3.0.0 602 2023-01-11T13:19:44Z 2023-01-11T13:19:44Z Senate S S 2009-03-16 111 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Legislative interest 2010-09-22T16:38:00Z ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-16T20:52:39Z Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2009 111 1499 HR 2009-03-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Related bill CRS 2009-03-16 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-03-16 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 2009-03-16 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-03-16 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-03-31 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-12-09 False Emergency Management Advisory bodies Fires Government studies and investigations Worker safety and health Emergency Management 00 2009-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-01T20:40:38Z Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a survey of, and report to Congress on, the compliance of fire departments in the United States with national voluntary consensus standards for staffing, training, safe operations, personal protective equipment, and fitness.

Requires the Secretary to establish a Task Force to Enhance Firefighter Safety to: (1) consult with the Secretary to conduct such survey; and (2) develop a plan to enhance firefighter safety by increasing compliance with such standards, including by reviewing and evaluating the report to determine the extent of and barriers to achieving compliance and by considering ways the federal government, states, and local governments can promote, encourage, or require compliance.

]]> Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2009 Display Title Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national voluntary consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s602is/xml/BILLS-111s602is.xml 2009-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.