; findings (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the First Responders Day Act . (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) During times of national crisis, first responders have consistently been a source of aid, hope, and comfort for all Americans. (2) The National Fire Protection Association estimates that there are 1,150,000 either career or volunteer firefighters in the United States. (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that there were 240,800 full-time Emergency Management Services (EMS) workers as of 2018, including paramedics and emergency medical technicians. (4) According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Justice Information Services division, there were 670,279 law enforcement officers in the United States as of 2017. (5) 446 firefighters, paramedics, and police officers were killed while selflessly attempting to save others on September 11, 2001. (6) As of September 2020, 227 members of the Fire Department of the city of New York have lost their lives due to illnesses related to their heroic work at Ground Zero during or in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (7) According to CBS 2 New York, two-thirds of Ground Zero first responders have at least one certified health condition in connection to their service. (8) Since 2010, there have been 670 firefighter deaths in the line of duty, according to the National Fire Protection Association. (9) Research from the CDC in 2017 found a 14 percent higher rate of deaths from cancer for firefighters in comparison to the general population. (10) The exposure to traumatic events in the line of duty has led to an estimated 15 percent of police officers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the United States Department of Justice’s Office of Community Policing Service’s newsletter, The Dispatch. (11) A 2018 survey of 7,000 firefighters in New York and California found that 19 percent had experienced suicidal thoughts, and 65 percent are haunted by traumatic situations in the