As the Utah Legislature meets for its special session, lawmakers will hear about HB1003 — which deals with death benefits for the families of firefighters.
SALT LAKE CITY — When the Utah Legislature meets for its special session Wednesday, lawmakers will hear aboutLast month, Matt Hambleton, a firefighter with the Unified Fire Authority, died. He had been a firefighter for 28 years and headed up many projects, including the "heavy rescue" program.
It stems back to a bill passed in 2018. At that time, legislators passed the law, including what's called Division A and B Public Safety and Division A and B Firefighters. The law would entitle beneficiaries of 20-plus year employees, who had died not in the line of service, to 75% of the average of the highest three years of service. But for some reason, Division B firefighters were left off the bill.
Monica Hambleton found out about the bill and the mistake that would mean she would only get half of that 75% just days after her husband's death. She said her husband's co-workers quickly came to her aid. Unified Fire Authority Fire Chief Dominic Burchett said Hambleton was a stellar firefighter and a good friend, and he is missed.
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