FOXNews.com: Arizona legislation planned on responders' benefits

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Arizona legislation planned on responders' benefits Aug 7th 2013, 17:43 Some of the firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire were only seasonal Prescott city employees so their families don't qualify for full survivors' benefits, but a legislative leader wants to change that. House Speaker Andy Tobin says he's drafting retroactive legislation to provide regular benefits to any responder who dies on state lands, such as where the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots died on June 30. The Daily Courier reports that would qualify the survivors of the 13 deceased Hotshots for benefits such as health care. Another bill planned by Tobin would have the state cover the costs of the death-related retirement benefits provided by Prescott. Tobin says the seasonal firefighters' deaths are a wake-up call because use of seasonal and part-time employees is increasingly common.

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