LSFA ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• L.S.F.A. sponsored a bill passed in 1914 giving a 1% refund on fire insurance premiums in Louisiana, which later doubled to 2%.
• Published the first manual of instruction for fire departments in Louisiana 1936.
• Created and conducted the first Louisiana Fire College at Baton Rouge in April of 1936.
• Assisted in creating a Civil Service Program for LA. Firefighters.
• > Assisted in creating the LSU Firemen Training Program in 1963 and helped redefine its mission by Act 528 of 1979.
• Assisted in the Supplemental Pay Program for Louisiana Firefighters.
• Sponsored a Louisiana Legislative bill for additional funding for LSU/FTP in 1970.
• Increased death benefits (in line of duty) to $1,000.00 in 1975, $2,000.00 in 1980, $5,000.00 in 1988, to $7,500.00 in 1995 and finally to $10,000 in 2001.
• Sponsored Act 641 of the Louisiana Legislature to increase Volunteer Firefighters Insurance Premium funds from $200,000.00 to $500,000.00. Bill was passed in 1996.
• Created two Fire Science scholarship funds of $500.00 each at LSU Eunice and Delgado College in 1993.
• Initiated "21st Century Fund" of $100.00 for VIP Program in 1996.
• Continued membership in National Volunteer Fire Council since January 1989.
• Assisted with the collection of donated funds and participated in the delivery ceremonies of the "Spirit of Louisiana" Fire Truck to the Citizens for New York at the White House in Washington DC and in New York City.
• Collected and distributed funds for Louisiana Firefighters who experienced the 2005 unprecedented hurricane destruction through the Louisiana State Firemen's Association Hurricane Katrina / Rita Fire Service Relief Fund.                                                                                                 
  
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