This bill was formerly filed by Senator Timilty and would amend Chapter 22D of the Massachusetts General Laws to bring the regional technical rescue team infrastructure into the Department of Fire Services. They’d then be tasked with making the infrastructure operate as efficiently as the current infrastructure that we have established for our Hazmat teams around the Commonwealth. This bill will clarify and consolidate the management of the Technical Rescue Response System under DFS and be overseen by the State Fire Marshal. Through these changes, the Technical Rescue Response System will be able to more effectively and equitably deliver and fund these services throughout each and every town and city in the Commonwealth.