New Jersey 101.5 » first responders http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 A Push To Protect Our First Responders [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/a-push-to-protect-our-first-responders-audio/ http://nj1015.com/a-push-to-protect-our-first-responders-audio/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:00:38 +0000 David Matthau http://nj1015.com/?p=255395 New Jersey lawmakers could soon pass a measure designed to help make sure first responders get the medical benefits they're entitled to if they get sick after a terror attack or some other catastrophe.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/a-push-to-protect-our-first-responders-audio/feed/ 0 Flickr user: mattymatt 9/11 Fund Makes First Payment to Sick Responders http://nj1015.com/911-fund-makes-first-payment-to-sick-responders/ http://nj1015.com/911-fund-makes-first-payment-to-sick-responders/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:48:39 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=223019 A special fund set up by Congress is making its first payments to people who got sick after being exposed to toxic dust at the World Trade Center following Sept. 11.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/911-fund-makes-first-payment-to-sick-responders/feed/ 0 Scott Olsen, Getty Images NJ May Pick Up Burial Tab for Line-of-Duty Deaths http://nj1015.com/nj-may-pick-up-burial-tab-for-line-of-duty-deaths/ http://nj1015.com/nj-may-pick-up-burial-tab-for-line-of-duty-deaths/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:14:09 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=45284 Funeral expenses for police officers, firefighters, EMTs and other first-responders killed in the line of duty may soon be covered by the state.

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