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Firefighters urge updating 1904 fire-warden rules and pilot grants for technical-rescue teams
Summary
Fire-service leaders told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that century-old rules leave many town fire wardens without incident-command training; they urged designating local fire chiefs as wardens and proposed a pilot $25,000 microgrant program to equip and train technical-rescue teams.
Fire-service leaders urged the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee to modernize an approximately 1904-era rule that governs local fire wardens and to create a small, targeted grant program to sustain technical-rescue teams.
"Make the fire chief the warden," said Dean Gilmore, a past assistant chief of the New Haven Volunteer Fire Department and a Vermont State Firefighters Association executive-board member, arguing that many town-appointed wardens lack the training to manage incidents, issue permits wisely or submit accurate reports. Gilmore said aligning the warden role with the local fire chief…
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