Posts Categorized: Iaff
Detroit Fire Commissioner proposes letting vacant buildings 50% involved burn to the ground. Donald Austin asked to make cut in next year’s budget.
For the second time in a year the commissioner proposes new ways of dealing with fires in vacant structures.
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Controversy in Philly: Union says department is punishing heroes with burn policy. Commissioner says it’s about safety.
Union says disciplinary transfers occur after burns.
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DC Fire Spokesman Lon Walls calls firefighters’ protest of Chief Ellerbe a ‘racist act’. Posts thoughts on Facebook & Twitter.
Are firefighters who protest DC fire chief racists?
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From the archives: If you haven’t seen this before you will want to. Film of rescues from the 1963 Roosevelt Hotel fire in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ground ladders used to extend the reach of ladder trucks to make numerous rescues.
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Fireground audio: Detroit firefighters under attack at fatal fire with rescues try to get police to the scene. DPD says 13 minute response time is ‘acceptable’.
Chief 5: "Central, one way or another I am going to need police on the scene. We are starting to get a crowd of unruly citizens and they are starting to come after the firefighters."
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IAFF Local 36 rebuttal to Washington Post: ‘A shift toward sleep deprived firefighters.’
Union president cites shift study in Canada supporting 24/72.
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Washington Post supports DC Fire & EMS Department shift change. Editorial board calls it ‘A shift for the better’.
Post cites money savings, unification with EMS and preventing medical mistakes.
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Funeral arrangements for Worcester Firefighter Jon Davies & Mount Vernon Firefigher Kevin Townes.
Funerals on Thursday in Massachusetts and New York.
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Another firefighter animation video makes TV. Albuquerque chief gets the xtranormal treatment. But Dave wants to know is it news?
TV station highlights animation in the ongoing labor versus management battle.
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Hialeah, Florida department strips paramedic gear from fire trucks. Chief calls it a misunderstanding following ‘brainstorming’ session.
Chief says a "brainstorming" session to save money somehow became an order.
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Funding, accountability & your image. Strategies for dealing with increased scrutiny of your fire department, firefighters, unions & associations.
Scrutiny of fire service funding in Washington County, Maryland prompts Dave to look at the big picture.
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The Washington Post looks at fire commission battles in two Maryland counties. The latest from Montgomery & Prince George’s.
In Montgomery the issue is the commission's veto power and in Prince George's County bills call for changes in the make-up and authority of the commission.
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Press release: Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker submits legislation to ‘reform’ volunteer run fire commission.
Legislation would change authority of commission and add citizens and career firefighters.
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The story behind the firefighter tea party commercial.
New Haven union starts running three commercials on Connecticut TV.
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A Labor Day 2011 video: Who do you blame?
Watch how the cookies crumble and where they fall.
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Retired Providence, Rhode Island fire chief stripped of payout for unused sick leave. At same time union & city reach deal on avoiding firefighter layoffs.
Union opposed former chief getting $15,000 for unused sick leave.
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DC Fire & EMS Department again has a pregnancy problem. For the third time in a decade policies are being challenged.
A little history lesson from Dave.
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The Brotherhood of Two FNG’s – Part Four- Taking Care of Our Brothers
Ken will be unable to work for at least a year. But in this, the greatest country in the world, Ken can also receive a higher level of healthcare treatment IF he can pony up certain percentages out of pocket. In other words, if he has more money, he can get better treatment. God Bless America!
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The Brotherhood of Two FNG’s – Part Three- Escape. Wait, no. Maybe Not
When you last left us, the two hapless FNG’s had amazingly escaped a potential situation in which something got broken. Remember, if something gets broken, we’d have to endure the Wrath of the Lieutenant- that unimaginably obscene and cataclysmic display of sound and spit-spray.
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The Brotherhood of Two FNG’s- Part One- Buzz
Hello Friends,
I would like to take a few days to relate a story of the Brotherhood of two FNG’s. For those of you who don’t know, N stands for “new” and G stands for “guy”. After the story has been told, I would like to tell you why this all came to mind this month and tie it all together with a dose of true humanity. Enjoy!
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Really? Northampton, Massachusetts firefighters file grievance after orders to salvage an elderly man’s belongings.
A self-inflicted wound in the form of a union grievance.
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Quick Takes: June 6, 2011.
Fire & EMS news for Monday.
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The Kenneth M. Cox Building. Plus, details of a legendary fire in the Nation’s Capital in 1971.
DC firefighters and those who visit and live in the Nation's Capital owe a debt of gratitude to Kenny Cox.
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Firefighter charged with burglarizing home of elderly woman he took to the hospital. Osceola County, Florida fire chief gets how to handle bad news.
Fire chief expertly handles a reputation issue for the department.
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