Officer Fund to include firefighters and, ideally, emergency medical-service workers.
Scanlon said administering the fund is among the most serious duties of his office and described the bill’s survivor-health provision: if a municipality does not…
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