ATTENTION PLEASE ALL REGISTERED USERS

 As you now know, we recently received a call to action with regard to a bill that was coming up for an almost immediate vote in the House of Representatives. It was requested that the members of IAFF Local F-282 contact their representatives to garner support for the bill. Because many of you did not provide an email address when you first registered on this site we weren't very successful getting the word out.

Please update your profiles with a non-government email address. Free email addresses are usually available from your Internet Service Provider as well as HOTMAIL, YAHOO, AOL and GOOGLE. We will use the email address you provide us only to send you important information that has time constraints.  Thank you to those of you that have updated your email address as requested, your assistance is very much appreciated.

 1) photos added @ Battalion 2 information   2) new link @ Fire Fighter safety   3) IAFF 2010 issues book added @ Federal Legislation   4) Bremerton Feb 2010 added @meeting minutes   5) IAFF & DOL manuals @ Eboard downloads

 1) Executive Board meeting minutes for January 2010   2) February legislative update @ WSCFF

If you wish, you can have updates for all the Bills listed under "Federal Legislation" sent directly to your email address. Simply go to the linked site, click on "tracker" and enter the required information. Please go to the linked website for more information. 

1) minutes have been added to meeting minutes.  2) Forms (& directions) have been added to F-282 forms. 3) A trip report has been added to Union officers training.

If you encounter any dead links please let the webmaster know. (web - MASTER ... hah .... that's funny) 

All the bills listed under the Federal Legislation button need co-sponsors to get them moving through the legislative process. Please contact your legislators by fax or email from your home computer and request that they co-sponsor. Links have been provided under the Federal Legislation button to help you contact your legislator. James McDermott and Adam Smith have already signed on to HR 948 and Patty Murray has signed on to S 599.  Please thank them.

The January 2010 issue of What's Happening can be found at the F&ES newsletter button to the left.

 Government officials are looking at changes to DOD personnel systems. Read about it at the NSPS button.

Union Plus is matching donations dollar-for-dollar for Haiti earthquake relief with a $100,000 commitment. IAFF members can click here to maximize the power of their contributions. Union Plus will automatically double contributions made to the Solidarity Center’s Earthquake Relief for Haitian Workers Fund. That means $10 becomes $20, $25 becomes $50, and $100 becomes $200.  

Union Plus has committed $100,000 through this dollar-for-dollar donation match to help Haitian earthquake relief efforts.

 The Pentagon has tapped a Navy career senior executive to wind down the National Security Personnel System and to design a new performance management system for its civilian employees. Read the full story at "NSPS" to the left.