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 line of duty, highlighting the emotional toll of these essential and lifesaving jobs. (12) Firefighters have been bravely battling the fatal and destructive wildfires in the Western States, which have killed dozens of people, burned over 3,200,000 acres of land, and destroyed 4,200 structures in California in 2020 alone. (13) The over 16,000 firefighters working to contain the 28 major fires in California have been on the front lines of this crisis, working around the clock to salvage any lives, land, and property that they can. (14) Firefighters have battled physical and emotional exhaustion, and in some instances given their lives, while combating the destructive wildfires on the West Coast. (15) The mental burden carried by police officers and firefighters is somberly demonstrated by the statistic that, in 2017, there were more firefighter and police officer deaths by suicide than in the line of duty, according to the Ruderman Family Foundation. (16) As of September 2020, there have been at least 100 confirmed police officer deaths as a result of contracting COVID–19 in the line of duty, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. (17) EMS workers provide critical and lifesaving care, often at great risk to themselves. (18) The CDC notes that EMS workers are at risk for physical injury and exposure to blood and harmful bodily fluids. (19) The CDC estimates that 21,200 EMS were treated in emergency rooms for work-related illnesses and injuries in 2017. (20) The serious dangers faced by EMS workers during the COVID–19 pandemic are highlighted by the 36 reported EMS worker deaths from COVID–19 as of September 17, 2020, according to EMS1, an online resource for EMTs and Paramedics. (21) It is the sense of Congress that the sacrifices made by first responders and