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BULL 26 -2020 - UPDATE ON JULY 28 & 29, 2020 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
07/22/20 - Detroit Fire Fighters Association 
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Notice of General Membership Meetings
07/07/20 - Detroit Fire Fighters Association 
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Planning for the Future Webinar
06/09/20 - MPFFU The Recording of this recent webinar is NOW AVAILABLE: Planning for the Future MPFFU Retirement Planning On behalf of our Guns & Hoses team, I hope you found the program valuable and gained useful insight on retirement planning. Our team is passionate about providing specialized services for Firefighters & Law Enforcement Officers. |
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Livonia Fire April 2020 Birthday Drive Bys
05/05/20 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
We are glad we could participate is so many Drive By Birthdays. Sorry to say as of today, April 30, we discontinuing these requests.
Everyone stay safe, look after each other.
Remember to stay home.
We are all in this together and we will get through it together. |
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April 2020 Birthday Drive Bys
05/05/20 - IAFF Local 1164 
We are glad we could participate is so many Drive By Birthdays. Sorry to say as of today, April 30, we discontinuing? these requests.
Everyone stay safe, look after each other.
Remember to stay home.
We are all in this together and we will get through it together. |
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Shed and two homes damaged in Canton fire
05/01/20 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
Canton firefighters are investigating a Tuesday night shed fire that spread to a home and then damaged a neighboring residence on Claymore Drive.
Fire Chief Christopher Stoecklein said firefighters were called to the scene northwest of the Sheldon and Warren roads intersection at about 9:33 p.m.
Interior and exterior crews fought the flames. |
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Webinar on Legal Considerations - Covid-19
04/13/20 - MPFFU |
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Livonia's 12 percent coronavirus fatality rate, explained
04/11/20 - IAFF Local 1164 
On Wednesday, Livonia had a total 340 positive coronavirus cases and 42 deaths. That's a fatality rate of 12%. It's previously hovered around 9% and 10%.
In Dearborn, which is similar in size to Livonia, it's 5%. In Westland, it's 6%. And in Redford, it's 4%.
So what's up with Livonia. |
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Canton Fire Department receives international accreditation
04/11/20 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
Earlier this month, the Canton Fire Department was awarded full accreditation from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.
Officials from the department appeared before a 10-person CFAI panel at the Center for Public Safety Excellence annual conference, for the final phase of accreditation approval. |
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Livonia Spree canceled due to coronavirus
04/11/20 - IAFF Local 1164 
After planning for the show to go on, Livonia Anniversary Committee President Dan Spurling announced Friday that Livonia Spree is canceled due to coronavirus.
The announcement acknowledged that coronavirus has an ever-growing presence in Michigan and the uncertainty the next few months will bring. |
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Former Livonia firefighter passed away
04/10/20 - IAFF Local 1164 
It is with great sorrow that I share the news that former Livonia firefighter Paul Novicki passed away from the COVID-19 virus on April 9th.
He served with us from January until October in 2001.
He also had worked for Community EMS, Concord EMS, was a lieutenant at Huron Township Fire Department and was working for the last five years at Rapid Response Ambulance Company. |
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MPFFU Referendum 1&2 2020
04/08/20 - West Bloomfield Professional Fire Fighters Union The MPFFU would like to approve the attached referendums. Please read them. We have 5 delegate votes. |
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Canton Fire Department receives international accreditation
03/20/20 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
Left to right are, Joshua Meier, Canton Director of Public Safety; Steve Dongworth, CFAI Commission Chairperson; Chris Stoecklein, Canton Deputy Director of Fire; and Jamie Strassner, Canton Deputy Fire Chief (Photo: Courtesy Canton Township)
Earlier this month, the Canton Fire Department was awarded full accreditation from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. |
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Family dog killed in fast-spreading Canton Township home fire
03/20/20 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
A Canton Township house suffered extensive damage Sunday night as the result of a fire that sent billowing clouds of smoke into the nighttime sky.
The home's residents were not injured, however, the family's dog perished in the blaze. |
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Date Change for MPFFU Convention
03/19/20 - MPFFU The MPFFU Convention has been rescheduled. The convention is now going to be held on June 11-12-13, 2020. Click here for more information about the reasons for the date change. |
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MPFFU Executive Board Meeting Minutes from Feb 24, 2020
02/28/20 - MPFFU |
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New Livonia Mayor Maureen Brosnan on retaining good fire and police personnel for the city
02/25/20 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
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Novi firefighters called to Orotex after machine explosion
02/25/20 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
An explosion and black smoke from a chemical reaction inside an Orotex Corp. machine resulted in emergency calls to the Novi Fire Department Thursday night.
Fire Chief Jeffery Johnson said the calls came in soon after 8 p.m. One caller said they saw flames. |
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Fire breaks out at Farmington Hills collision shop
02/25/20 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
A fire broke out at a Farmington Hills collision shop. Fire officials say there were no injuries. Hometownlife.com
A Farmington Hills collision shop fire that slowed traffic during the Wednesday morning commute appears to have been accidental, according to fire officials. |
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New Livonia Mayor Maureen Brosnan on retaining good fire and police personnel for the city
02/25/20 - IAFF Local 1164 
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Livonia Mayor-elect Maureen Brosnan, council members sworn in
01/05/20 - IAFF Local 1164 
Before taking office on Jan. 1, 2020, Livonia's newest office-holders made things official Thursday during a swearing-in ceremony. The ceremony was filled with a love of Livonia and its "families first" mentality. |
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Handouts for Marijuana Webinar
12/18/19 - MPFFU |
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MPFFU Executive Board Meeting Minutes - Dec 2, 2019
12/06/19 - MPFFU |
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House fire in Dearborn leaves at least one man seriously injured
11/20/19 - Western Wayne Co. Fire Dept Mutual Aid Assoc. 
Firefighters pulled a man out of a burning house on Oxford Street.
A house on Oxford Street caught fire in the early morning hours Nov. 17.
A house fire in the overnight hours Nov. 17 has sent at least one man to the hospital in serious condition.
The fire occurred after midnight Nov. 17 on Oxford Street in west Dearborn.
This story will be updated. |
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Madam Mayor: Brosnan wins Livonia's top spot by razor-thin margin
11/06/19 - IAFF Local 1164 
It appears Maureen Miller Brosnan will become the first female mayor of Livonia.
Brosnan edged out her opponent, Laura Toy, with 12,230 votes. Toy fell just short with 12,066 votes, a difference of 164 votes.
The mayor serves a four-year term and currently makes $125,000 annually. She'll succeed current mayor Dennis Wright, who opted not to run for reelection this year. |
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