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Notice of Special Election 01/10/20 - IAFF Local 1403

Nominations at Bi-Monthly Meeting 01/08/20 - IAFF 1826 Nominations will be held at the bi-monthly meeting in February. Nominations will be accepted for the Principal Officer position of President, the position of DVP for all even-numbered districts, and Assistant DVP for Districts 1, 2, & 6.

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 Christopher Matherly LT, Tyler Logsdon LT, Mazen Binafif LT, Travis Ciceroni Engineer, Grant Fuller Engineer, Luke Oliver Engineer CONGRATS EVERYONE ON YOU NEW PROMOTIONS!!

Retired Chief David "Whitey" Melton 12/30/19 - IAFF Local 1403 Metro-Dade Firefighters regret to announce the passing of Retired CFO David "Whitey" Melton on December 28, 2019. He is the brother to retired CFO J.D. Melton, the Uncle to CFO Gary Melton and Uncle to retired Captain Bob Suit. Whitey was hired on 10/26/1959 and retired on 04/10/1994. He was 87 years old. May he Rest in Peace.

Retired Capt Robert Pepper 12/28/19 - IAFF Local 1403 Metro-Dade Firefighters regret to announce the passing of Retired Captain Robert Pepper II. on December 24, 2019. He is the father to FF Robert Pepper III. Robert was hired on 09/27/1971 and retired on 06/30/2003. He was 71 years old. May he Rest in Peace.

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

Happy Holidays 12/25/19 - IAFF Local 1403

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.

Retired Lt. Thomas Carter 12/21/19 - IAFF Local 1403 Metro-Dade Firefighters regret to announce the passing of Lt. Thomas Carter Sr. on December 21, 2019 in California and his daughter Debbie Ballard on December 21, 2019 here in Miami. Debbie, wife of FF Adrian Ballard lost her battle with Cancer. We ask that the MDFR family keep the Carter and Ballard families in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult times.

2019 Run-Off Election Results 12/12/19 - IAFF Local 1403 Here are the results from the 2019 Run-Off Election of Officers. I would like to thank all the volunteers that came out and help the Elections Committee Count.

DCFF 2020 Under 65 Retiree Open Enrollment 12/09/19 - IAFF Local 1403 The 2020 Retiree open enrollment has started until January 10th, 2020.  You shall receive, if you have not already, via USPS a letter with premium information based on Plan you are currently enrolled for 2019.  If you make no changes to your coverage it will continue 2020.

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 retiring Field Representive Bill Simpson.  Last night, at the bi-monthly meeting, it was unanimously voted to make him emeritus status.  Thank you for your many years of service to this 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.

2019 Election Results 11/23/19 - IAFF Local 1403 Here are the results for the 2019 Election. There will be a run-off for the 3 principal officers positions as no candidate received a majority. Ballot will be mailed out next week. If you did not receive a ballot for the election please email Election Chair Gabe Nemeth at gabe.nemeth@local 1403.

2019 Election Results 11/23/19 - IAFF Local 1403

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.

MDA Boot Camp 11/05/19 - IAFF 1826 To all Local 1826 Members, Please see attachment containing information on this event, 2020 IAFF/MDA Boot Camp-January 9th & 10th, 2020 at Embassy Suites in Orlando. * Local 1826 will only provide travel cost for our MDA Coordinator.* MDA provides the room and meals, if you would like to attend travel would be your responsibility.

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.

CCPFF HIT WELNESS FAIR 2019 10/23/19 - Cape Coral Professional Fire Fighters, Local 2424

Honoring our Veteran 10/09/19 - IAFF Local 1403 Local 1403 along with MDFR once again have joined force in honoring our Veterans during the month of November by allowing on duty personnel to wear these shirts. If you are currently employeed by MDFR you can purchase the shirts on our online store www.shopmdfr.com and receive free shipping to your respective battalion by using the BATTALIONFREE coupon code until Monday October 14th.

Omar Blanco for Congress 10/07/19 - Cape Coral Professional Fire Fighters, Local 2424 OMAR BLANCO, PRESIDENT OF MIAMI-DADE FIREFIGHTERS & PARAMEDICS LOCAL 1403, ANNOUNCES CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA’S 26TH DISTRICT Omar is a native of Miami-Dade County and lifelong Republican. He resides in Southwest Dade County with his wife of 18 years, Carolina, and their two children, Kevin, age 16, and Lauren, age 12.