Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Act

Key Points

• Creates a federal program to help families of wildland firefighters who are hurt, fall ill, or die while on duty.
• Gives families prompt notice and a trained point person who guides them and manages their case, short and long term.
• Pays back reasonable travel costs for next-of-kin to visit a hospitalized firefighter or handle matters after a death.
• Offers a free website and expert helpers who explain benefits and money aid, and how to ask for more help or file a complaint.
• Works with Interior, Justice, and Social Security to speed benefits; keeps current death benefits as is and tracks results to improve.

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