Bill Title: Directs the office of fire prevention and control within the division of homeland security and emergency services to form a task force and issue a report relating to volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention; creates the New York state volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force; requires a report to the governor and legislature on Firefighter 1 training, and all other firefighter training offered by the office of fire prevention and control, and delivery methods to enhance and streamline training including the use of distance learning; the utilization of community colleges, BOCES or state accredited high schools to train firefighters and the creation of pilot programs within community colleges or BOCES that will offer Firefighter 1 certification upon completion; the creation of a dedicated bureau within the office of fire prevention and control responsible for recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; tax incentives and volunteer firefighter benefits currently provided and recommendations as to these or new programs; analysis of current recruitment and retention programs successfully being utilized by other states and recommendations as to adoption of similar programs in New York; and identification and recruitment incentives to assist in the recruitment of volunteer firefighters from under-represented and at-risk populations; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-11 - approval memo.12 [A09779 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage	2020-07-22	60	0	0	0	60	Passed	Link	View
Assembly	Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable	2020-07-21	26	0	0	4	30	Passed	Link	View
Assembly	Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage	2020-07-21	142	0	0	3	145	Passed	Link	View
Assembly	Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules	2020-07-17	32	0	0	2	34	Passed	Link	View
Assembly	Assembly Governmental Operations Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means	2020-07-16	14	0	0	0	14	Passed	Link	View

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