Senator Bernie Sanders: Emergency Responder Recruitment and Retention
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); Kristy Oxholm, president of the Vermont State Firefighters Association; Jim Finger, president of the American Ambulance Association; Jim Litevich, chief of the Vermont Fire Academy; Gary Dillon of the Waterbury Volunteer Fire Department; Dean Gilmore of the New Haven Volunteer Fire Department; Tom Hooker, chief of the Pittsford Volunteer Fire Department; and Charles Cole, chief of the Essex Fire Department. At a time when many local fire departments are finding it difficult to retain and recruit the volunteers they need, Sanders will discuss federal funding he secured to help address those needs.
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