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PPS-ll. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (B) <br />sources. <br />Cities as a group are the single largest provider of ambulance services in <br />the state and form a vital part of the network of emergency services. To <br />maintain and improve the emergency services network for all residents of the <br />state the legislature must provide funding for training and equipping emergency <br />medical personnel. State grants and aids should be available to enable all <br />cities to have access to adequate emergency medical service. Additionally, with <br />the increasing interest in paramedic services, the legislature should assist in <br />providing easily accessible training on a statewide basis at minimum coat in <br />order to meet appropriate qualifications. <br />PPS-12. WORKERS' COMPENSATION (B) <br />eliminate the presumption <br />Existing workers' compensation statutes create a presumption that heart and <br />lung ailments of police and fire personnel arise from employment. Improved <br />equipment and methods of fire fighting and law enforcement and increased <br />statistical data as to personal risk factors affirm that presumption no longer <br />reflects reality or serves a public purpose. <br />PPS-13. RELIEF ASSOCIATION MEMBER LOBBYING (B) <br />Recent legislation grants local relief associations unlimited powers to <br />send <br />ions to <br />lobbypendotherwise <br />ce and srepresent the interestmembers officers who are local of theeeeociation Atscity texpense <br />and at times determined by the association. These powers interfere with <br />traditional functions of governing bodies and department heads and managers to <br />schedule duty, determine manning levels, and set budgets. <br />PPS-14. DISABILITY RETIREMENT (B) <br />-19- <br />