Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that specifies forest rangers and forest fire prevention specialists in the Bureau of Forestry's Forest Protection Unit are included in the laws concerning cancer suffered by firefighters.

Highlights:

• Defines "employed" as to be employed as an active duty firefighter or by the Office of the State Fire Marshal or by the forest protection unit within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry or to be an active member of a volunteer fire association with no compensation other than injury and death benefits (Sec. 1.B).

• Defines "firefighter" as a member of a municipal fire department or volunteer fire association whose duties include the extinguishment of fires or, an investigator or sergeant in the Office of the State Fire Marshal or a forest ranger or forest fire prevention specialist in the forest protection unit within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry (Sec. 2.C).

• Specifies in order to qualify for the presumption under subsection 2, the firefighter must have been employed as a firefighter for 5 years and, except for an investigator or sergeant in the Office of the State Fire Marshal or a forest ranger or forest fire prevention specialist in the forest protection unit within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry, regularly responded to firefighting or emergency calls (Sec. 3-6).

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