Oregon’s Merkley, Utah’s Curtis propose extending military death benefits to fallen firefighters
A financial benefit for surviving family members of wildland firefighters who die fighting blazes on federal lands could increase tenfold under a new bill proposed by Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Utah’s Republican U.S. Sen. John Curtis. Merkley and Curtis on Monday introduced the Honoring Fallen Wildland Firefighters Act to provide for firefighters’ […]
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