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H.R. 5686 (110th)

Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2008

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Introduced

2 April 2008

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.

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14 August 2025

Summary

Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct a survey of and report to Congress on the compliance of fire departments in the United States with national consensus standards for staffing, training, safe operations, personal protective equipment, and fitness; and (2) establish a Task Force to Enhance Firefighter Safety to develop a plan to enhance firefighter safety by increasing compliance with such standards and to consider ways in which the federal government, states, and localities can promote, encourage, or require compliance.

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