Two Families
When you are a firefighter, you have two families: your family at home and your family at the firehouse. You have a big commitment to both. Taking on the job of a firefighter means that your family at home will have to make sacrifices just as you do in order to gain the rewards of the job.
The Great Revenue Sharing Heist - Why Cities are Broke. An old article but still true today! Tell your State Representative and Senator to fix this ongoing problem.
The application period is now open and it will close at 5:00 PM on Thursday, June 30th, 2016.
All applications must be submitted to the Chief’s Office between the hours of 7:00 AM - 5:00PM Monday –Thursday.
IAFF Introduces New Cancer Awareness and Prevention Resource
Understand your cancer risk, know the exposures to carcinogens on the job and reduce your risk of occupational cancer with the new IAFF fire fighter cancer awareness and prevention training course.
Cancer Presumption Updates
APRIL 20, 2016
The House Appropriations Committee just approved 3 million to fund our cancer presumption fund!!!!! We now have both the senate and house approving the same amount for next year's budget. Now they both have to give final approval in the floor and then on to the governor. Another big step forward to finally protecting our fire fighters.
House Appropriations approves $3 million for firefighter cancer coverage
Firefighters rallied in Lansing earlier this year, pushing for cancer coverage they were promised by the state more than a year ago.
This outline was prepared by the Citizens Research Council and is designed to be a ready reference to the 60 taxes levied by state and local government in Michigan. It contains information on each of the 38 state and 22 local taxes effective as of the publication date, including:
A description of each of the 60 state and local taxes and historical collections from major taxes.
Minimum requirements shall be but are not limited to: high school graduate, minimum age 18. Preference will be given to applicants with an Associate degree, or adequate experience as a fire fighter/paramedic, as determined by the City, may substitute for the Associate Degree.
The Garden City firefighters L1911 will be holding their 15th
Annual charity golf outing on Friday June 17,2016 at Fox hills golf course
in Plymouth Michigan. Registration is at 830am, tee time 930am, price is
$100 includes 18 holes of golf with cart,continental breakfast,lunch at
the turn and dinner with 3 hr open bar and unlimited beverages on the
course.
