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DUPONT, NOMEX, KEVLAR and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company or its a liates. contents NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012 JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS/VOL. 95 NO. 6 Providing winter coats P. 31 to children in need FEATURES ON THE COVER: Super Storm Sandy: On the Frontlines IAFF Disaster Relief Operation assists members ............................18 General President’s Message Fire Fighters Win Big Incredible Challenges, Incredible Victories ............................5 Successful election night for IAFF members ....................................10 General Secretary-Treasurer’s Message IAFF Guardian Policy At Work Financial Stewardship ..........................................................7 Huge wins for affiliates ....................................................................20 Letters ..............................................................................8 Fire Fighters in Pink Always on the Frontline ............................................25 Affiliates support breast cancer aw areness ....................................22 Across the IAFF ..........................................................28 On the Road ................................................................33 P. 22 Retirees ........................................................................35 In Memoriam/Last Alarm ..........................................38 On The Cover UFA Local 94 member IAFF affiliates wear pink for Matthew Donnelly inspects breast cancer awareness damage to Breezy Point, New York. Photo by: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images D Connect with the IAFF on Visit The International Fire Fighter online. at www.iaff.org/mag P. 27 Lobbying against Bill C-377 liates. International Fire Fighter 3 INTERNATIONAL Harold A. Schaitberger General President Harold A. Schaitberger, Editor Thomas H. Miller General Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Zack, Supervising Editor IAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD 10th District Jane Blume Bill Glanz James T. Ferguson Director of Communications, Director of Public Affairs and 1st District 3029 Buchanan Street William Romaka San Francisco, CA 94123-4201 Managing Editor Media Relations (415) 760-8063 (Cell) 427 Spruce Avenue Kristin Craine, Staff Writer Kristin Hazlett, Graphic Artist West Islip, NY 11795 (415) 474-4121 (Fax) Tim Burn, Mesha Williams, (631) 893-9116 (Office) 11th District Staff Writer New Media Assistant (917) 834-1414 (Cell) Sandy McGhee Cindy Payne, Administrative Assistant 2nd District 1283 S. Detroit Avenue Craig Renfro, Advertising Director • (972) 416-9782 • [email protected] Mark Woolbright Tulsa, OK 74120 (918) 599-8176 (Office) 115 McMennamy Road Periodical postage paid at Washington, DC Postmasters send changes of address to (918) 855-8228 (Cell) St. Peters, MO 63376 and additional mailing offices. IAFF (918) 599-9176 (Fax) 1750 New York Avenue, N.W. (314) 393-9755 (Cell) Published bi-monthly. Washington, D.C. 20006-5395 (636) 397-1572 (Office) 12th District Subscription price $18 per year. (636) 397-3809 (Fax) Larry Osborne International Fire Fighter 8743 Ricardo Lane (ISSN 0020-6733) 3rd District Official publication of and © Copyright A. Michael Mullane Jacksonville, FL 32216-3536 (904) 641-5407 (Home) 2012 by the 50 North Bayfield Road (904) 219-8656 (Cell) INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF North Quincy, MA 02171 FIRE FIGHTERS ® Printed in USA (617) 328-7202 (Home) 13th District Publications Mail Agreement No. 40065725 Return undeliverable Canadian (617) 288-2100 (Office) Fred LeBlanc addresses to: 2835 Kew Drive Windsor, Ontario N8T3B7 317 Avenue Road 4th District Kingston, Ontario K7M 1C8 William V. Taylor INTERNATIONAL STAFF (613) 328-2195 (Cell) 206 Inlet Drive Peter L. Gorman Chief of Staff Kelli Tucker 14th District Pasadena, MD 21122 Jim Lee Chief of Operations President of Auxiliary to the IAFF (410) 317-5546 (Office) Danny Todd (512) 587-0413 Baldwin Robertson Legal Counsel (443) 324-2529 (Cell) 3740 Northcliffe Drive [email protected] (410) 317-5548 (Fax) Memphis, TN 38128 Rich Duffy Assistant to the General www.aiaff.com (901) 377-6549 (Home) President for Occupational Health Father Thomas Mulcrone 5th District Safety and Medicine Thomas Thornberg 15th District IAFF Chaplain Jeff Zack Assistant to the General 23594 Ulysses St. NE David Burry IAFF Headquarters Office 16 Indian Pond Place President for Media, 1750 New York Ave. NW