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Legislative Priorities

Click on the items below to learn more about the NVFC's Legislative Priorities and Monitored Items. Visit our Take Action page to learn more about grassroots advocacy and what you can do to help the NVFC in our efforts to support legislation that benefits the fire and emergency services.
 
NVFC Priorities
  1. Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
  2. Public Safety Officers' Benefit Reform
  3. Nationwide Broadband Communications Network (H.R. 607/ S. 911)
  4. Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act (H.R. 376)
  5. Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act (S. 933/ H.R. 2353)
  6. Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act
  7. U.S. Fire Administration
  8. Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act (H.R. 1792/S. 1035)
  9. Supporting Emergency Responders Volunteer Efforts (SERVE) Act (S. 932/H.R. 2488)
  10. Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act
 
NVFC Monitored items


Novelty Lighter Legislation

Toylike or novelty lighters have been responsible for injuries, deaths, and accidents across the nation. Because novelty lighters look like toys, children are tempted to play with them even if they have been taught that handling lighters is dangerous. Fatal fires caused by novelty lighters have been documented in several states. Some local and state governments are taking action by banning their sale and limiting distribution.

The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) supports restricting novelty lighter sales. In 2007, NVFC Chairman Philip C. Stittleburg sent a letter to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Nancy Nord requesting that the CPSC prohibit the importation, sale, and distribution of novelty lighters in the United States.

The United States Fire Administration provides an interactive listing of the status of state and federal legislation that limits or prohibits the sale of novelty and toylike lighters. Visit www.usfa.dhs.gov/noveltylighters.