To Exempt Federal Firefighters from the Current Furlough.

This petition is to request the exemption of federal firefighters from the current furlough. This is creating an unsafe environment for federal firefighters and the citizens of military installations. In some cases, manning of firefighting vehicles are falling below the required needed and jeopordizing the lives of responding firefighters. Our military personnel and their families, civilian employees, and retirees that patronize military installations deserve a full force of first reponders. Firefighters are concerned about the safety of the citizens and for themselves, whether there will be enough on duty to watch each others back and whether there there will be enough on the truck to save a active duty member and their family from a burning house or building.