亚利桑那热门消防员的父亲在Yarnell Hill野火夺走了生命19名消防员已经启动了一份更改。呼吁在亚利桑那州普雷斯科特市召集他的儿子的家人一生的健康福利扩展到了其他受害者。
Andrew Ashcraft was a member of the Granite Mountain Hotshots–a team of hotshot firefighters who丧生fighting a fast-moving Arizona wildfire on June 30. The Yarnell Hill Fire marked the highest death toll for American firefighters since September 11, 2001. Now, weeks after his death, Andrew’s family is fighting for benefits they say he earned over his three-year career.
“我希望能够哀悼我的丈夫，抚养我的孩子，弄清楚我们的新常态是什么，”安德鲁（Andrew）的遗ow和四个孩子的母亲朱利安·阿什（Juliann Ashcraft）说。“就像我丈夫去上班，从未回到家的那样，我感到震惊，我对这座城市从那以后如何对待我们的家人感到震惊。”
The City of Prescott has pushed back on Juliann’s claims, saying that Andrew was a seasonal employee and therefore not entitled to lifetime salaries and health benefits. Juliann says the distinction is meaningless because Andrew was working full time hours at the time of his death.
“您无法想象失去孩子的感觉。但是，看着我儿子的家人为获得应有的好处而努力，这真是令人讨厌。请愿书。“我们非常感谢对请愿书的支持，我的家人希望普雷斯科特官员正在注意。”
汤姆（Tom）支持安德鲁（Andrew）家人的请愿书已收集了遭受火灾地区居民的3,000多个签名，以及来自全国各地的消防员，要求他的服务得到认可。请愿书上的每个新签名都是通过电子邮件发送给普雷斯科特市官员的。
举行的一次新闻发布会上Ashcraf Juliann和汤姆t early Wednesday morning was attended by otherGranite Mountain Hotshot家庭和当地媒体成员。当地的消防员工会IAFF本地493也发表了陈述，以支持朱利安（Juliann）要求拒绝福利的要求。
汤姆·阿什（Tom Ashcraft）的请愿书的实时签名总计：www.change.org/andrewashcraft
