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2014-Fall.Pdf NO HALFTIME. NO SEVENTH-INNING STRETCH. NO TIME-OUTS. GLOBETURNOUTGEAR.COM Fall 2014 Fire Fighter Quarterly vol 97 no 4 36 10 35 Cover Features Departments 10 Midterm 20 Ebola Preparedness n 5 From the General President Election Results Are you prepared for infectious n 7 From the General IAFF stands with disease response? Secretary-Treasurer those who stand with fire fighters n 24 Local Scene n 28 Across the IAFF n 40 On the Road n 42 Retirees n 46 Never Forget n 47 Last Alarm Connect with the IAFF Visit Fire Fighter Quarterly online at www iaff org/mag FALL 2014 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 , Contributing Editor 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 , New Media Assistant 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) 599-8176 (Office) address to 115 McMennamy Road Subscription price $18 per year. (918) 855-8228 (Cell) IAFF St. Peters, MO 63376 Fire Fighter Quarterly (Print) (918) 599-9176 (Fax) 1750 New York Avenue, N.W. (314) 393-9755 (Cell) (ISSN 2333-3669) Washington, D.C. 20006-5395 (636) 397-1572 (Office) 12th District Fire Fighter Quarterly (Online) (636) 397-3809 (Fax) Larry Osborne (ISSN 2333-3685) 3rd District 8743 Ricardo Lane Official publication of and © Copyright 2014 by the A. Michael Mullane Jacksonville, FL 32216-3536 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION 50 North Bayfield Road (904) 641-5407 (Home) OF FIRE FIGHTERS ® Printed in USA North Quincy, MA 02171 (904) 219-8656 (Cell) (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 4th District 317 Avenue Road Kingston, Ontario K7M 1C8 INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE STAFF Warren May Assistant to the General William V. Taylor Secretary-Treasurer for Budget and (613) 328-2195 (Cell) Peter L. Gorman Chief of Staff 206 Inlet Drive Finance Pasadena, MD 21122 14th District Jim Lee Chief of Operations (410) 317-5546 (Office) Danny Todd Elizabeth Harman Assistant to Baldwin Robertson Legal Counsel (443) 324-2529 (Cell) 3740 Northcliffe Drive the General President for Grants (410) 317-5548 (Fax) Memphis, TN 38128 Patrick J. Morrison Assistant to the Administration and HazMat/WMD (901) 377-6549 (Home) General President for Occupational Training 5th District Health Safety and Medicine AUXILIARY TO THE IAFF Thomas Thornberg 15th District 23594 Ulysses St. NE David Burry Jeff Zack Assistant to the General Terra McKenzie President East Bethel, MN 55005 16 Indian Pond Place President for Media, Communications (217) 424-5687 (612) 290-8015 (Cell) CBS, NL A1X6P8 and Information Technology [email protected] (709) 744-2709 (Home) Scott Marks Assistant to the General 6th District www.aiaff.com (709) 689-7574 (Cell) President for Canadian Operations Lorne West IAFF CHAPLAIN Box 581 Stn. Ft. Langley 16th District Lori Moore-Merrell Assistant to the Father Thomas Mulcrone Langley, BC Canada V1M2R9 James B. Johnson General President for Member (604) 574-5785 (Office) 3195 Dayton-Xenia Road Services, Technical Assistance and IAFF Headquarters Office (604) 868-8730 (Cell) Suite 900-303 Information Resources 1750 New York Ave. NW (604) 513-9884 (Fax) Beavercreek, OH 45434-6390 James Ridley Assistant to the General Washington DC 20006 (202) 360-1318 (Cell) President for Education, Training and (202) 737-8484 (Office) 7th District Human Relations (202) 737-8418 (Fax) Ricky Walsh TRUSTEES P.O. Box 5604 Mark S. Ouellette Kevin O’Connor Assistant to the IAFF Canadian Office West Richland, WA 99353 2681 Sicily Drive General President for Governmental 350 Sparks St. Suite 403 (509) 627-2872 (Office) New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 and Public Policy Ottawa Ontario Canada K1R7S8 (509) 999-3090 (Cell) (386) 314-5837 (Cell) (613) 567-8988 (Office) (509) 627-3134 (Fax) (613) 567-8986 (Fax) Alex Forrest 8th District 303-83 Garry Street IAFF FINANACIAL CORPORATION E-18 MEDIA Paul Hufnagel Winnipeg MB R3C-419 Canada Carrie Tucker Marty Sonnenberg 2545 Oxford Road (204) 783-1733 (Office) Chief Operating Officer Executive Producer Lansing, MI 48911-1036 (204) 791-4980 (Cell) (517) 281-2832 (Cell) (204) 255-0383 (Home) EMERITI OFFICERS Robert E. Palmer (517) 484-7744 (Home) (204) 253-0496 (Station) Charles L. Buss President Emeritus (204) 772-2531 (Fax) Gerald O. Holland 9th District Alfred K. Whitehead Anthony Mejia Michael J. Crouse Ray R. Rahne Ernest A. “Buddy” Mass 3444 S. Newland Ct. 3451 Julian Avenue Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Long Beach, CA 90808 Frank A. Palumbo Terry A. Ritchie Lakewood, CO 