News
Sen. Susan Collins Receives NVFC Legislator of the Year Award
 Senator Susan Collins (center), receives the 2009 NVFC Legislator of the Year Award. |
"Senator Collins is a true friend of the volunteer fire and emergency services," said Stittleburg. "She was one of the original supporters of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program and continues to be one of the program's strongest proponents as Co-chair of the Senate Fire Service Caucus and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.”
"In the past year, Senator Collins successfully advocated on behalf of measures like the Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act, reauthorization of the U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Prevention Week, and National Campus Fire Safety Month,” Stittleburg continued. “On behalf of the NVFC, it is my pleasure to present the 2009 Legislator of the Year Award to Senator Collins."
Sen. Collins has been a trusted ally for the fire service on Capitol Hill. She has co-sponsored several key pieces of legislation such as the Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act of 2007, was the co-author of the Improving America’s Security by Implementing Unfinished Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, and has honored our nation’s heroes by authoring legislation to memorialize fallen firefighters by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the day of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. As a strong proponent of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Sen. Collins authored the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, which strengthened FEMA within the Department of Homeland Security and helped to establish the United States Fire Administrator as an Assistant Secretary-level position.
Sen. Collins is the fifth recipient of the NVFC Legislator of the Year Award and the first Senator to be recognized for this honor. She joins her colleagues Rep. John Larson (D-CT), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE), and Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) as award recipients.
Search
Kimberly Ettinger
Director of Communications
202-887-5700 ext. 19
David Finger
Director of Government Relations
202-887-5700 ext. 12