East Bethel, MN 55005 Communications and Information (612) 290-8015 (Cell) CBS, NL A1X6P8 Washington DC 20006 (709) 744-2709 (Home) Technology (202) 737-8484 (Office) 6th District (709) 689-7574 (Cell) Scott Marks Assistant to the (202) 737-8418 (Fax) Lorne West General President for Canadian 16th District IAFF Canadian Office Box 581 Stn. Ft. Langley Operations James B. Johnson 350 Sparks St. Suite 403 Langley, BC Canada V1M2R9 Lori Moore-Merrell Assistant to 3195 Dayton-Xenia Road Ottawa Ontario Canada K1R7S8 (604) 574-5785 (Office) the General President for Member Suite 900-303 (613) 567-8988 (Office) (604) 868-8730 (Cell) Services, Technical Assistance and Beavercreek, OH 45434-6390 (613) 567-8986 (Fax) (604) 513-9884 (Fax) Information Resources (202) 360-1318 (Cell) IAFF Alumni Coordinator 7th District (937) 429-5536 (Fax) Patrick J. Morrison Assistant to the Dominick Barbera Ricky Walsh General President for Development, (786) 423-1401(Cell) P.O. Box 5604 TRUSTEES Education, Training and Human (954) 434-3850 (Home/Office) West Richland, WA 99353 Mark S. Ouellette Relations IAFF Charitable Foundation (509) 627-2872 (Office) 2681 Sicily Drive Kevin O’Connor Assistant to the (202) 824-8620 New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 General President for (509) 999-3090 (Cell) Send your address changes to (386) 314-5837 (Cell) Governmental and Public Policy (509) 627-3134 (Fax) [email protected] Warren May Assistant to the 8th District Alex Forrest General Secretary-Treasurer for Paul Hufnagel 303-83 Garry Street Connect with Budget and Finance the IAFF on 2545 Oxford Road Winnipeg MB R3C-419 Canada Lansing, MI 48911-1036 (204) 783-1733 (Office) EMERITI OFFICERS Robert E. Palmer (517) 281-2832 (Cell) (204) 791-4980 (Cell) President Emeritus Charles L. Buss (517) 484-7744 (Home) (204) 255-0383 (Home) (204) 253-0496 (Station) Alfred K. Whitehead Gerald O. Holland (204) 772-2531 (Fax) Michael J. Crouse Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Ernest A. “Buddy” Mass 9th District Anthony Mejia Frank A. Palumbo Terry A. Ritchie Vacant 3451 Julian Avenue Dominick F. Barbera Long Beach, CA 90808 Vice President Emeritus Kevin Gallagher (562) 989-3667 (Office) Charley Hall Bruce Carpenter (562) 212-2055 (Cell) Russell P. Cerami James A. Fennell James L. Hill GENERAL COUNSEL Elliott Hastings Trustee Emeritus William McGrane Thomas Woodley John K. Stephens Dennis Lloyd Woodley & McGillivary Dominick C. DiPaulo 4 November/December 2012 From the General President In 2012 — Incredible Challenges and Tough Victories his has been a year of incredible highs in Minnesota and Maine, where we helped flip These successes at and lows for the hard-working men control of the state legislatures in our favor. We every level didn’t Tand women who pay the freight of this also had an important victory in California, come easily. You put great union. where we weighed in heavily, and the California the boots on the The most recent challenge came as Super Professional Firefighters worked hard to defeat ground, made the Storm Sandy tore through New Jersey and New Proposition 32 — shutting down the third calls and knocked York. As our members do, they were on the attempt in 14 years to silence our political on the doors. We frontline, protecting their communities even voices in California. And there were so many invested heavily, while suffering great personal loss at home. other victories in state after state. making direct And as this union does, we all stepped up to At the national level, we worked together to contributions to Harold A. help our sisters and brothers in their time of increase the fire fighter friendly majority in the campaigns and Schaitberger need. This edition of the magazine details our Senate by two votes. Buses with our signature contributions to on-the-ground relief efforts that provided gold and black crisscrossed Massachusetts and political action immediate financial assistance to our members Missouri, and the Professional Fire Fighters of committees who worked on behalf of who suffered catastrophic personal losses. And Massachusetts and Missouri State Council of candidates we supported. We also made our helping those members who are struggling to Fire Fighters worked tirelessly to help Elizabeth own independent expenditures, investing in get back on their feet after this natural disaster Warren and Claire McCaskill win their races. coordinated ad campaigns so our ads were seen remains a priority — not only so they can Together with our state and local affiliates, we across multiple platforms, from television