FIREFIGHTERS

Articles and editorials

Firefighter `Loved Everything' About Job, S13871 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of grounds for the Firefighter Challenge (see H. Con. Res. 46), H3417 [21MR]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]

———age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers (see S. 553; H.R. 344, 2649), S3891 [14MR], H173 [9JA], H13142 [16NO]

Federal employees: relief of certain former employees who were transferred from the Dept. of Energy to Los Alamos County, NM (see S. 1464; H.R. 516), S18363 [11DE], H242 [13JA]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1851), H6044 [15JN]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see S. 47; H.R. 858), S48 [4JA], H1460 [8FE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain police officer and firefighter disability benefits (see H.R. 1630), H4915 [12MY]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H6158 [20JN]

———purchase of equipment by volunteer departments and emergency medical service organizations with tax-exempt financing (see H.R. 282), H171 [9JA]

———treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (see S. 502; H.R. 98), S3521 [6MR], H166 [9JA]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see S. 1232), S13473 [12SE]

U.S. Fire Administration: convert certain excepted service positions to competitive service positions (see S. 1488), S18999 [20DE]

Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 94), H166 [9JA]

Volunteer workers: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see S. 324), S1920 [1FE]

Eulogies

Courtovich, George F.: by James C. Courtovich, S10745 [26JY]

Letters

Construction of fire station at Grissom AFB, IN: Robert A. McIntosh, Dept. of Defense, H9326 [20SE]

Tribute to Roy L. Wines, Jr.: Mrs. Ruggieri, E1892 [29SE]

Lists

Agencies that assisted in West Marin, CA, Mount Vision Fire, H9894 [11OC]

Firefighters injured combating Long Island brush fires, H8585 [6SE]

Remarks in House

Altoona, PA: tribute to firefighters, emergency personnel, and volunteers, E84 [11JA]

Bell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Bridgehampton, NY: anniversary of Bridgehampton Fire Dept., E1227 [13JN]

———anniversary of fire department, E1959 [17OC]

Calaveras County, CA: tribute to the Mountain Fire/Rescue Volunteer Fire Co., E1690 [5AU]

Clinton Township, MI: anniversary of Dept. of Fire/Rescue, E1883 [29SE]

Colonial Beach, VA: anniversary of Volunteer Fire Department, H13666 [28NO]

Coryell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), H3822-H3824 [28MR], E283 [7FE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (H.R. 858), E303 [8FE]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, H9864, H9867, H9892, H9895 [11OC]

Fort Edward, NY: tribute to Volunteer Fire Department, E888 [1MY]

Freehold, NY: anniversary of Freehold Fire Co., E1227 [13JN]

Fremont, CA: tribute to retiring firefighters, E1609 [3AU]

Greene County, NY: anniversary of Medway-Grapeville Volunteer Fire Co., E894 [1MY]

Greenport, NY: anniversary of fire department, E365 [16FE]

Grissom AFB, IN: construction of fire station, H9325, H9326 [20SE]

Houston, TX: anniversary of Houston Fire Department, E1528 [27JY]

Jefferson County, KY: tribute to the WHAS Crusade for Children, E1275 [16JN]

Johnstown, PA: anniversary of the Franklin Borough Fire Dept., E1761 [12SE]

Local Heroes Week: observance, E1914 [11OC]

Long Island, NY: tribute to firefighters, E1911 [11OC]

Marblehead, OH: anniversary of Volunteer Fire Department, E807 [6AP]

Methuen, MA: tribute to firefighters involved in extinguishing fire at Malden Mills, E2376 [18DE]

Nesconset, NY: anniversary of Nesconset Fire Department, E1758 [12SE]

New York: anniversary of Shelter Island Heights Fire Department, E1956 [17OC]

———anniversary of the Northern Central New York Volunteer Firemen's Association, E1197 [8JN]

———tribute to volunteer firefighters, police, and other emergency personnel relative to Long Island brush fires, H8584 [6SE], E1732 [7SE]

Newport, RI: anniversary of Newport Fire Dept., E2349 [13DE]

Patchogue, NY: tribute to fire department, E1105 [24MY]

People's Firehouse, Inc. anniversary, E1952 [17OC]

Pine Plains, NY: anniversary of Hose Co. and Rescue Squad, E810 [6AP]

Postal Service: forced use of vacation time by employees serving as volunteer firefighters combating Long Island, NY, brush fires, H8668 [7SE]

Seattle, WA: tribute to firefighters, E107 [17JA]

Shelter Island Heights, NY: anniversary of fire department, E1874 [28SE]

Southern New York Volunteer Firemen's Association: anniversary, E1105 [24MY]

Taxation: exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (H.R. 1893), E1301 [20JN]

———treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (H.R. 98), E20 [4JA]

Tribute, H9867 [11OC]

West Marin, CA: tribute to firefighters, H9894 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate

Arson Awareness Week: observance, S6188 [4MY]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to firefighters injured during Clipper Industrial Park fire, S13871 [19SE]

California: disaster assistance, S3954 [15MR]

Congressional Fire Service Institute's Firefighters Challenge: tribute, S5047 [3AP]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), S4803 [29MR]

———age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), placed on calendar, S5175 [5AP]

———age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers (S. 553), S3894 [14MR]

Federal employees: relief of certain former employees who were transferred from the Dept. of Energy to Los Alamos County, NM (S. 1464), S18363 [11DE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (S. 47), S271 [4JA]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, S15063 [11OC], S15140 [12OC]

Monterey County, CA: purchase of public services by Dept. of Defense, S12597 [5SE]

Seattle, WA: tribute to firefighters, S1299 [23JA]

Sevierville, TN: tribute to Catons Chapel-Richardson Cove Volunteer Fire Dept., S6367 [9MY]

Taxation: treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (S. 502), S3522 [6MR]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (S. 1232), S13473 [12SE]

U.S. Fire Administration: convert certain excepted service positions to competitive service positions (S. 1488), S19007 [20DE]

Volunteer workers: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (S. 324), S1956 [1FE]

Warren, RI: tribute to Rough and Ready Engine Co., No. 5, S11124 [1AU]

Reports filed

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1851) (H. Rept. 104-235), H8533 [4AU]

Texts of

H.R. 849, age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters, H3822 [28MR]

S. 553, age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers, S3895 [14MR]

S. 1232, tax treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel, S13474 [12SE]

Tributes

Lewis, Robert J., S15064 [11OC]