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Nominations For Up Coming Elections 09/21/18 - IAFF Local 2980

September Meeting Minutes Uploaded 09/18/18 - IAFF Local 1403 The minutes of the September meetings have been uploaded.

Notice of Elections 09/16/18 - IAFF Local 1403 NOTICE OF ELECTION In accordance with our Constitution and By-Laws, Article 5 Section 6 – “Nominations for elected office shall be held in September of the election year. Any member in good standing may nominate eligible members for office, or may submit a letter of nomination prior to meeting date.

General President's Visit to Clearwater 09/13/18 - Clearwater Fire Fighters Association

FPF Endorsement for Governor-2018 Election 09/12/18 - IAFF 1826 To all Local 1826 Members, Please see attachment containing the FPF's reasons and endorsement for the position of Governor of Florida, Nov. 6th 2018 Election.

Member of the Year Nominations will be accepted at the Oct. 25th Bi-Monthly Meeting 09/12/18 - IAFF 1826 To all Local 1826 Members, "Member of the Year" Nominations will be accepted at the Oct. 25th 2018 Local 1826 Bi-Monthly meeting. If you feel a member of your District or Union wide has distinguished themselves as a Union Member, please bring forward a nomination at next months meeting.

Mission BBQ Fundraiser 08/30/18 - Cape Coral Professional Fire Fighters, Local 2424 Mission BBQ will be hosting their Red Hometown Heroes Cup sale from now until September 11th. This year they have decided they will be donating proceeds of their Red Cup sales to our Local 2424 union in Honor of Engineer Michael Camelo, Jr.

Lake County Professional Firefighters Endorse Sean Parks 08/17/18 - IAFF Local 3990 Clermont, Fla . — Today, the Sean Parks Campaign announced the endorsement of the Professional Firefighters of Lake County Local 3990. Parks is seeking re-election to the District 2 seat on the Lake County Commission. He was first elected in 2010.

Mission BBQ 9-11 Never Forget Cup sale 08/15/18 - IAFF 1826 To all Local 1826 Members, Mission BBQ is conducting their annual 9-11 "Never Forget" cup sale, proceeds for their year's sales will go to FMPD, and specifically our fallen Brother Mike Camelo Jr's family. Please see attachments containing information for this sale.

Camelo Fundraiser 08/10/18 - Cape Coral Professional Fire Fighters, Local 2424

Fire Fighter Endorsements 08/08/18 - IAFF 3254

General President's Visit 07/14/18 - Clearwater Fire Fighters Association General President Schaitberger visiting Clearwater Fire Station #46 during IAFF Leadership Training Summit. Station #46 stopped by for a quick chat and photo opportunity.

Union Meeting 07/10/18 - IAFF Local 2446 Union Meeting July 17 ,2018 7PM union office venue could change to station one in order to get a quarum. Topic for discussion will be wages and benifits for contract negotiations. Member input is welcomed.

Firefighter Golfers 06/20/18 - IAFF Local 1403 ATTENTION FIREFIGHTER GOLFERS !!!! 55th ANNUAL U.S.

History of Employer Contributions 06/18/18 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund History of Employer Contributions Several facts of life exist in the insurance industry and certainly our Fund is no exception.  Medical trend, the cost of providing/receiving medical care rises much quicker than any other inflationary indicator. The annual average medical trend for our insurance Fund over the last 14 years was 9.64%.

Financial Update of the Fund 06/18/18 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Financial Update As we approach the halfway mark for the year the Fund is on track to perform as projected.  If everything stays on course we can expect to add slightly to our growing reserves.  Reserves are used to smooth out the rough times when claims spike in order to keep premiums and benefits steady.

Annual Board of Trustees Workshop 06/18/18 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Annual Board of Trustees Workshop Every August the Board of Trustees meets with staff to review the current year’s budget and staff’s proposal for the following year’s budget.  Before the following year’s budget is approved the Board must decide what, if any, changes must be made to the premium structure or the benefits offered.

Pediatrics 06/18/18 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Calling all Newborns……… And all pediatric patients.  We are very excited about our pediatric program established by Dr. Dhrupa Desai; it has been widely accepted and supported by all of our new and experienced parents.  Our program is a first of its kind, of all the concierge practices out there none focus on our younger populations like we do.

Sea of Blue Cruise November 1st, 2018 06/18/18 - IAFF Local 122

Union Vote 06/13/18 - IAFF 1826

Contract Vote 06/13/18 - IAFF 1826

Lt. Dewey Henry Scholarship Winners 06/12/18 - IAFF Local 1403 Metro-Dade Fire Fighters Local 1403 would like to congratulate the winners of The 2018 Lt. Dewey Henry Scholarships. This year there were 20 essays submitted by soon to be college freshman sons and daughters of our members who donate to our Firefighters Charities. A great job was done by all who submitted essays. The committee had the difficult task of selecting 2 male and 2 female essays.

The IAFF's 100 Year History 06/05/18 - IAFF Local 1403 Take a look at the history of The IAFF during the last 100 years.

Article 20 Vote 05/31/18 - IAFF 1826

Negotiations 05/21/18 - IAFF 1826