Archive for the ‘CSFA 2019 Legislative Updates’ Category


CSFA Legislative Update from Leon Collins, January 18, 2019

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 […]

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2018-19 Regional Fire School Legislative Report

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 […]

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CSFA Legislative Update from Leon Collins, January 11, 2019

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 […]

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CSFA Legislative Update from Leon Collins, January 4, 2019

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 […]

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