years; exempts vehicles owned
by firefighter first responders used in the performance of duty from motor vehicle registration fees and vehicle use taxes; authorizes local
volunteer fire companies and ambulance
companies to offset the cost of health insurance for their
volunteers through the use of funds collected from a 2 percent
fire insurance premium tax from out - of - state insurers; allows
fire companies to select up to three candidates to participate in the state's college tuition assistance program, known as
Volunteer Recruitment Service Scholarships; and directs the state Higher Education Services Corp. to create a
volunteer recruitment service college loan forgiveness program.
BY BARRY WARNER Our Unsung Hero this week is Charles Prevot,
volunteer captain and interior firefighter of the Lady Warren Hose
Company # 5,
fire training instructor and chairman of the Rockland County Recruitment and Retention Committee.