| South Carolina Local to Raffle Harley Fat Boy
May 9, 2008 – North Myrtle Beach, SC Local 4637 is kicking off its first ever fundraising event to raffle a brand new Harley Davidson Fat Boy.
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| Enter Your Recipes in the Tabasco Cook & Ladder Competition
May 9, 2008 – Fire fighters are invited to enter their “hot” recipes in the Fifth National Tabasco Cook & Ladder Competition, open to all fire fighters except those with professional culinary training. All entries must be postmarked by Friday, October 31, 2008. Read More...
| Bay City Fire Fighters Receiving Support
May 9, 2008 -- Bay City fire fighters are getting support from fire fighters across the state as the city contemplates an on-call system. The Bay City City Commission is looking at going from a career fire department to a combination of on-call fire fighters along with full-time personnel. The idea isn't sitting well with firefighters union. What happens when you get a bunch of fire fighters together for a conference in a city where a big debate is going on about fire fighting? You get a pretty big protest. It's estimated more than 400 fire fighters hit the streets, all saying that Bay City's decision to look at implementing a combination force of on-call fire fighters with a full-time staff is wrong.
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| Local Fire Districts to Train 35 Mexican Fire Fighters
May 9, 2008 -- Thirty-five fire fighters from Mexico are scheduled to be in the Sacramento area in the fall as part of the Bombero Program, a partnership between fire fighters in the United States and Mexico. Read More...
| Pennsylvania Townships Merge Fire Companies
May 8, 2008 -- A giant pair of scissors made if official -- the new York Area United Fire and Rescue department is up and running. But nearly two hours before the 10:00 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony at the department's headquarters, fire fighters had already rushed to their first call. Some internal challenges must still be overcome -- including the fact that fire fighters are working under two contracts, said David Eckman, president of the Greater York Professional Firefighters union. "But we're optimistic things will work out in time," he said. "Fire fighters were behind the merger from the very outset."
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| State Says Tampa Breaking Law in Fire Union Dispute
May 8, 2008 -- The state of Florida has concluded the City of Tampa is breaking the law by withholding pay raises from its fire fighters. The state issued a cease and desist order to the City claiming Tampa is guilty of unfair labor practices. City fire fighters are entitled, by contract, to annual step pay raises for the first 12 years they're with the department. The city stopped handing out the pay raises, in October, while negotiating a new contract with the International Firefighters Union Local 754. Read More...
| Court Ruling on Greenville Fire Fighters' Contract Stands
May 8, 2008 -- A panel of Commonwealth Court judges has ruled that a Mercer County judge’s decision on the contract between Greenville’s fire fighter union and the borough stands. Greenville council filed an appeal April 19, 2007, of a March 27, 2007, ruling issued by Common Pleas Judge Thomas R. Dobson on the contract for International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1976. Borough officials had argued that the contract didn’t conform to Act 47, the state’s debt recovery plan for financially distressed communities, which Greenville entered in 2002. Dobson denied council’s appeal of the staffing issues, a new longevity pay scale and using part-timers to fill vacancies created by short-term absences of full-timers.
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|  Connecticut Fire Fighter Fights War on Terror for Third Tour
May 7, 2008 – As the War on Terror continues, more and more IAFF members find themselves leaving their turnout gear, families and friends behind to serve military tours of duty. West Hartford, CT Local 1241 James “Hooch” Matthews, a respected fire fighter and United States Army Reservist, is now on his third tour, serving as Battalion Command Search Major of the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion, 1st Armored Division in Tikrit, Iraq. Read More...
| Fire Fighter Saves a Life
May 7, 2008 -- A Sioux City football coach is recovering at Sanford Hospital after a Sioux Falls Storm game came to a surprising end.
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| Colerain Local to Hold Benefit for Fallen Fire Fighter Families
May 6, 2008 – Colerain Township, OH Local 3915 will hold a benefit June 28, 2008, for the families of Local 3915 member Robin Boxterman and fire fighter Brian Schira, who died in the line of duty in April while responding to a house fire. Read More...
| Fire Fighters, City Reach Pension Deal
May 6, 2008 -- The city of Alton, Illinois, will comply with state statute and fully fund its Firefighters Pension Fund, according to a settlement it reached with pension board trustees. Fire Captain Matt Williams, liaison between the city and pension fund board, said the agreement still needs to be finalized between the mayor, aldermen and trustees, but he is pleased with the outcome. "It's a good settlement for the pension fund; it brings the city into compliance with state statute," Williams said. "This is a very good thing. We're very relieved the city realizes its obligation to pay and work out a plan to pay it. It is a long-term solution for the pension fund and the city."
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|  Fire Fighters Save Life of Marathon Runner
May 5, 2008 -- Fire fighters and paramedics running in Cincinnati's Flying Pig Marathon saved the life of another runner who suffered a heart attack, race officials said. Bobby Edwards, 55, collapsed and stopped breathing near the 10-mile mark just ahead of a group running to raise money for fire fighters killed in the line of duty. The fire fighters and paramedics stopped running and performed CPR, saving his life, then resumed the run.
