California Professional Firefighters' 2010 Annual Report is now available online. The 24-page report provides an overview of CPF, a rundown of its major accomplishments for the previous calendar year, and a look ahead to new challenges.
Shop Stewards: Our local will be hosting its second Fire Ops 101 event this spring. For those of you who are not familiar with the program, Fire Ops 101 is a one day hands-on event where our local decision makers get to suit up in PPE and experience the issues that we face as Firefighters in Marin. At our last Fire Ops, we put local Mayors and Board members from throughout Marin through Ross Valley's burn trailer, Truck 54's extrication equipment and various other evolutions that demonstrated why adequate staffing and training are important to us.
Thousands of mourners gathered in downtown L.A. on Friday for the funeral of fallen firefighter Glenn Allen, who died last week while fighting a house fire in Hollywood Hills. According to the L.A. City Fire Department, officials are expecting about 8,000 spectators, 200 dignitaries, about 200 fire apparatus and over 100 agencies from all over the country.
Local 1775 members will participate in the annual "Fill The Boot" fundraiser for the Muscuular Dystrophy Association May 1, 2011. This is one of our most important public outreach activities, and 1775 firefighters have helped us raise tens of thousands of dollars each year for "Jerry's Kids." Please encourage your members to participate in this event. It is not only a great cause, but a great way to get involved with the community. We will use multiple sites throughout Marin from 9am to 3 pm.
In 2009 $ 31,000 was raised; In 2010 $ 21,000 was raised; In 2011 we believe we can raise $40,000 or more if we get at 60 members to participate. It only takes 6 hours of your time.