Summer 2017 Fire Fighter Quarterly vol. 100 no.3 14 27 Health, Safety and EMS Conference Trudeau Fire Station Visits 24 Disaster Relief Cover Features Departments 14 IAFF Response to 12 Opioid Epidemic Overloads n 5 From the General President Back-to-Back Hurricanes Response Capabilities IAFF disaster relief Relentless call volume takes toll n 7 From the General operations help on members Secretary-Treasurer members in Texas and Florida following 18 Behavioral Health Treatment Costs n 8 Letters Hurricanes Harvey IAFF works to ease patient stress over n 10 Noteworthy News and Irma health insurance benefits n 20 Local Scene ON THE COVER PHOTO CREDITS: n 26 Across the IAFF Top phoTo by perry Manuel, porT arThur, TX local 397 boTToM cenTer phoTo by regena carey-Seger, n 39 On the Road JackSonville, Fl local 122 boTToM righT phoTo by erin powerS n 40 Retirees n 46 Never Forget n 47 Last Alarm Download the IAFF Frontline App The IAFF app is available for Apple, Android Connect with and Blackberry devices. Download the the IAFF latest update today using this QR Code. Visit Fire Fighter Quarterly online at www.iaff.org/mag 3 QUARTERLY Harold A. Schaitberger General President Harold A. Schaitberger , editor Edward A. Kelly General Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Zack , Supervising editor Jane Blume , Director of communications, Managing editor IAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD 11th District Sandy McGhee Mark Treglio , Staff writer Kristin Craine , Staff writer Tim Burn , Staff writer 1st District 1283 S. Detroit Avenue Kristin Hazlett , graphic Designer Michelle Yuen , assistant graphic Designer James Slevin Tulsa, OK 74120 Mesha Williams , Staff writer Meghan BouHabib, editorial assistant 204 E 23rd Street (918) 855-8228 (Cell) New York, NY 10010 Cindy Pinkney , administrative assistant (212) 545-6978 (Office) 12th District Craig Renfro , advertising Director • (972) 416-9782 •
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