80277 Dominick F. Barbera (562) 989-3667 (Office) (303) 619-2462 (Cell) Kevin Gallagher (562) 212-2055 (Cell) Vice President Emeritus (303) 988-0177 (Home) Charley Hall Bruce Carpenter James A. Fennell GENERAL COUNSEL Russell P. Cerami Thomas Woodley James L. Hill Trustee Emeritus Elliott Hastings Woodley & McGillivary William McGrane John K. Stephens Dennis Lloyd Dominick C. DiPaulo 4 FIRE FIGHTER QUARTERLY FALL 2014 Putting IAFF Interests Ahead of Partisanship It’s been a challenging year — culminating with the 2014 a partnership with the government of midterm elections in the United States. Canada that provides a recognized level But, as the year comes to a close, despite partisan tensions of Haz-Mat and CBRNE response across our two nations and a slow-to-recover-economy, we can training to first responders across be proud of what we have accomplished over the last 12 months. Canada — which is free to Even in the era of congressional gridlock in the United States, municipalities. Harold A and despite a majority Conservative government in Canada We are also pursuing a strategy to Schaitberger intent on attacking unions — we always put IAFF interests maintain and enhance the current level ahead of party and partisanship. of participation in EMS by Canada’s professional fire fighters. Just to mention a few of our victories for our members this Our role in providing emergency medical response in Canada is year, we effectively lobbied to include $340 million each for the under attack in several provinces with an aim to reduce the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) number of medical calls fire fighters respond to or to prevent and Assistance to Firefighters (FIRE Act) grant programs — an them from practicing those skills in the field. Fire fighters have increase of $5 million over Fiscal Year 2013. an important role to play in the delivery of EMS in Canada, and SAFER grants have continued to help fire departments where we have laid solid groundwork over the past year to ensure that our members work hire, rehire and retain fire fighters and it continues to be a major focus. paramedics through the economic tough times, while FIRE Act Our union was reminded of the importance of this work to grants have provided continued funding to purchase equipment enhance and protect our members’ lives once again with the and pay for needed training that no doubt otherwise would have recent cases of the Ebola virus in the United States. Even as the been slashed due to local budget shortfalls. U.S. government was just beginning to develop standards and Keeping these grant programs strong has meant that this protocols for health care professionals handling Ebola patients, union is able to play a big role in continuing to keep members this IAFF was already pushing — and will continue to push — on the frontlines protecting their communities and working to the administration and Congress to ensure that communities provide for their families. And this union will continue to fight throughout North America have the training, equipment and to keep them funded as we head into the New Year and the funding needed to protect the first responders who are usually Republican-controlled 114th Congress. the first to handle potential Ebola patients. In addition, reauthorization for the James Zadroga 9/11 Even with the months since those cases cropped up, too many Health and Compensation Act — which provides long-term jurisdictions still have not adequately provided the training, funding for medical monitoring and treatment programs for equipment and resources needed so you can respond those who worked on the pile aer the 9/11 attacks — was appropriately and safely to potential Ebola or other infectious introduced in both chambers of Congress so that the survivors disease incidents, and the Centers for Disease Control has not and responders continue to receive the health and adequately addressed the very different conditions under which compensation they deserve. EMS professionals work versus those for health care workers in e bill’s two programs, the World Trade Center Health a controlled setting like a hospital. Program and the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, are set to As part of the supplemental budget request, we will be pushing expire in October 2015 and October 2016, absent congressional the CDC to mandate the appropriate procedures for EMS action. e reauthorization bill would extend the two programs workers and we will be lobbying for money to be allocated so through 2041.
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