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Fight For Air Climb 06/22/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Members from West Manatee Fire took to the steps of Raymond James Stadium to raise funds for the American Lung Association. Aaron Reese, Clayton Lease, Frank Agresta, Robert Haygood and Max Pollock along with other area firefighters; dressed in full gear maneuvered 1,377 steps each to promote awareness for the millions of Americans affected by lung disease.

Trustee 1 Candidates Notice of Election 06/16/22 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Voting for the position of Trustee #1 will commence on the morning of June 27th and end at 5pm on July 1st. Donald Keltner         Bradley LaBar     Click on a name to review Resume

Benefits Fund "NEW" Trustee 8 06/16/22 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Congratulations to Traci Moore for winning the Trustee 8 Position

Special Election Trustee 1 05/31/22 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund An opening on the Board of Trustees for the Palm Beach County Firefighters Employee Benefits Fund has become available.  Trustee position #1 has recently become vacant, therefore a special election will be held to fill the remainder of the term which will end on May 31, 2026.

DON’T BOTHER ME! 05/31/22 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund The number one reason that we hear from Plan Participants when they finally reach out to us when they are having problems or trying to get answers about claims is they “didn’t want to bother us”, and we want you to know that it bothers us when you don’t bother us. Your 1st call should not be to UMR or Sav-Rx, it should be to Fund staff.

HometownHeroesHousing 05/24/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Gov.

LegalProtectionforFirefighters 05/23/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Gov.

CarrytheLoad 05/23/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Last week Sarasota County and Longboat Key Fire personnel joined @CarrytheLoad in a portion of their Memorial May relay. For more info, visit their website: carrytheload.

LegalProtections 05/23/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Gov.

HonorFlight 05/23/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Punta Gorda Fire's Chief Briggs, Tony Laurenti, Rhett Anderson, and Alex Davenport participated in the Honor Flight by accompanying our local heroes to DC to view the memorials erected in their honor. Thank you for all your service. For more information on this wonderful organization visit: https://www.honorflight.

Free COVID at Home Test Kits 05/18/22 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund The federal government is offering free at home COVID test kits delivered to your address by the US Post Office. Currently offering 8 test kits delivered to your home. Follow this link to sign up.

Chief Promotion 05/17/22 - South Trail Fire and Rescue District South Trail Fire Department is excited to announce the promotion of Todd Anderson to Assistant Chief of Administration. Asst. Chief Anderson will have the call sign of ST-3.

CharlotteCountyFireTrenchTraining 05/17/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Check out Charlotte County's NewsTeam 2 segment (click on image) on Charlotte County Fire & EMS honing their trench extrication skills following a tragic accident.

Chief Promotion 05/17/22 - South Trail Fire and Rescue District South Trail Fire Department is excited to announce the promotion of Jason Dysarczyk to Battalion Chief of A-shift. We are all looking into a very positive future with our leaders of today.

WMFRFightforAirStairClimb 05/16/22 - Suncoast Firefighters West Manatee Fire Rescue participated in the America Lung Associations "Fight for Air Stair Climb" held at Raymond James Stadium. WMFR's team consisted of Aaron Reese, Clayton Lease, Frank Agresta, Robert Haygood and Max Pollock. Each climbed a total of 1,377 steps while raising awareness for the American Lung Association.

Trustee Election Results 05/14/22 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund Congratulations to Brian Prather (Trustee 3) and Roberta Manger (Trustee 4) for their election as new Trustees of the Palm Beach County Firefighters Employee Benefits Fund. Their term in office starts June 1.  We thank both Brent Henderson and John Flaherty for their decades of service to the Fund. Both chose not to run for re-election.

Newly Appointed Officer Swearing In 04/12/22 - Suncoast Firefighters President Vets recently swore in our newly appointed officers  Pictured above: Sarasota County Fire DVP, Tim Baker and  BOT Trustee, Paul Dyer Pictured above: Longboat Key Fire DVP, Rich Roome Welcome Aboard Gentlemen!!! Thanks again Matt Seiler, Jeff Bullock and Brad Jacobs for your service to your membership and Local 2546.

MDA Check Presentation 04/12/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Jentzen Barton, Joey Reyes and Matt Seiler presented Erin Randal of MDA with a check for $103,000.

PalmettoScrapYardFire 04/12/22 - Suncoast Firefighters

NPFRKyleDent 03/23/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Check out the article NPFR LT Kyle Dent wrote for Fire Apparatus Magazine.

WMFD Drowning Awareness Campaign 03/22/22 - Suncoast Firefighters West Manatee Fire Rescue held a sign waving campaign on Marth 19th at the Manatee Community Beach entrance to promote drowning awareness.

MiamiHerald 03/09/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Another win for First Responders...Thank you FPF representatives for your hard work.

2022 OPEN ENROLLMENT 03/01/22 - Palm Beach County Fire Fighters Employee Benefits Fund FIREFIGHTERS BENEFITS FUND OPEN ENROLLMENT For coverage beginning January 1, 2022    MEDICAL & DENTAL INSURANCES

HomeTownHeroAmendment 03/01/22 - Suncoast Firefighters

PolarPlunge2022 02/28/22 - Suncoast Firefighters Our Suncoast Polar Firefighters 2546 team (Jay Tsultim and son, Joel Baker and son, along with Secretary Rogazy) took the plunge this past Saturday at Aquatica to support our friends at Special Olympics.