Hearing for HB1125 – Enabling Municipalities to exempt property taxes for Volunteer Firefighters and EMTs

This is regarding information and the scheduling of the hearing for HB1125.  (HB1125:  enabling municipalities to adopt an exemption from property taxes for volunteer firefighters and volunteer emergency medical personnel).

This bill will assist volunteer firefighter and EMT companies in attracting and retaining personnel. It is an enabling bill that gives municipalities the ability and choice of defining requirements for tax exemptions for the people who protect their communities.

Please note the date and time if you wish to attend the hearing, testify, or both.

To send testimony ahead of the hearing please email committee members at:

HouseMunicipalandCountyGovt@leg.state.nh.us

If you wish to hand out a copy of your testimony to committee members please make 20 copies.

Text of the bill can be found here:

http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=1222&txtFormat=html

PUBLIC HEARING

Municipal and County Government Committee

Tuesday, 1/28/20  at  1:00 PM

Legislative Office Building Room 301

HB1125 enabling municipalities to adopt an exemption from property taxes for volunteer firefighters and volunteer emergency medical personnel

Welcome to new advocate members!

Peniel Environmental

Elaine Hughes Real Estate Group

Bank of New Hampshire

Fundraising event for the NH Fallen Firefighter Memorial this week at the River Casino and Sport Bar. All week the proceeds from charitable gaming will go to support the NH Fallen Firefighter memorial in Concord.

The River Casino has been a great support of the memorial helping to raise money to support the ongoing maintenance of the memorial and the gas for the eternal flame. The annual costs for the memorial exceed $8000. per year.

Take your friends to the River Casino and Sports Bar this week to support the memorial 58 High Street Nashua NH.  https://therivercasino.com/

On-duty firefighter deaths in 2018

44 Volunteer         33 Career          5 Wildland

82           Firefighters died while on duty.

33           Firefighters died from heart attacks.

42           Firefighters died from activities related to an emergency incident.

30           Firefighters died from activities at a fire scene.

9              Firefighters died while participating in training activities.

10           Firefighters died while responding to or returning from emergency incidents.

Lets be careful out there!

The NHSFA annual meeting will be at 9 AM on Saturday September 21 2019 at the NH Fire Academy

NH Fallen Firefighter Memorial 2019 will be held September 28th at 10 AM. All Fire Service personnel are encouraged to attend and honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to our service.

Honor guards are welcome to participate. Contact Earl Lincoln at Earl Lincoln eslincoln116@gmail.com

The next meeting of the NHSFA will be Thursday 8/15 at the Newly renovated Milford Fire station in Milford NH. 6:00 PM

The Fire Standards and Training Commission is establishing a visiting committee to review the Firefighter I & II curriculum.  If you are interested in serving on the Visiting Committee please submit your interesting using the form below by Friday, July 26, 2019.

https://nhfa-ems.com/visiting-committee-membership-request-form/

The seating of the visiting committee will take place at the next Fire Standards and Training Commission meeting.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Jeff

The next meeting of the NHSFA will be at Ashland Fire Department on Thursday 6/13/2019 at 6:00 PM. All members are encouraged to attend.

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