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On behalf of the entire membership of the IAFF, it is our
pleasure to welcome new affiliates to the organization. The
IAFF is the largest trade union of professional fire
fighters and emergency medical/rescue workers in the world.
We are confident, in the days ahead, you will come to
realize the many benefits of this affiliation as we strive
together to improve your salaries and working conditions.
NEW LOCALS IN 2005
DECEMBER
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Local 4445
Bartow Professional Fire Fighters, GA
25 members
President Michael Patterson
Local 4480
Palos Professional fire Fighters, IL
15 members
President Michael Patti
Local 4455
Pauls Valley Professional Fire Fighters, OK
6 members
President Marcus Hamilton |
Local 4481
Burnsville Fire Supervisors, MN
7 members
President Russ Lalim
Local 1622
Fallbrook Fire Fighters Association, CA
49 members
President Steven Marovich |
NOVEMBER
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Local 4449
Maple Ridge Fire Fighters, BC
8 members
President: James Sinclair
Local 2178
Fire Fighters Association of Morton Grove, IL
36 members
President: Steven Kunzie |
Local 4475
Grand Haven Township Professional Fire Fighters, MI
6 members
President: Bryce Dennings
Local 4478
Medfield Permanent Fire Fighters Association, MA
8 members
President Scott Donahue |
OCTOBER
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Local 4469
Margaretta Township Professional Fire Fighters, OH
6 members
President: Russell Zura, Sr.
Local 4473
Bellows Falls Professional Fire Fighters, VT
4 members
President: Wayne Thomas
Local 4457
Westside Professional Fire Fighters Association, B.C.
7 members
President: Trevor Bredin
Local 4472
Steamboat Springs Fire – Rescue, CO
11 members
President: Chuck Cerasoli |
Local 4468
Willard Fire , OH
3 members
President: Max Helton Local
4467
Saltspring Island Fire Fighters Association, BC
4 members
President: Jamie Holmes
Local 4474
Hillside Fire Fighters Association, IL
18 members
President: Marco DeVito
Local 4337
Flagler County Professional Fire Fighters Association, Inc.
FL
59 members
President: Charles Blum
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SEPTEMBER
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Local 4463
Professional Fire Fighters of Shelby, NC
33 members
President: Donnie Henderson
Local 4464
Bossier Parish EMS Association, LA
12 members
President: Larry Hadley
Local F - 0309
Concord Federal Professional Fire Fighters, CA
19 members
President: Steven M. Cline
Local 4470
Maplewood Fire Fighters, MN
6 members
President: Richard P. Dawson
Local 4471
Central Kentucky Emergency Services Professionals, KY
12 members
President: Chip Little
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Local 1718
Brunswick Professional Fire Fighters, ME
25 members
President: David Douglass, Jr.
Local 4465
Murphy Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
3 members
President: Phillip Megee
Local 4466
The City of Manassas Professional Fire Fighters and
Paramedics, VA
6 members
President: Stephanie Shipko
Local 1829
Paradise Fire Fighters, CA
20 members
President: Curtis Lawrie
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AUGUST
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Local 4452
San Pasqual Reservation Fire Department, CA
12 members
President: Ron Pasquesi
Local 3661
University Park Professional Fire Fighters Association, IL
13 members
President: Jeffrey A. Duhoski
Local 4450
Anderson City Fire Fighters, SC
28 members
President: Roger K. Odachowski
Local 4456
Midland Professional Fire Fighters, AL
5 members
President: Steve Lint
Local 4460
Spring Garden Township Professional Fire Fighters
Association, PA
15 members
President: Lee Sowers Local
4461
Peninsula Fire Fighters, CA
7 members
President: Paul Doerr
Local 4454
Blackfoot Fire Fighters, ID
22 members
President: Ben Hirschi
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Local 4441
Newkirk Professional Fire Fighters Association, OK
5 members
President: Tim Walker
Local 4429
Mantua- Shalersville Professional Fire Fighters, OH
7 members
President: Michael Pender
Local 4453
Maumelle Professional Fire Fighters Assoc., AR
13 members
President: Drew Nichols
Local 4459
Orting Fire Fighters, WA
3 members
President: Jason Howton
Local 4458
South Beloit Professional Fire Fighters Assoc., IL
3 members
President: Gregory Snow
Local 4462
West Valley Fire Fighters Association, AZ
18 members
President: Chris Ader |
JULY
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Local 4451
Oakdale Rural Fire District, CA
8 members
President: Michael C. Tobin |
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JUNE
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Local 4442
Vanderburgh County Professional Fire Fighters, IN
4 members
President: James Pfister III
Local 4081
Burton Professional Fire Fighters Association, SC
9 members
President: Thomas F. Cooper, Jr. |
Local 4443
South Ogden, UT
4 Members
President: Cameron West |
MAY
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Local 4438
King George County Professional Fire Fighters and
Paramedics, VA
11 members
President: Steven Reedal
Local 4437
UC Fire Fighters, CA
40 members
President: Troy Souza
Local 4446
Snohomish County Fire Fighters #5, WA
3 Members
President: Timothy Tullis
Local I-79
Moffett Field Fire Fighters Association, CA
36 members
President: Dominic DeSantis
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Local 1475
Coronado Fire Fighters Association, CA
27 members
President: Mark Price
Local F0308
U. S. Capitol Police Hazardous Materials Response Team
Members Association, D.C.
