Increases the death benefit for volunteer firefighters and reserve officers from $152,000 to $214,000, and adds an additional benefit of $500 per month paid to the legal guardian or surviving parent of each birth or legally adopted child, under eighteen years of age, who is financially dependent upon the deceased. The increased benefits take effect July 1, 2013.   Official Text and Analysis.

Removes the requirement to index the increased lump-sum death benefit beginning July 1, 2013, by the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Consume Price Index up to 3 percent per year.

Increases from $152,000 to $214,000 the lump-sum death benefit that is paid to survivors of Volunteer Fire Fighters' and Reserve Officers' Relief and Pension System (VFFRORPS) members who die as a result of injuries or sickness that are the result of the performance of duties. Replaces the monthly death benefits payable to the parents or legal guardians of surviving children of VFFRORPS members so to provide $500 per dependent child, unemancipated or under 18 years of age.

Increases from $152,000 to $214,000 the lump-sum death benefit that is paid to survivors of Volunteer Fire Fighters' and Reserve Officers' Relief and Pension System (VFFRORPS) members who die as a result of injuries or sickness that are the result of the performance of duties. Replaces the monthly death benefits payable to the parents or legal guardians of surviving children of VFFRORPS members so to provide $500 per dependent child, unemancipated or under 18 years of age.