Bill passes in House to establish list of presumptive illnesses for federal firefighters – Wildfire Today

Firefighter on the Cerro Pelado Fire in New Mexico, May, 2022. IMT photo. Today the House of Representatives voted 288-131 to approve and advance the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, H.R. 2499, a bipartisan measure authored by Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) that ensures federal firefighters receive the same access to job-related disability and retirement benefits as…