NVFC Legislative Priorities
The NVFC’s legislative priorities outline key policy issues impacting the volunteer fire and emergency services and support efforts to strengthen firefighter safety, recruitment and retention, training, funding, and emergency response capabilities nationwide.
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Legislative Priority One-Pagers:
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Funding
- Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Funding
- U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Funding
- National Firefighter [Cancer] Registry Funding
- Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) Funding
- Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Funding
- OSHA Proposed Emergency Response Standard
- Facilitating Investments Required for Emergency Services To All Towns In OurNation (FIRE STATION) Act
- Volunteer First Responder Housing Act
- Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act
- FirstNet Reauthorization