Posts Tagged ‘firefighter insurance’


CSFA announces the 2014 Annual Convention & Parade in Litchfield, CT – Friday, Sept. 19 – through Sunday, Sept. 21

  The 2014 CSFA Convention and Parade – Friday Sept. 19 through Sunday Sept. 21   CSFA welcomes all family and friends of the Fire Service to join the family fun at our 131st annual Convention weekend and parade. This year the Connecticut State Firefighters Association proudly joins the Litchfield Fire Department as it celebrates […]

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CSFA Legislative Update – April 21, 2014 from Ted Schroll, Jr. with House Bill Status Report

  All, The General Assembly continues to move along at it’s usual pace.  The House met two days this week; the Senate met one day.  Because of the short session year, some bills are only now being published and placed on their respective calendars.  You will note that some of those just arriving on the […]

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CSFA Legislative Update – April 14, 2014 from Ted Schroll, Jr. with House Bill Status Report

All,   The 2014 session of the General Assembly moves closer to adjournment.  There is approximately 3.5 weeks left to the end of the regular session.  There is not too much to report this week among the bills we are tracking.  Several more bills came out of LCO and were placed on the calendar.  The […]

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CSFA Legislative Update – April 6, 2014 from Ted Schroll, Jr. with House Bill Status Report

All, As of this past Friday all committees are closed to any new legislation.  If bills have not had any committee action by this time, they are considered DEAD for this session.  I have noted these items on this week’s listing in case there are any questions.  I will be removing them from the list […]

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CSFA Legislative Update – March 11, 2014 from Ted Schroll, Jr. with House Bill Status Report

  All, The 2014 legislative session continues.  New bills published this week include H.B. #5503, #5507, #5531, #5533, #5537, S.B. #386, #416, #426, #427, & #430. Three more new bills are to be published tomorrow (Monday) morning, H.B. #5541, #5542, & S.B. #439. Public Hearings next week: 3/10     Judiciary           S. B. #386 3/11     Public Safety    H. […]

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CSFA announces Hall of Fame Dinner next month, Wednesday April 9th, 2014

Save the date, get tickets for the CSFA Hall of Fame Dinner 2014 The Connecticut State Firefighters Association proudly announces its Fifth Annual Hall of Fame Dinner to celebrate the dedication and achievement of its members past, present and future. Join us as we come together with our and families and friends from across the […]

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CSFA Legislative Update – June 3, 2013 from Ted Schroll, Jr with House Bill Status Report

All, As we move into the final days, last week was quite busy.  It was a short week because of the holiday and there was lots of work to do.  The week included a Saturday session.  There were a couple developments that should be mentioned.  I mentioned last week that H.B. #6495, which included new […]

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CSFA Legislative Update – April 23, 2013 from Ted Schroll, Jr with House Bill Status Report

All, I want to thank all of those who sent me emails relating to H.B. #6454, the Work Zone Bill.  I submitted the information and I feel that it was a deciding factor to getting the bill back out of committee on Friday.  There was several questions as to the need, but the ranking member […]

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CSFA Legislative Update – February 26, 2013 from Ted Schroll, Jr. with House Bill Status Report

All, The public hearing process continues.  There are a few bills that are of interest to us this next week. On Tuesday 2/26: H.B. #6434 – This is the bill that would add any and all volunteer fire departments and volunteer ambulance companies to the definition of “employer” under OSHA.  This could be labeled the […]

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CSFA takes a look at Firefighter Health: Asbestos, another silent killer

While Firefighters have one of the most heroic and dangerous careers, you might mistakenly think their only concern would be fire. There are also environmental hazards that affect Firefighters including asbestos exposure. Asbestos materials that are burned can cause fibers to be easily released into the air to be inhaled by Firefighters and other emergency […]

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