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|  ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’ Looks for Fire Fighter
May 5, 2008 – ABC’s “The Bachelor” is looking for a single fire fighter to participate in the show’s next season. Filming begins July 21, 2008, and lasts six weeks. Read More...
|  A Memory Painful and Indelible
May 5, 2008 -- Each anniversary -- and there have been 66 of them -- rekindles painful memories, and nightmare for Ed Burrell, 93, long ago retired from his fire fighting duties. But each year he stands at a memorial ceremony, paying sad tribute to the comrades who died on one of Brockton's most horrible nights. Read More...
|  Senators Dodd and Leahy Announce SAFER Funding for South Burlington
May 5, 2008 -- U.S. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) visited with members of South Burlington, VT Local 3671 to announce that the fire department has received a $632,550 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. The funding will be used to hire six additional fire fighters and to provide more consistent advanced life support services. Read More...
|  Former Boston Fire Fighter Fronts Up and Coming Band
May 5, 2008 – Mike McColgan traded his turnout gear for a microphone nearly four years ago, but he’s never forgotten about his Boston, MA Local 718 brothers and sisters or the labor movement. McColgan, the lead singer for the punk band, Street Dogs, sings about America’s union workers. The band will release its fourth album, “State of Grace,” on July 8, 2008. Read More...
| Mayor, City and College Officials Get Up Close Pro Fire Fighting Techniques
May 5, 2008 -- Canton Mayor William Healy pulled on a city fire fighters' coat and boots — size 12 — and joined about 20 other public officials hoping for a taste of what it's like to be a Canton fire fighter/paramedic. The day-long Fire Ops 101, hosted by Canton Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 249, was designed to give elected and appointed officials hands-on experience fighting fires, rescue and emergency medical operations under the supervision of the city's fire fighters and in the controlled environment of the Stark State College's Fire Training Facility.
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| Tampa Owes Merit Raises to Fire Fighters, Commission Rules
May 5, 2008 -- A state commission ruled this week that the city of Tampa engaged in unfair labor practices by refusing to pay fire fighters merit raises after their contract expired in October. The Public Employees Relations Commission ordered the city to retroactively pay the raises, with interest, to eligible fire fighters. Larry Parker, president of the fire fighters union, said he believes the city was holding back raises to strong-arm the union into a contract it doesn't like. "It proves that we were right all along that the city was bargaining in bad faith," Parker said of the commission's decision.
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|  Noblesville Fire Fighters Hope to Restore Old Engine 521
May 2, 2008 -- For nearly 40 years, Fire Engine 521 roared through the streets of Noblesville on its way to help those in need. Now it’s a faded jewel that is in need of assistance. The current condition of the 1935 American LaFrance Fire Engine has local fire fighters hoping to raise $50,000 to restore it. Fire fighters Adam Biddle and Steve Honeycutt are hoping to raise at least $50,000 to help in the renovation of Old Engine 521, which would also act as a tribute to those who have previously served on the department and as a centerpiece for the city.
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|  Ex Fire Fighter Files Lawsuit Over Dismissal
May 2, 2008 -- Former Franklin fire fighter Stephen Zachar has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his former bosses at City Hall unlawfully fired him. The lawsuit, filed in late March in Nashville at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, alleges that former Franklin City Administrator Jay Johnson, current city Fire Chief Rocky Garzarek and Human Resources Director Shirley Harmon "individually, separately and/or jointly" sought to remove Zachar after learning of his association with fire fighters unions.
Zachar, who lost his job August 7, wants back pay and other compensation, including possible reinstatement to his job or compensation as a result of his firing.
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| Legislation Urged to Protect Fire Fighters and Paramedics
May 1, 2008 -- A fire fighter-paramedic who got a face full of blood trying to save one of the victims in a triple homicide is a case study of why the Manitoba needs new legislation to protect them, says the head of his union. "We had to start him on a preventative cocktail for HIV and hepatitis C, said Alex Forrest, president of the United Firefighters of Winnipeg.
"We couldn't find out if the blood was tainted. He has to continue taking the drugs for 28 days and he won't know for six months if he's been infected," said Forrest. Forrest planned to make a presentation at public hearings on Bill 18, the Testing of Bodily Fluids and Disclosure Act. The legislation would allow for the quick testing of possibly tainted blood to protect first responders is also designed for Good Samaritans who offer first aid to injured people.
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| Ontario Fire Fighter Wins Pan-Am Championship
April 30, 2008 -- After completing an agreement to fight in the Pan-American and World Masters Jui Jitsu Championships for Team Equipe Fabricio Jui Jitsu of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Toronto, ON Local 3888 member Brian Beauchamp was one of only a few Canadians to medal at the Pan-Am Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships held in Carson, California, in April. Read More...
|  Oregon Fire Fighters Help Central American Town Establish Fire Department
April 30, 2008 – A small town in northern Nicaragua now has a functioning fire department thanks to the generosity of Bend, OR Local 939 fire fighters and others. Today, Condega operates with 30 active fire fighters equipped with one fire engine, turnout gear and other essential tools. Read More...
| Fire Fighters Snag Abandoned Snake
April 30, 2008 -- It was a real round of snakes and ladders in Arbour Lake after fire fighters were called to help capture a serpent on the loose. A ladder truck carrying two fire fighters responded to the call after a family moving into a house dialed 911 to report there was a snake in their home.
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|  Fire Fighters March on State House
April 30, 2008 -- Off-duty fire fighters stood for a moment of silence before a rally on Boston Common. The rally came on an annual lobbying day by fire fighters for better benefits and staffing, pleas that were mixed with the criticism of the media.
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| Register for Carlsbad Stop, Drop and Reel Tournament
April 28, 2008 – Carlsbad, CA Local 3730 is holding its 6th Annual Stop, Drop and Reel Fire Fighter Charity Halibut Tournament June 14, 2008, at the San Diego Marlin Club. Proceeds benefit the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Regional Burn Center’s Brave Heart Kids Program.
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