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Fire Doesn't Care FIRE DOESN’T CARE WHAT YOUR HELMET LOOKS LIKE. At MSA Cairns®, we offer a wide variety of helmet options, from established firehouse favorites to next-generation styles—every one engineered to the highest safety and performance standards. Find yours at msafire.com/CairnsFireHelmets Spring 2020 Fire Fighter Quarterly vol. 103 no.2 On the Frontlines of COVID-19 32 Shawinigan Local Wins Major 10 Advances After Joining IAFF 34 MDA Virtual Fill the Boot Campaign Cover Features Departments 18 Rising to the Challenge 12 Putting Fire Fighters First n 5 From the General President of COVID-19 IAFF affiliate leaders made their voices Early on and throughout the heard in the halls of Congress during n 7 From the General escalating spread, the IAFF the 2020 Legislative Conference. Secretary-Treasurer has been at the forefront to protect our members fighting 16 Standing Strong for Joe Biden n 9 Letters COVID-19 on the frontline. With Joe Biden now the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, n 10 Noteworthy News On the cover: IAFF support is integral in electing him EMS photo courtesy of president of the United States. n 35 Retirees Kirkland, WA Local 2845. Pictured: Redmond, WA Local 2829 member n 44 Never Forget Kelly Dunn and Kirkland Local 2845 members Hobi Hani and Kyle Jacobson. n 46 Last Alarm Download the IAFF App The IAFF app is available for Apple and Android devices. Download the latest update today using this QR Code. Connect with the IAFF Visit Fire Fighter Quarterly online at www.iaff.org/magazine 3 QUARTERLY Harold A. Schaitberger General President Harold A. Schaitberger, Publisher Edward A. Kelly General Secretary-Treasurer Mark Treglio, Supervising Editor IAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD 11th District Jane Blume, Managing Editor Sandy McGhee Doug Stern, Staff Writer Kristin Craine, Staff Writer Tim Burn, Staff Writer 1st District 1283 S. 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Newland Ct. 2201 Cherry Avenue Administration and HazMat/WMD Training Lakewood, CO 80277 Signal Hill, CA 90755 (303) 619-2462 (Cell) (562) 989-3667 (Office) EMERITI OFFICERS Michael J. Crouse (303) 988-0177 (Home) (562) 212-2055 (Cell) Ernest A. “Buddy” Mass President Emeritus Terry A. Ritchie 10th District GENERAL COUNSEL Alfred K. Whitehead Kevin Gallagher Frank Lima Doug Steele Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Bruce Carpenter 1571 Beverly Boulevard Frank A. Palumbo James A. Fennell Los Angeles, CA 90026-5704 Thomas H. Miller William V. Taylor (213) 507-6317 (Cell) Vice President Emeritus Lorne West (213) 485-2091 ext. 1 (Office) Russell P. Cerami James T. Ferguson James L. Hill Larry Osborne Elliott Hastings Trustee Emeritus Dominick C. DiPaulo William McGrane Robert E. Palmer Dennis Lloyd Charles L. Buss 4 FIRE FIGHTER QUARTERLY Gerald O. Holland Out Front During COVID-19 We are living in an unchartered and unprecedented era. The successfully push FEMA to include fire COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we all live and work, and fighters and emergency medical personnel at that includes how this great union conducts business and serves our the same priority level as other healthcare more than 320,000 members. workers in receiving PPE. This effort resulted But just like all of you on the frontline, our Executive Board, our in us being moved from priority 5 to priority staff and I all continue to get up every day and go to work to take care 3, just behind hospitals and nursing homes. I of you — our members who remain on the frontline of COVID-19. have directed senior staff to continue to push We’ve all had to change the way we do our work — in Washington FEMA until we receive the highest priority to and Ottawa, staff have transitioned to remote operations and have protect our members. Harold A. Schaitberger adjusted to a fully virtual environment. But while many of us are While focused on your safety on the job under stay-at-home orders, you can’t work from home. The public throughout this pandemic, we also knew there would be a significant counts on you to be there to keep them safe. Despite the risks to you economic downturn — likely worse than the Great Recession. We and your loved ones, you’ve stepped up, adapted to new safety quickly began developing critical tools to help affiliates facing cuts to protocols and continue to respond with professionalism and staffing and other vital fire department resources needed to continue dedication to the job. At the same time, you count on me — as your to protect your communities. General President — to lead this union through these tough times to And I worked with acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. take care of you. Wolf and the Homeland Security Advisory Council to extend the I’m proud to say we haven’t missed a beat. We are getting the job application deadline for the FY 2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire and done on your behalf. Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program and to waive the cost This edition of Fire Fighter Quarterly is largely focused on this share, position cost limit, supplanting and minimum budget union’s response to COVID-19 and our efforts across the union to requirements, and to eliminate the need for applicants to request an provide our affiliates with the information and tools they need to economic hardship. Meanwhile, I have requested that the FY 2020 represent and protect you — our members. At all levels of this union SAFER grant program allows departments to use funding to retain — we have risen to the challenge, staying ahead of the curve and fire fighters. creating a playbook for a set of circumstances we have never before We’re also actively working with federal leaders to make sure experienced. Congress acts to protect your lives and livelihoods. We worked with From the beginning, we were on our game. Long before either Congress to include funding in the HEROES Act to help government in the United States or Canada realized we’d be dealing cash-strapped communities, including $1 billion for fire departments with a global pandemic, we knew it was likely to be one of the biggest through the Assistance to Firefighters (FIRE Act) and Staffing for challenges to face this union.
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