VIDEO: PFFPNC Quarterly Update – May 2022
PFFPNC President Scott Mullins hosts an quarterly PFFPNC Update. He’s joined by Josh Smith, Walt Dix and others to share the latest happenings and plans going on with PFFPNC.
The Firefighter, Winter 2022 edition is now available for reading
The Winter 2022 edition of The Firefighter, PFFPNC’s quarterly magazine, is now out and available for reading. 
Produced by PFFPNC in collaboration with the IAFF and the government relations/communication team at New Frame, this issue of The Firefighter includes photos from around the state, from Asheville to Statesville to New Hanover, as well as education articles on cooking and fire safety.
If you have any articles, photos or ideas for the next edition of The Firefighter, email Matt Quarles at [email protected].
Click here to read the latest edition of The Firefighter.
Presumptive cancer funded in final, signed budget
The General Assembly passed a $25.9 billion bipartisan budget this week that included $15 million in funding over two years for PFFPNC’s Firefighters Fighting Cancer Act of 2021.
Governor Roy Cooper signed the bipartisan budget bill on Thursday afternoon, minutes after the final vote in the NC House. The presumptive cancer law goes into effect January 1, 2022. PFFPNC President Scott Mullins, who wrote the legislation with PFFPNC lobbyist/attorney Skye David, was elated to learn the news on Monday night when the budget was first released.
“After years of working on this presumptive cancer bill, it is a relief to see the General Assembly enact this important and life-saving legislation,” said Mullins. “From the bottom of my heart, I am so grateful to the strong and steadfast leadership of the North Carolina House and all of our friends in the Senate who worked behind the scenes to make this possible.”
Mullins singled out Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland), House Majority Leader John Bell (Wayne/Greene/Johnston), House Rules Chairman Destin Hall (R-Caldwell), and House Appropriations Chair Jason Saine (R-Lincoln).
He also noted that the Senate version of the presumptive cancer bill filed by Senators Todd Johnson (R-Union) and Jim Perry (Wayne/Lenoir) made it possible for the House position to prevail in final budget negotiations.
PFFPNC Political Director Josh Smith stressed the important role these legislators played in PFFPNC’s strategy in 2021. “We knew that we had to write a new bill that doesn’t use workers compensation, run a concurrent Senate strategy with our House plan, and have it all converge in the final days of budget negotiations,” Smith said.
Mullins said he is humbled by the outpouring of appreciation from firefighters and their families, fire chiefs, legislators, the media, and North Carolina citizens who are thanking PFFPNC for writing House Bill 535 and executing a strategy to get the language in the final budget. “I think about all the firefighters who have been diagnosed with this terrible disease,” he said. “This win is about them and the firefighters who come behind them.”