Families of safety officers killed in line of duty to receive ongoing benefits
Coeur d'Alene firefighters Josh Hoston, left, and Gabe Eckert, second from left, join other firefighters for Tuesday's bill signing at Idaho Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park in Boise. The legislation amends Idaho law to provide the families of police officers and firefighters with an ongoing benefit when they die in the line of duty.
Photo courtesy Erik Loney
Gov. Brad Little is joined by fire leadership from across the state on Tuesday for a bill signing at Idaho Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park in Boise.
Photo courtesy Erik Loney
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little joined firefighters, police and affected families from across the state at the Idaho Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park on Tuesday to sign into law a new death benefit for families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty.
The law arrives less than a year after battalion chief Frank Harwood of Kootenai County Fire and Rescue and battalion chief John Morrison of the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department were killed by a gunman on Coeur d’Alene’s Canfield Mountain on June 29, 2025.
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