Daines Urges Biden Administration to Withdraw Costly, Burdensome Mandate on Montana Firefighters, Sheriffs

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Montana’s vast rural and forested landscape provides unique challenges for the small volunteer and career fire departments who serve on the frontlines every day, and especially during wildfire season. These departments, despite facing an ever-growing list of challenges, always answer the call to keep Montanans and their property safe. Unfortunately, the more than $14,000 a year in unfunded mandates imposed as a result of this proposed rule is a burden too heavy to bear for many of them. If this rule is implemented, the critical services these departments provide to their communities may be lost as a result with no one left to fill the gap.”

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