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This bill amends Pennsylvania's telecommunications regulations by introducing a new requirement for local exchange telecommunications companies to respond quickly and compensate volunteer fire companies when their equipment or infrastructure fails. Specifically, if a telecommunications company's equipment or infrastructure failure requires a volunteer firefighter to be actively deployed to the site, the company must physically respond to the failure location within 90 minutes of being notified. If the company fails to meet this 90-minute response time, they must pay the volunteer fire company $1,000 for each hour that a volunteer firefighter is actively deployed at the site. The bill also includes definitions for "volunteer fire company" and "volunteer firefighter" by referencing existing definitions in Pennsylvania's consolidated statutes. The new regulation will take effect 60 days after being enacted, providing a clear timeline for implementation and giving telecommunications companies time to prepare for the new requirements.

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