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Before heading into the New Year, a #tbt post looking back on the last year of advocacy & hard work even in the midst of the #Pandemic to some of the major 2021 Legislative wins- a thread (1/14)
At the start of 2021 @POTUS signed EO to create a #COVID19 response coordinator to manage pandemic, including production, supply & distribution of PPE, vaccines & test – FFs need PPE, vaccination & testing priority (2/14)
Another @POTUS EO was signed to review & take action on regulations of chemicals under Toxic Substances Control Act – FFs are at higher risk of exposure to harmful chemicals due to the nature of their work, improved standards help protect FFs (3/14)
#TBT thread- a year ago #COVID19 was rapidly spreading & the country was in a shutdown. Fire fighters, unable to work from home, faced unprecedented hardships working on the frontlines of the pandemic. Over the year many things have been done to protect FFs in the #pandemic (1/4)
The #IAFF fought to get #COVID19 included in the Ryan White Notification Act so FFs exposed to a COVID positive person would be notified; LODD benefits were expanded to include #Coronavirus as a line of duty death for fire fighters (2/4)
Congress passed several #COVID19 packages that included - $ for PPE, $ for states & localities, $ for training to update safety protocols, $ for SAFER & AFG to help the strained budgets of fire departments (3/4)
Senate passes #AmericanRescuePlan to help ffs (a thread) – 300 million for fire fighter grants, 195.3 billion in state & local funding to prevent and reverse layoffs; fill other urgent needs from the #pandemic (1/4)
#AmericanRescuePlan also authorizes Medicare reimburse ground ambulance providers and suppliers for Treatment in Place without transportation when protocol dictates a patient should not be transported (2/4)
Federal fire fighters win big in #AmericanRescuePlan – Paid FMLA Leave for federal fire fighters, and #COVID-19 Workers’ Comp presumption for federal fire fighters (3/4)
