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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 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS/VOL. 96 NO. 1 Affiliates support MDA FEATURES INSIDE: Meet the Press P. 28 Developing strong media relationships ............................................14 General President’s Message Fire Ground Survival Training Program Challenges and Opportunities ..............................................5 Bring much-needed training to your fire department ......................18 General Secretary-Treasurer’s Message Secretary-Treasurer Responsibilities ......................................7 P. 14 Letters ..............................................................................8 Guest Editorial: Senator Sherrod Brown Meet the Press Protect the protectors ..........................................................9 Always on the Frontline ............................................20 Across the IAFF ..........................................................25 On the Road ................................................................33 Retirees ........................................................................34 In Memoriam/Last Alarm ..........................................38 P. 25 On The Cover Fire fighter safety and survival training is available to fire departments through federal grant programs. D Connect with the IAFF on Visit The International Fire Fighter online. at www.iaff.org/mag Improving wildland fire fighting 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. 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Morrison Assistant to the Father Thomas Mulcrone (901) 377-6549 (Home) General President for Occupational IAFF Chaplain 5th District Health Safety and Medicine Thomas Thornberg 15th District IAFF Headquarters Office Jeff Zack Assistant to the General 23594 Ulysses St. NE David Burry 1750 New York Ave. NW 16 Indian Pond Place President for Media, Washington DC 20006 East Bethel, MN 55005 Communications and Information (612) 290-8015 (Cell) CBS, NL A1X6P8 (202) 737-8484 (Office) (709) 744-2709 (Home) Technology (202) 737-8418 (Fax) 6th District Scott Marks (709) 689-7574 (Cell) Assistant to the IAFF Canadian Office Lorne West General President for Canadian 16th District 350 Sparks St. Suite 403 Box 581 Stn. Ft. Langley Operations James B. Johnson Ottawa Ontario Canada K1R7S8 Langley, BC Canada V1M2R9 Lori Moore-Merrell Assistant to 3195 Dayton-Xenia Road (613) 567-8988 (Office) (604) 574-5785 (Office) the General President for Member Suite 900-303 (613) 567-8986 (Fax) (604) 868-8730 (Cell) Services, Technical Assistance and Beavercreek, OH 45434-6390 IAFF Alumni Coordinator (604) 513-9884 (Fax) Information Resources (202) 360-1318 (Cell) Dominick Barbera 7th District (937) 429-5536 (Fax) James Ridley Assistant to the (786) 423-1401(Cell) Ricky Walsh General President for Development, (954) 434-3850 (Home/Office) P.O. Box 5604 TRUSTEES Education, Training and Human Relations IAFF Charitable Foundation West Richland, WA 99353 Mark S. Ouellette Ronald Imbach Kevin O’Connor Assistant to the (509) 627-2872 (Office) 2681 Sicily Drive Executive Director General President for (509) 999-3090 (Cell) New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 (202) 824-8620 (386) 314-5837 (Cell) Governmental and Public Policy (509) 627-3134 (Fax) Send your address changes to Warren May Assistant to the 8th District Alex Forrest [email protected] 303-83 Garry Street General Secretary-Treasurer for Paul Hufnagel Connect with Winnipeg MB R3C-419 Canada Budget and Finance 2545 Oxford Road the IAFF on Lansing, MI 48911-1036 (204) 783-1733 (Office) (517) 281-2832 (Cell) (204) 791-4980 (Cell) EMERITI OFFICERS Robert E. Palmer (204) 255-0383 (Home) (517) 484-7744 (Home) President Emeritus Charles L. Buss (204) 253-0496 (Station) Alfred K. Whitehead Gerald O. Holland 9th District (204) 772-2531 (Fax) Michael J. Crouse Ray R. Rahne Anthony Mejia Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Ernest A. “Buddy” Mass 3444 S. Newland Ct. 3451 Julian Avenue Frank A. Palumbo Terry A. Ritchie Lakewood, CO 80277 Long Beach, CA 90808 Dominick F. Barbera (303) 619-2462 (Cell) Vice President Emeritus Kevin Gallagher (562) 989-3667 (Office) Charley Hall (303) 988-0177 (Home) (562) 212-2055 (Cell) Bruce Carpenter Russell P. Cerami James A. Fennell James L. Hill GENERAL COUNSEL Elliott Hastings Trustee Emeritus Thomas Woodley John K. Stephens William McGrane Woodley & McGillivary Dominick C. DiPaulo Dennis Lloyd 4 January/February 2013 From the General President Challenges and Opportunities ith state and provincial legislatures convening, So as state and provincial legislatures convene, this IAFF politicians in the United States and Canada is ready and I am fully confident in our ability to stand up Ware already launching a new round of to the challenges and contests we will face in 2013. political attacks. On the federal level, a polarized Congress that continues The good news is that this great union is ready. At a to butt heads over the budget and deficit and a looming time when the economy is struggling to recover, when fight over sequestration poses serious problems going politics are dangerously polarized and unions across two forward. We will maintain our federal efforts to keep the nations are under siege, the IAFF is as strong as ever. We waivers in place and funding for SAFER grants flowing as are more prepared and better positioned to protect and they have for the past three years, but the political defend your jobs, rights and benefits. landscape will make that difficult to achieve. Harold A. This is not just blind confidence. Having just returned Numerous state houses, using the economic crisis we Schaitberger from the Affiliate Leadership Training Summit (ALTS) are just beginning to come out of as an excuse, are now — attended by more local, state and provincial leaders in gunning for a chance to gut government spending. In its history, learning strategies and getting the tools they Kansas, voters tossed out moderate, fire fighter-friendly “The IAFF is as need to fight back on behalf of our members against lawmakers and replaced them with anti-government strong as ever. these attacks — I know our affiliate leaders are better politicians. The Alaska state legislature became more prepared to meet the challenges they will face. extreme. In North Carolina, our opponents now hold We are more It is often said in Washington and Ottawa, and in so super majorities in both legislative bodies, as well as the many state and provincial legislatures, that the IAFF and governor’s mansion. prepared and its affiliates punch way above our weight class. This runs Some state legislators