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S. 1353, The Dale Long Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act (1 comment ↓ | 4 wiki edits)
S. 1353 would amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1986 to include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits.
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Bill Hathaway
August 5, 2009, 9:58am (report abuse)All Emergency Services providers whether govenmental or non-govermental should be entitiled to the Public Safety Officers Death Benefit. What difference does it make as to who signs your pay check? Both perform the same job and take the same risks. So why should an EMT that works for his local rescue squad (non-governmental) not be entitled to the same benefit as the EMT that works for a town or city (governmental)? It has already been recognized that non-governemental EMS providers share the same dangers when a one-time authorization for PSOB benefits was made for those that died in the WTC collapse.
Anyone who is opposed to non-governmental EMS providers receiving PSOB needs to come forward and explain why they feel our families who support us in this dangerous line work do not deserve the same benefit as our governmental brothers.