Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Act
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- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to create a program to provide support to the families of firefighters and wildland fire support personnel who are killed, critically injured, or suffer illness in the line of duty. The program will offer assistance with notifications, travel expenses, case management, and access to information about available benefits from various federal agencies. It also establishes guidelines for the program’s operation and data collection to improve casualty assistance services.
Key provisions
- Develop a Wildland Fire Management Casualty Assistance Program.
- Provide notifications to next-of-kin of injured or deceased firefighters and support personnel.
- Reimburse travel expenses for visiting injured or deceased personnel.
- Establish centralized case management procedures for survivors.
- Offer a website providing information on available benefits.
- Coordinate with the Department of Justice and Social Security Administration.
- Collect data on casualty assistance services provided.
- Maintain existing Line of Duty Death benefits.
Who is affected
- Firefighters
- Wildland Fire Support Personnel
- Next-of-Kin of Firefighters and Support Personnel
- Department of the Interior
- Federal Government Agencies
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