BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association
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Advocacy regarding changes to emergency medical responses in relation to the General Auditors report of 2019 that calls for greater collaboration and coordination of emergency services.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Health, Labour/Labour Relations
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Discussion regarding proposed amendments to the BC Building Code regarding single egress stairways for taller residential buildings.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Housing
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Funding for the BC First Responder resiliency program through Blueprint in order to maintain the 24 sessions per year fire fighters and police officers in BC can access. This upstream preventative resilience program also forms the basis for the Occupational Awareness Training program funded by WorkSafe BC, the BCPFFA, the FCABC and BCMSA.
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Finances and Budgets, Health, Mental Health and Addictions
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Inclusion of all cancers under the Workers Compensation Act to be added to the presumptive list of cancers.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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Health, Labour/Labour Relations
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Lobby for amendments to provincial legislation (WorkSafe related) for presumptive coverages in areas of occupational related illness, injuries such as various forms of related cancers, heart injury, Operational Stress Injuries (OSI).
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Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Emergency Preparedness, Health, Labour/Labour Relations, Mental Health and Addictions
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Mental Health and Addiction/Psychological support
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Mental Health and Addictions
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Scope of practice recommendations for First Responders
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Health
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