3.0.0 2887 2017-12-15T00:03:32Z 2017-12-15T00:03:32Z Senate S S 2008-04-17 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-17T21:19:03Z 110 5686 HR 2008-04-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Related bill CRS 2008-04-17 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-04-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-04-17 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-04-17 True Emergency Management Congress Congressional reporting requirements Employee training Equipment and supplies Fire departments Fire fighters Governmental investigations Health Labor and Employment Occupational health and safety Standards Surveys Emergency Management

00 2008-04-17 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-30T19:59:53Z 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 relating to fire department operations and firefighting practices; 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 local governments can promote, encourage, or require compliance.

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