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Lenny Alpaugh Celebration of Life 09/16/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

Southern Manatee Fire 09/02/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

Coronavirus Update #15 08/26/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Original message sent August 26, 2020 As we continue to operate under the Coronavirus situation all healthy patient visits will be done by appointment only. This would include all physicals, i.e. firefighters, spouses, retirees and school/sports physicals.

Working the Polls 08/18/20 - Suncoast Firefighters Supporting Those That Support Us.

Coronavirus Update #14 08/18/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Original message sent August 17, 2020 Sick patients coming in with Covid-19 symptoms continues to decline. As we continue to operate under the Coronavirus situation we are asking that all healthy patient visits be done by appointment only. This would include all physicals, i.e. firefighters, spouses, retirees and school/sports physicals.

Campaign Endorsement 08/12/20 - IAFF 1826

Coronavirus Update #13 08/11/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund  Coronavirus Update #13 Original message sent August 10, 2020    The current wave of Covid-19 cases seems to be diminishing. It was definitely a more severe wave with a higher percentage of positive results, but seemed to retreat as quickly as it came at us.

Local 1826 Blood Drive 08/11/20 - IAFF 1826

2020 Elections 07/30/20 - Cape Coral Professional Fire Fighters, Local 2424 Cape Coral Professional Fire Fighters ENDORSEMENTS 2020 City Council Elections COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 3 – TOM HAYDEN COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 5— ROBERT WELSH COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 7 – JESSICA COSDEN

IAFF Online Recovery Meetings 07/30/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

Coronavirus Update #12 07/22/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Original message sent July 21, 2020 Stats as of close of business Monday 7/20/20 Time period: 6/15/20-7/20/20 # of symptomatic patients tested - 428 # of patients positive for Covid-19 - 93 Effective positive rate 22% We continue to see an increasing population of patients with Covid-19 related symptoms.

North Port Members Showing Their Support For Jacqueline Moore 07/16/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

Coronavirus Update #11 07/13/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Original Message Sent 07/10/2020     I was hoping that I would never have to do another Coronavirus Update..... Over the last couple of weeks we have seen a rapid surge in patients presenting at the Wellness Center with Covid-19 related symptoms. In those couple of weeks we have swabbed 280 patients with 42 being positive for the disease.

Responders First 07/08/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

IAFF Center of Excellence 07/06/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

An Update from us on the Virus & Firefighter Physicals 05/20/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund An Update from us on the Virus & Firefighter Physicals   Orginal Message Sent 05/20/2020 Trustee Elections Before we get on to the updates, I would like to take a moment to congratulate District Chief Anthony (Tony) Tozzi for retaining his seat on the Board of Trustees for the Benefits Fund.

Benefits Fund Trustee Elections-Position of Trustee #9 05/15/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Anthony (Tony) Tozzi is the winner.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates 05/07/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund CLICK HERE To read all of the Benefits Fund COVID-19 email updates Click here for a short but informative video from our partners at UnitedHealthCare. Besides following the simple hygiene practices outlined in the video you should consider a visit to the clinic sooner rather than later when signs of a cold or any respiratory illness begins.

IAFF Firefighter Nutrition Site 05/06/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

Promotions 05/03/20 - IAFF Local 2201 New Promotions BIg Congrats to LT Anthony Dekker, Engineer Brett Masson, and Engineer Tristan Accardi on your new Promotions .

Benefits Fund Trustee Elections 05/01/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund March 2, 2020 To all participants of the Employee Benefits Fund, The Board of Trustees for the PBC FF’s Employee Benefits Fund has taken action to create terms of office for Trustees. Each Trustee position will be up for election/re-election every five (5) years with one (1) position up for election this year (2020).   New Trustees will take office on June 1st of each year.

IAFF Podcast 05/01/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

New Firefighter Cancer Benefits 04/27/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund One of the requirements of the new firefighter cancer benefits enacted by the State of Florida earlier this year is that you must be covered by the employer’s health insurance.  Why exactly that is a requirement remains unclear as the benefits have no impact on insurance or provide any actual insurance coverage.

NEW BENEFITS FOR 2019! 04/25/20 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund The Palm Beach Firefighters Employee Benefits Fund will be purchasing Accident and Critical Illness Insurance coverage for our members in 2019 with the option to purchase additional coverage for their families. All Active Fire-Rescue Bargining Unit employees and Retiree's (up to age 65) in the Fund will have $5000 coverage for both plans Effective January 1, 2019.

IAFF Kitchen Table - Communicating During COVID-19 04/22/20 - Suncoast Firefighters