For deaths arising out of and in the course of assigned duties or while traveling to or returning from an alarm or call, the state pays the designated beneficiary $150,000 in annual installments. No single annual payment shall exceed $30,000.

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Insurance Coverage Office
Duncan Center, 3 rd Floor
500 W. Loockerman St.
Suite 300 Dover, DE 19904

Phone 739-3651
Toll free 877-277-4185
Fax 302-739-5345

Benefit is 2/3 of the firefighter's wages from regular employment for spouses and 80% for a spouse and children. Spouse receives a two-year lump sum upon remarriage and weekly benefits cease. Children are eligible until age 18 or age 25 if full-time students.

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Industrial Accident Board
Division of Industrial Affairs, Dept. of Labor
Office of the Secretary
Post Office Box 9954
Wilmington, DE 19809-9954
Phone: (302)761-8200

Maximum of $7,000 for a member of a volunteer fire company, ladies auxiliary, or volunteer ambulance and rescue company. Volunteer must have been an active member for at least 10 years of service.

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Office of Pensions
McArdle Building
860 Silver Lake Boulevard, Suite 1
Dover, DE 19904-2402

Phone toll free 800-722-7300



You may also download the Funeral Expense Form and the Assignment of Benifit Form from the Insurance Coverage Office's Website.

Covered under Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Pension Plan. Designated beneficiary receives a lump sum death benefit equal to the excess, if any, of the accumulated contributions with interest over the aggregate.

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McArdle Building
860 Silver Lake Boulevard, Suite 1
Dover, DE 19904-2402

Phone toll free 800-722-7300

State Treasurer pays for tuition for dependent children enrolled in a degree or certificate program at a college or university. The benefit has a four-year maximum. Beneficiaries must be at least age 16 but not more than age 24.

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Delaware Insurance Commission
841 Silver Lake Boulevard
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: (302) 739-4251 or (800) 282-861

Delaware Volunteer
Firefirefighter's Association
122A South Bradford Street
PO Box 1849
Dover, DE 19903

Phone: 1-302-734-9390
Toll Free: 1-877-455-3832
Fax: 1-302-734-9404