Bill to Bring Back Retired Firefighters Advances
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Measure aims to address "critical" lack of emergency responders.
Retired firefighters could return to their stations under House Bill 589. A northern Kentucky official calls it "critical" to bolster and train more emergency responders.
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Bill to Bring Back Retired Firefighters Advances
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Retired firefighters could return to their stations under House Bill 589. A northern Kentucky official calls it "critical" to bolster and train more emergency responders.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipRetired firefighters could return to their stations.
Under House Bill 589.
A Northern Kentucky official calls it critical to bolster and train more emergency responders.
We're very young right now.
We have 19 year olds that are firefighters, and we're missing out on some of those mid levels like lieutenants, captains, training officers.
This bill would allow us to bring those people back into the fire service, especially for small communities.
Recruitment and training take time, and when seasoned firefighters retire, cities can lose decades of experience and institutional knowledge.
Current law allows cities to rehire retired police officers under structured conditions.
However, that same flexibility does not exist for firefighters.
House Bill 589 simply provides that parity.
The House Committee on State Government approved the measure and now heads to the House floor for consideration.
There.
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