LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Name: House Bill 2506
Description: Extends presumptive occupational diseases to fire investigators and adds two cancers to the list of presumptive occupational diseases for firefighters. Allows insurers to file one uniform percentage deviation associated with firefighters and investigators.
Call To Action: Contact members of the Arizona Senate. Here.
FIRE DEPARTMENT REDUCTIONS
Tucson, Arizona
News Story:
- Tucson officials planning for worst, hoping for best with budget as pandemic takes financial toll
- Tucson’s budget facing ‘potential deficit’ due to COVID-19
Cost Type: Personnel reduced, stations closed
City or Department leadership vote?
City council proposed cutting next recruit class, reassigning current firefighters, and closing stations