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PPS-9. Firefighter Certification (6) <br />Recent proposals to establish a state professional qualifications board <br />charged with certifying both voluntary and full-time firefighters are <br />unnecessary t,. assure proper training of local firefighters and could too easily <br />be changed into mandatory certificarions programs. <br />The League supports efforts by the state to make training programs more <br />readily available for local firefighters as well as financial assistance by the <br />state to encourage local governments to provide additional training for <br />firefighters. <br />PPS-10. Workers' Compensation (C) <br />Existing workers' compensation statutes create a presumption that heart and <br />lung ailments of police and fire personnel arise from employment. However, <br />personal risk factors, such as smoking, can be more significant in some cases <br />than Job -related factors. For this reason, the League supports limiting the <br />presumption to cases where the employee can demonstrate limited personal risk <br />factors. <br />-53- <br />