Bill Proposes National Protections for Firefighters

Senators from California and Utah introduced a bipartisan bill they say would create the first national respiratory protection standards for wildland firefighters. The Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act, by Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and John Curtis, R-Utah, would direct the U.S. Forest Service and Department of Interior to work with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to determine appropriate protective equipment for wildland firefighters and support staff. The bill would also direct the Forest Service and Interior Depar...