; (C) the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant Program (section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2229a )); and (D) presumptive illness compensation in a majority of States; Whereas the IAFF has served as a leader in the widespread integration of fire and emergency medical services, ensuring that nearly all professional firefighters in the United States play a critical role in the delivery of emergency medical services as cross-trained, dual-role firefighters who are trained in both fire suppression and Emergency Medical Services response; Whereas the IAFF has partnered with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (referred to in this preamble as the MDA ) to raise funds to support the search for the cause of and cure for muscle diseases, including— (1) by declaring the MDA the charity of choice of the IAFF in 1954; and (2) by participating in Fill the Boot campaigns to raise more than $630,000,000 for the MDA; Whereas, in furtherance of the mission of the IAFF to aid IAFF members and their families in times of need, the IAFF established the IAFF Foundation to provide— (1) aid to professional firefighters and emergency medical personnel following natural disasters; (2) assistance to IAFF members and their families for the treatment and care of burn injuries; (3) scholarships to the children of fallen IAFF members; and (4) maintenance of the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial to honor IAFF members who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty; Whereas the IAFF memorializes the thousands of firefighters and emergency medical personnel who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of others, including— (1) the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on September 11, 2001; (2) the scores of firefighters and emergency medical personnel who have died in the years since September 11, 2001, of injuries and illnesses relating to the events of September 11, 2001; and (3) the firefighters and emergency medical personnel who have died of occupational disease