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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 2, 2008
Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct a survey of and report to Congress on the compliance of fire departments in the United States with national consensus standards for staffing, training, safe operations, personal protective equipment, and fitness; and (2) establish a Task Force to Enhance Firefighter Safety to develop a plan to enhance firefighter safety by increasing compliance with such standards and to consider ways in which the federal government, states, and localities can promote, encourage, or require compliance.
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Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] · D–CO
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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