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A Message From General President Schaitberger 03/30/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

Trustee Election Results 03/27/20 - IAFF Local 1403

FPF Legislative Session Report 03/25/20 - Suncoast Firefighters Week 9 (March 9-13, 2020) of the Florida Legislative session is complete. Watch as FPF President Wayne "Bernie" Bernoska submits his Legislative Report.

COVID-19 Tracking Tool 03/24/20 - Suncoast Firefighters

COVID-19 UPDATE 03/18/20 - Suncoast Firefighters Please make sure to login to IAFF.ORG and register to receive email updates. Also check www.iaff.

Childcare Standby’s 03/18/20 - IAFF Local 2201 continue to deal with the effects on our lives of the COVID-19 pandemic, Local 2201 is working to make sure our members have the tools they need to make life as workable as possible. To that effort, please read the following information concerning Shift Exchanges for those who have childcare issues in the coming weeks.

Bonita Springs takes Proactive Steps to help Prevent Potential Exposure of COVID-19 03/17/20 - Bonita Springs Fire Control & Rescue District Bonita Springs takes Proactive Steps to help Prevent Potential Exposure of COVID-19: The City of Bonita Springs is working closely with the Bonita Springs Fire District and Lee County Sheriffs Office to maintain continuity of information and to provide protection to our community.

Member Assistance 03/07/20 - IAFF 1826 Brothers and Sisters, Mike Macaluso, an EMT with LCEMS, has suffered an unexpected illness that has rendered him unable to work for an unspecified amount of time. A gofundme page has been set up to assist his family while he is out of work. We are asking that if you are able and would like to contribute, to go to the link provide below. Thank you! https://www.gofundme.

Union Meeting 03/07/20 - IAFF Local 2201

Grievance Forms 03/03/20 - IAFF Local 2928

Grievance Forms 03/03/20 - IAFF Local 2928

VBLL Opening Day 2020 02/23/20 - IAFF Local 2201 Indian River Firefighters and Paramedics were invited out to VBLL Opening Day 2020! Thank you for having us we had a blast.

Tallahassee 02/12/20 - IAFF Local 2201 Local 2201 President John O’Connor met with State Representatives Erin Grall District 54, Toby Overdorf District 83, and Elizabeth Fetterhoff District 26 today in Tallahassee. All Representatives supported the PTSD Bill and the Cancer Presumption Bill.

Whats new with Local 2201 12/31/19 - IAFF Local 2201 Indian River County Firefighter's Benevolent Association was proud to present a $2500.00 check to Susan Adams at the Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival. Commissioner Adams is the President of the organization that has been in place since 1990. Since then they have raised over $600,000.00 that has been contributed back to the City of Fellsmere for recreational needs, volunteer groups, and organizations that help put on the festival. This is a great event and we are happy to help such a worthy cause.

New Hires and Promotions 12/31/19 - IAFF Local 2201 Welcome New Hires Brian Garcia, Roberto Lara, Kristina Fravert, Logan Delvecchio, Patrick Tierney, Zachary Pedonti, Lavigne Jones, Benjamin McCabe, Andrew Stirrat, Julian Figueroa, Jacquelyn Barrow, Taylor Wardle, and Aidan Rivera.

2020 Open Enrollment 12/27/19 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund

TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE BASS FISHING TOURNAMENT 12/25/19 - Metro-Broward Professional Fire Fighters

INFORMATIONAL POST 12/22/19 - IAFF Local 1403 Hello Again, Everyone, Episode 2 of MDFR Retirement Recon – Deferred Comp - is available for your viewing pleasure. Here’s the link:  https://youtu.be/sZ_bRx9bg14 If you want to get a jump on future postings, you can subscribe to the YouTube channel.

Lake Firefighters Roll out the 2020 Rescue Me Calendar 12/08/19 - IAFF Local 3990 The Professional Firefighters of Lake County are releasing our all new Rescue Me wall calendar for 2020. The calendar features pictures of our firefighters with animals from the Lake County Animal Shelter and our firetrucks. The calendar is only $10 and all proceeds from the calendar will be donated to the Lake County Animal Shelter to help pets find a furever home.

Emeritus Status 12/06/19 - IAFF 1826 Congratulations to Sergeant At Arms Danny Ballard. At our Bi-monthly meeting, it was unanimously voted to make him emeritus status.  Thank you for your continued service to our great Local.

Set a secure admin password 12/04/19 - IAFF Local 2201 The first thing to do when you initially login as the administrator is set a secure password for the account. Click the User Settings button from the home page, then scroll down to the bottom of the page. You will see a password field. Delete the current password and enter in your own private password.

The administration area 12/04/19 - IAFF Local 2201 The Administration Area is the main control panel for the UnionActive system. To access the Administration Area, login to the website as an administrator, and then click the Admin Area button just below the website date. Each link in the Administration Area has a short description about what can be done in that area.

INFORMATIONAL POST 11/12/19 - IAFF Local 1403 Retired Lt. Brian Gagnon has asked Local 1403 to send out information to his brothers and sisters about a natural minor wound and burn care product he has developed. Brian is trying to get exposure for his product and has offered 200 free samples to members of Local 1403 for them to try it and give him feedback. If interested intrying it out please contact Brian aloemaxx123@gmail.

New Recruit Class for Clearwater Fire and Rescue. 11/04/19 - Clearwater Fire Fighters Association Recruit Class #21 for Clearwater Fire & Rescue began on Monday, October 14, 2019 and will proceed for approximately 6-weeks.  The ten (10) new Fire Medics include 6- transfers from Florida Fire Departments and 4- that are new IAFF members.

New Benefit Increase for 2019 09/10/19 - PBC Firefighters Retirement Insurance Fund The Board of Trustees met on November 9, 2018 and voted to increase the benefit for all retirees, past, present and future. This change shall be effective January 1, 2019. The change will enhance the benefits our retirees are receiving or will receive in the future by an additional seventy five dollars ($75.00) per month.