Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act

This bill would create a federal Wildland Firefighter Health Task Force, an outside advisory panel, and a Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program within the Department of the Interior, working with the Forest Service. The program would provide baseline and annual medical exams, track exposure to smoke and hazardous substances, and test respiratory protection equipment through a 2-year pilot program. It would require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue interim and final health standards for wildland firefighters, and would create an office for firefighter health within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. It would also set up a special workers' compensation claims unit for firefighters, give paid duty time for showering and cleaning gear, and require decontamination facilities at fire duty stations within 2 years.

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Sponsors

• Maxine Dexter Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors