{"id":59686,"date":"2014-12-20T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=59686"},"modified":"2014-12-20T13:31:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T18:31:44","slug":"law-to-benefit-injured-volunteer-firefighters-ambulance-workers-signed-by-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=59686","title":{"rendered":"Law to Benefit Injured Volunteer Firefighters, Ambulance Workers Signed by Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Griffo-alone.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35792\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Griffo-alone.jpg?resize=226%2C223\" alt=\"Griffo alone\" width=\"226\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Griffo-alone.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Griffo-alone.jpg?resize=150%2C148&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Utica, NY \u2013 Dec. 20, 2014) Sen. Joseph A. Griffo announced Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law the senator\u2019s bill that will provide benefits to firefighters and ambulance workers injured while assisting at a scene before an officer in command is established.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there\u2019s an accident, every second is precious,\u201d said Griffo, R-Rome. \u201cWe simply cannot have volunteer firefighters or ambulance workers withholding critical help because an insurance company may not cover a potential injury. I thank Governor Cuomo for approving this common sense legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Griffo and Assemblyman William B. Magnarelli, who sponsored the bill in the Assembly, worked with the governor\u2019s office to improve the bill after the governor vetoed it last December. Specifically, the two legislators addressed the governor\u2019s concern that the bill places an \u201cundue burden\u201d on fire companies or municipalities. Language was added that allows those entities to \u201copt-in\u201d by adopting a resolution that grants coverage for those who are injured before an officer takes command of a scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank all those who volunteer and ensure a timely response to fire and emergency scenes,\u201d said Griffo. \u201cI urge each municipality or fire company, which provides coverage under the Volunteer Firefighters\u2019 Benefit Law or Volunteer Ambulance Workers\u2019 Benefit Law to adopt a resolution at their upcoming meeting to grant coverage to those individuals who begin their fire and rescue duties before an officer-in-command is present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffo said he will be sending a letter to all fire companies alerting them to the bill\u2019s passage and urging them to pass the corresponding resolution as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Utica, NY \u2013 Dec. 20, 2014) Sen. Joseph A. Griffo announced Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law the senator\u2019s bill that will provide benefits to firefighters and ambulance workers injured while assisting at a scene before an officer in command is established. \u201cWhen there\u2019s an accident, every second is precious,\u201d said Griffo, R-Rome. \u201cWe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-fwG","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Griffo-alone.jpg?fit=226%2C223&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}