Programs

HERO

Hardship can strike at a moment’s notice, and firefighters are no different. That’s why we created the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) program to lessen the economic impacts a hardship may place on firefighters and their families. The HERO program provides financial assistance to firefighters and their families in the form of direct payments to providers after suffering a hardship.

The main qualifiers for assistance under the HERO program are:

• Suffered a non-work related injury, illness, hardship that results in not receiving a regular paycheck;
• Be a member in good standing with your agency;
• Exhausted all eligible sick, vacation, PTO benefits;
• Exhausted all eligible short/long term disability benefits;

Once these qualifiers are met, our committee will work to provide financial assistance by covering housing, utility, and food expenses through direct pay to the provider and/or grocery prepaid card.