There are now dozens of bills directly or indirectly related to the Fire Service that we are tracking this legislative session. Several of these proposed bills concern issues that are priorities for CSFA and its member organizations this session (e.g., funding for Regional Fire Schools, bonding for Regional Fire School building projects, Post Traumatic Stress). […]

First, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend the meeting of the Fire EMS Caucus earlier this week. The focus of this second meeting this session was EMS issues and people who have given me feedback feel the meeting went well. Unfortunately, the meeting was not recorded on the Connecticut […]

In accordance with state statute, fire service training is coordinated by the State Fire Administrator who is appointed by the Commission of Fire Prevention and Control. Fire Service training is progressive and is based on a four-step, professional development model that begins locally with recruitment of qualified applicants and culminates nationally with strategic programs and […]

Everyone,The session began this past Wednesday and proposed bills are already slowly emerging daily at the LOB. Representatives Pat Boyd and Ben McGorty, the co-chairs of the Fire/EMS Caucus, hope to be able to give us a date for the next caucus meeting by the end of next week. There are legislators who still don’t […]

Happy New Year! We ask all of our CSFA members to continue to urge their respective legislators (especially the newlyelected) to join the Fire/EMS Caucus and attend the meetings during the 2019 session. The goal of the bipartisan caucus co-chairs is to pull together greater support for us and to create better understanding of issues […]