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Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act

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Summary:
The legislation would update the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program to include presumptive benefits for firefighter occupational cancer.
Background:
  • Due to the nature of their jobs, which exposes them to toxic chemicals, stress, and other extreme conditions, firefighters in the United States are at risk for a number of diseases, including various cancers.
    • In fact, in 2015 a study was released by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which found that fire fighters are 9% more likely to develop cancer and 14% more likely to die from cancer than the general population.
  • The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has named occupational exposure from firefighting as a Group 1 carcinogen.
  • The Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program, run by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, provides death and education benefits to survivors of fallen public safety officers.

Click here to download the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act One Pager.

Status:
The bill has been introduced in the House and the Senate (H.R.1719/S.930).

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