Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6624: AN ACT CONCERNING FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
Status: Introduced, January 24, 2025
What the bill says
An act CONCERNING FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Increase funding to capital reserve funds established for the purpose of funding fire training schools; (2) require the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to develop an advertising campaign designed to (A) attract people to apply for both paid and volunteer firefighter positions, and (B) increase the number of applications submitted by females for such positions; (3) establish a Fire Service Youth Program Advisory Board to, among other things, develop a h.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Increase funding to capital reserve funds established for the purpose of funding fire training schools; (2) require the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to develop an advertising campaign designed to (A) attract people to apply for both paid and volunteer firefighter positions, and (B) increase the number of applications submitted by females for such positions; (3) establish a Fire Service Youth Program Advisory Board to, among other things, develop a high school curriculum on the importance of public safety and community service, create a plan for public safety tracks at technical high schools, implement such tracks in one technical high school and make such plan available to other schools; (4) require the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to appoint a firefighter recruitment and training coordinator in each emergency preparedness region designated by the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the LCO No. 2509 1 of Proposed Bill No. 6624 Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; (5) require the State Fire Administrator to develop facilities across the state where people can train for and take the candidate physical ability test for firefighters; (6) require the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to provide instructors and facilities …