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2016-Winter.Pdf ATHLETIC GEAR FOR FIREFIGHTERS.TM GLOBETURNOUTGEAR.COM Winter 2016 Fire Fighter Quarterly vol. 99 no.1 21 18 2426 Cover Features Departments 10 Zadroga 14 The Bright New Future for Big Data n 5 From the General President Reauthorization New data systems bring value proposition n 7 From the General Passes Congress to fire fighters Secretary-Treasurer IAFF efforts prove key in renewing of the 9/11 16 The Evolving Role of Drones n 9 Letters Health and in the Fire Service n 20 Local Scene Compensation Act Exploring the use of drones for emergency response n 24 Across the IAFF n 36 Retirees 18 Building a Home for n 42 Never Forget Fire Fighters Battling Cancer Houston Local 341 takes lead in creating n 43 Last Alarm model facility for cancer care for fire fighters Download the IAFF Frontline App from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Search for Connect with IAFF Frontline and download the app for your mobile device. the IAFF Visit Fire Fighter Quarterly online at www.iaff.org/mag Apple Android WINTER 2016 3 QUARTERLY Harold A. Schaitberger General President Harold A. Schaitberger, Editor Thomas H. Miller General Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Zack, Supervising Editor Jane Blume, Director of Communications, Managing Editor IAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD 10th District James T. Ferguson Mark Treglio, Staff Writer Kristin Craine, Staff Writer Tim Burn, Staff Writer 1st District 3029 Buchanan Street William Romaka San Francisco, CA 94123-4201 Kristin Hazlett, Graphic Artist Mesha Williams, Staff Writer 427 Spruce Avenue (415) 760-8063 (Cell) Cindy Pinkney, Administrative Assistant West Islip, NY 11795 (415) 474-4121 (Fax) Craig Renfro, Advertising Director • (972) 416-9782 • [email protected] (631) 893-9116 (Office) 11th District (917) 834-1414 (Cell) Sandy McGhee Periodical postage paid at Washington, 1750 New York Avenue, N.W. 2nd District 1283 S. Detroit Avenue DC and additional mailing offices. Washington, D.C. 20006-5395 Tulsa, OK 74120 Postmasters send changes of Mark Woolbright Published quarterly (918) 855-8228 (Cell) address to 115 McMennamy Road Subscription price $18 per year. IAFF St. Peters, MO 63376 Fire Fighter Quarterly (Print) 12th District 1750 New York Avenue, N.W. (314) 393-9755 (Cell) (ISSN 2333-3669) Larry Osborne Washington, D.C. 20006-5395 (636) 397-1572 (Office) Fire Fighter Quarterly (Online) 8743 Ricardo Lane (636) 397-3809 (Fax) (ISSN 2333-3685) Jacksonville, FL 32216-3536 Official publication of and 3rd District (904) 641-5407 (Home) © Copyright 2015 by the Jay Colbert (904) 219-8656 (Cell) INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION 20 Henry Ave. 13th District OF FIRE FIGHTERS® Printed in USA Somerville, MA 02144-2604 Fred LeBlanc (617) 307-8076 (Cell) 317 Avenue Road Publications Mail Agreement No. 40065725 Canada Post: Return 4th District Kingston, Ontario K7M 1C8 undeliverables to P.O. Box 2601, 6915 Dixie Rd, Mississauga, ON L4T 0A9. (613) 328-2195 (Cell) William V. 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Morrison Assistant to the [email protected] (410) 317-5548 (Fax) (901) 377-6549 (Home) General President for Occupational www.aiaff.com 5th District 15th District Health, Safety and Medicine IAFF CHAPLAIN Thomas Thornberg David Burry Jeff Zack Assistant to the General Father Thomas Mulcrone 23594 Ulysses St. NE 16 Indian Pond Place President for Media, Communications East Bethel, MN 55005 CBS, NL A1X6P8 and Information Systems IAFF Headquarters Office (612) 290-8015 (Cell) 1750 New York Ave. NW (709) 744-2709 (Home) Scott Marks Assistant to the General (709) 689-7574 (Cell) Washington DC 20006 6th District President for Canadian Operations (202) 737-8484 (Office) Lorne West 16th District Lori Moore-Merrell Assistant to the (202) 737-8418 (Fax) Box 581 Stn. Ft. Langley James B. 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Ouellette Kevin O’Connor Assistant to the 2216 57th Way NW 2681 Sicily Drive General President for Governmental IAFF FINANCIAL CORPORATION Olympia, WA 98502-3451 New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 and Public Policy Carrie Tucker (360) 791-6201 (Cell) Chief Operating Officer (386) 314-5837 (Cell) Warren May Assistant to the 8th District Alex Forrest General Secretary-Treasurer for E-18 MEDIA Paul Hufnagel 303-83 Garry Street Finance and Membership Marty Sonnenberg 2545 Oxford Road Winnipeg,MB R3C-419 Canada Elizabeth Harman Assistant to Executive Producer Lansing, MI 48911-1036 (204) 783-1733 (Office) the General President for Grants (517) 281-2832 (Cell) (204) 791-4980 (Cell) Administration and HazMat/WMD (517) 484-7744 (Home) (204) 255-0383 (Home) Training 9th District (204) 253-0496 (Station) Ray R. Rahne (204) 772-2531 (Fax) EMERITI OFFICERS Charles L. Buss Gerald O. Holland 3444 S. Newland Ct. Anthony Mejia President Emeritus Lakewood, CO 80277 2859 Albury Avenue Michael J. Crouse Alfred K. Whitehead Ernest A. “Buddy” Mass (303) 619-2462 (Cell) Long Beach, CA 90815 Terry A. Ritchie (303) 988-0177 (Home) (562) 989-3667 (Office) Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Frank A. Palumbo Dominick F. Barbera (562) 212-2055 (Cell) Kevin Gallagher Vice President Emeritus Bruce Carpenter Russell P. Cerami James A. Fennell GENERAL COUNSEL James L. Hill Trustee Emeritus Thomas Woodley Elliott Hastings William McGrane Woodley & McGillivary Dominick C. DiPaulo Dennis Lloyd Robert E. Palmer 4 FIRE FIGHTER QUARTERLY WINTER 2016 Election 2016 Update With the New Year and the first wave of presidential primaries and caucuses, I wanted to take a moment to “e IAFF will not make provide an update on this year’s presidential primary an endorsement for the season. As many of you have followed over the past 12 months, foreseeable future in the we have been engaged in a rigorous process to determine presidential election — the answers to two questions: 1) Is there a candidate the IAFF should endorse for we are going to let the president of the United States? process continue to work 2) If so, when should we make that endorsement? Over those 12 months, we have held a Presidential while we engage in an Forum with Republicans and Democrats alike invited to Harold A. Schaitberger address members and leaders, conducted detailed polling effort to educate and and focus group research of our membership across the communicate to all of the country, researched the historical policy positions of the candidates and asked the campaigns to complete candidates the issues that questionnaires to understand their position on our are important to our “basket of issues.” Most of all, however, we have listened to our members members and this union.” and local leaders of this union. e IAFF Executive Board has had ongoing discussions concerning our endorsement process throughout that time, as well. In December, our Executive Board met to discuss request is simply based on our hope that when we do the state of the presidential race, listen to detailed briefings finally endorse, it will be with one, loud, strong voice, and on the final results of our research and to get political our gold and black brand that has come to define our updates on all the crucial down ballot elections coming up union. this year. Just as we are doing at the national level, we encourage I also wanted the chance to hear from every board you as IAFF leaders and members to make sure our issues member about their feelings and what they were hearing remain as top priorities for all of the candidates. from the leadership and membership in their districts As you interact with candidates and staff, I encourage you to about the presidential race and our process. raise issues important to this union and our great membership, Aer a very productive discussion, we reached the because decisions by the next Commander-In-Chief can have consensus that the IAFF will not make an endorsement for a tremendous impact on your health and safety and work the foreseeable future in the presidential election — we are life, including your pension and retirement security, grant going to let the process continue to work while we engage programs that provide federal funding to local fire in an effort to educate and communicate to all of the departments, and rising health care costs. candidates the issues that are important to our members In the meantime, we’ll be watching and listening, and and this union. continuing to gather information to help make the right is will be the first time in my tenure as General choice for the future of this union. President that we as an International have not weighed in We will keep you updated on where the Executive Board on any of the early primaries or caucuses. is on a decision as we go forward. Please don’t hesitate to Organizationally, we will not engage in these contests, but contact our Political Department at (202) 824-1584 if you you, as informed, politically active citizens, are encouraged need more information. to attend your primary, caucus and candidate events. I am asking that our affiliate officers not take a position on behalf of the IAFF or their local at this time on candidates in their state’s primary or caucus.
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