Bill Aims to Protect Rescuers ; Jobs of Disaster Volunteers Would Be Safeguarded

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › November 12, 2005

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A measure co-sponsored by Rep. Joel Hefley that would protect volunteer firefighters' and medics' regular, paying jobs when they respond during a national emergency may have a big effect in the Pikes Peak region.

Although local officials said they knew of no one who had been fired while helping with a disaster, El Paso County has nearly 1,000 volunteer firefighters in 21 fire-protection districts.

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Bill Aims to Protect Rescuers ; Jobs of Disaster Volunteers Would Be Safeguarded

"I don't think anyone would want to see someone fired if they went to help out with a national disaster," said Falcon Fire Chief Trent Harwig. "That's not th...

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