19 members
President: David Donohue
Local 4440
McNeil Island Fire Officers, WA
6 members
President Greg Miller
Local 4439
Brattleboro Professional Fire Fighters, VT
22 members
President: Leonard A. Howard III |
APRIL
Local 4435
Oakbrook Terrace Professional Fire Fighters Assoc., IL
7 members
President: James Vejvoda
Local 4436
Sweet Home Fire Fighters, OR
7 members
President: Kenneth Weld
Local 4432
West Yellowstone Fire Fighters, MT
4 members
President: Robert Glenn
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Local 4428
Central Saanich Fire Fighters, BC
3 members
President: Art Curry
Local 4434
Wildwood Crest Uniformed Emergency Services Association, NJ
6 members
President: Cornelius Maxwell
Local 4447
Cowlitz 5 Professional Fire Fighters, WA
6 members
President: Richard VanRiper
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MARCH
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Local 4427
South Lake Tahoe Firemen's Association, Inc. CA
33 members
President: Roger Koeck
Local 4430
Plantation Professional Paramedics and EMT's, Fl
22 members
President: Jeffrey Poole
Local 4421
Pawtucket Fire Fighters, RI
144 members
President: Robert Neill, Jr.
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Local 4431
Shelbyville Fire Department, KY
14 members
President: Troy D. Witt
Local 4402
Sulphur Professional Fire Fighters Association, OK
8 members
President: Dayton Carl Burnside
Local 4433
South County EMS Professionals, CA
15 members
President: Jim Ayers
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FEBRUARY
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Local 4388
Millstone Township Uniformed Fire Fighters Association
New Jersey
4 members
President: Tim Byrne
Local 4424
El Medio Fire Fighters, CA
6 members
President: David Hilson
Local 3975
Hudson County Fire Dispatchers, NJ
12 members
President: Deborah Peek
Local 4426
Caddo Parish Fire District #6, LA
4 members
President: Kevin Talmadge |
Local 4423
Professional Fire Fighters of North Charleston, SC
49 members
President: Gary Melton
Local 4408
Mt. Laurel Professional Fire Fighters and EMT's, NJ
48 members
President: Thomas Cimino, Jr.
Local 3600
Atascadero City Fire Fighters, CA
17 members
President Casey Bryson
Local 4422
Greenfield Township Fire Fighters, OH
6 members
President: John Schwinne, II |
JANUARY
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Local 4414
Jonesboro Firemen's Association
Jonesboro, LA
4 members
President: David Roberts
Local 4415
Boulder Rural Fire Fighters Association, CO
7 members
President: Craig LoSasso
Local 4392
United Professional Fire Fighters of Derry, NH
81 members
President: Garry Williams
Local 4418
Grant County Fire Fighters, WA
4 members
President: Brandon Burns |
Local 305
Irvington Professional Fire Fighters Union, NJ
98 members
President: Miguel Lima
Local 4420
Pasco County Professional Fire Fighters, FL
88 members
President: Ralph Grant
Local 4417
Christiana Uniformed Fire Fighters Association, DE
10 members
President: John Finnegan
Local 4419
Litchfield County Fire/EMS Dispatchers Union
8 members
President: Kevin Webb |
NEW LOCALS IN 2004
DECEMBER
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A0002
Alaska Professional Fire Fighters
President: Mark Drygas
Local 4416
Hamilton
County Professional Fire Fighters
Union
324 members
President:
Anthony L. Murray
Local F-0307
Mechanicsburg Professional Federal Fire Fighters, PA
8 members
President: John Ramstad |
Local 4341
Glenwood Springs Professional Fire Fighters
Glenwood Springs, CO
18 members
President: Chris Bornholdt
Local 4413
Emergency Service Professional of Walton County, FL
18 members
President: Robert L. Daniel |
NOVEMBER
Local 4396
Professional
Fire Fighters of Marathon, FL
12 Members
President:
Joseph Oforcine
Local 4404
Auburn Hills
Professional Fire Fighters Union
Auburn Hills,
Michigan
13 members
President:
John Hering
Local 4407
Windsor
Professional Fire Fighters
Association
Windsor, CA
6 members
President:
Ron Busch
Local 4411
Rye Permanent Fire Fighters
Association
Rye, NH
8 members
President:
David Kornechuk
Local 4412
Mascoutah EMS
Mascoutah, IL
5 members
President:
Jeremy Brown
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Local 4347
Deland Professional
Fire Fighters
Deland, FL
13 Members
President: Michael Vasquez
Local 4405
Professional
Fire Fighters Association of Midland Midland, Texas
125
Members
President:
Lee Wise
Local 4406
Danville
Professional Fire Fighters
Danville, IN
9 members
President:
Steve Hartsock
Local 4409
Lake Valley
Professional Fire Fighters
Association
South Lake
Tahoe, CA
19 members
President:
Andy Kaufer
Local 4410
Richfield
Fire Fighters
Richfield,
Ohio
9 members
President:
Don Zito
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OCTOBER
Local 2728
Lemon Grove Fire Fighters
Lemon Grove, CA
17 Members
President: Daryn Drum |
Local 4403
Arroyo Grande
Career Fire Fighters
Arroyo
Grande, CA
6 members
President:
Randy Steffan
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