North Carolina Survivor Benefits

A one-time payment of $100,000 shall be awarded to the spouse, dependent children, or parents of a full time, part time, or volunteer firefighters who dies in the line of duty. This benefit is exempt from local and state taxes.

This includes firefighters who die as the direct and proximate result of a myocardial infarction suffered while on duty or within 24 hours after participating in a training exercise or responding to an emergency situation, or as a direct and proximate result of any of the following cancers that are occupationally related to firefighting: mesothelioma, testicular cancer, intestinal cancer, and esophageal cancer.

Note that this payment was increased from $50,000 in June of 2018 by the state legislature for deaths occurring on or after 1 April 2017.

Contact:
North Carolina Industrial Commission
430 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: (919) 807-2501
Toll Free: (800) 688-8349
Fax: (919) 715-0282
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ic.nc.gov

Mailing Address:
North Carolina Industrial Commission
1240 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1240

Reference: N.C.G.S. Sections 143-166.2, 143-166.3, 143-166.6

Kids’ Chance North Carolina

PO Box 40 Colfax, NC 27235 Phone:  (336) 404-5069 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.kidschancenc.org Provides scholarships to children of NC workers who are catastrophically or fatally injured.

North Carolina Association of Rescue & E.M.S.

200H Genoa Crossing Drive Goldsboro, North Carolina 27530 Phone: (919) 736-0506 Fax: (919) 736-7759 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ncarems.org Mailing Address: North Carolina Association of Rescue & E.M.S. Post Office Box 1914 Goldsboro, North Carolina 27533-1914 North Carolina Association of Rescue & E.M.S. offers the following to all rescue/EMS personnel: a LODD one-time benefit payment of $100,000, 10% of the average weekly wage of the fallen firefighter for a 6 month period, and scholarship opportunities to dependent children. Children may choose a 2 or 4 year school. A 2 year scholarship shall be $2,000.00, 2/4 year shall be $9500.00, and a four 4 year scholarship shall be $15,000.00. The Association also offers the following to members of the association: $20,000 AD&D, $5,000 member death benefit, $1,000 natural death benefit, and scholarship opportunities similar to those above for a surviving spouse.

North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association

323 W. Jones St, Suite 401 Raleigh, NC 27603 Phone: (919) 821-2132 Fax: (919) 821-9382 Website: www.ncfsa.com Member benefits include: $25,000 AD&D for off duty events and $50,000 for on duty events, a Relief fund, and a Retirement fund. The NCSFA also has a scholarship program which gives $2,000 and $8,000 for associate and bachelor’s degrees, respectively, to the children of fallen NCSFA firefighters. Scholarships are awarded on both a merit and need basis. Contact: North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association.

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

P.O. Box 498 Emmitsburg, MD 21727 Phone: (301) 4471-1365 FAX: (301) 4471-1645 Website: www.firehero.org The Sarbanes Scholarship Program Spouses, life partners, children, and stepchildren of firefighters honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial are eligible to apply for the NFFF Sarbanes Scholarship Program along with other partner programs. The NFFF Sarbanes Scholarships are awarded for undergraduate and graduate studies, vocational-technical training, and certification and job training programs. They may be used for study at in-state or out-of-state public and private schools.

The International Association of Fire Fighters

1750 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Website: client.prod.iaff.org/#contentid=1743 The W. H. “Howie” McClennan scholarship provides financial assistance for sons, daughters or legally adopted children of IAFF Union Members killed in the line of duty planning to attend a university, accredited college or other institution of higher learning. Scholarship amount is $2,500 per year, renewable up to 4 consecutive years.