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On behalf of the entire membership of the IAFF, it is our
pleasure to welcome new affiliates to the organization. The
IAFF is the largest trade union of professional fire
fighters and emergency medical/rescue workers in the world.
We are confident, in the days ahead, you will come to
realize the many benefits of this affiliation as we strive
together to improve your salaries and working conditions.
NEW LOCALS IN 2008
July
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Local 4663
Gonzales Professional Fire Fighters, TX
President: Ashley Dotson
6 members
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Local 4666
Bar Harbor Professional Fire Fighters, ME
President: Jai Higgins
9 members
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Local 4667
Teton County Fire Fighters, ID
President: Chris Ford
9 members
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Local 4672
Enka-Candler Professional Fire Fighters, NC
President: Chris Burleson
11 members
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June
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Local 4660
Hurst Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: John Cooper
20 members
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Local 4661
Brooksville Professional Fire Fighters, FL
President: Joseph Keefer
11 members
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Local 4671
Basil Joint Fire District, OH
President: John Lambrecht
3 members
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Local 4665
Dixon Professional Fire Fighters, CA
President: Chris Bishop
17 members
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Local 4583
Travis County Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Jason Rodriguez
24 members
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Local 4652
Wells Professional Fire Fighters Association, ME
President: Gilliam T. Utgard
8 members
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Local 4668
Waynesboro Prof. Fire Fighters and Emergency Services, VA
President: Timothy O. Melton
19 members
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Local 4669
Fort Pickett Fire & Rescue, VA
President: Jan S. Clarke
13 members
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May
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Local 4657
Professional Fire Fighters of Immokalee, FL
President: Thomas Cunningham
14 members
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Local 4658
Prof. Fire Fighters, Paramedics and EMT's of Charles County,
MD
President: Aaron Kidder
49 members
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Local 4659
Tilton - Northfield Professional Fire Fighters, NH
President: Bradley Ober
11 members
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Local 4655
Columbus fire Fighters Association, GA
President: Bobby Dutton
182 members
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Local 4662
Cromwell Professional Fire Fighters, CT
President: Kevin Ingraham
6 members
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April
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Local 4650
Buda Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Jacob John Haverda
8 members
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Local 4648
Wood River Professional Fire Fighters, IL
President: Leonard Revelle
9 members
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Local 3994
Perth Amboy Fire Department Professional Emergency Medical
Technicians Association, NJ
President: Susan Bodnar
10 members
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Local 4649
Vernon Parish Fire Fighters Association, LA
President: Dewaine Lawson
11 members
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Local 14
Pine Bluff Fire Fighters Association,
AR
President: Eddie Parsley
53 members
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Local 4656
Greenfield Professional Fire Fighters, CA
President: Jason Perez
4 members
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Local 4654
Frenchtown Career Fire Fighters,
MT
President: Adriane Miller
6 members
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March
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Local 4639
Trophy Club Prof. Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Brian Peters
11 members
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Local 4645
Public Safety Professionals of Cecil County, MD
President: Loren Anderson
23 members
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Local 4627
Meridian Fire Fighters, ID
President: William Allen
46 members
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Local 4638
Minneola Prof. Fire Fighters, FL
President: Joseph Garbaravage
9 members
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Local 4644
Zachary Prof. Fire Fighters, LA
President: Rudolf K. Shoats
18 members
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Local 2169
Porterville City Fire Fighters Association, CA
President: Ruben Flores
32 members
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Local 4643
Montgomery County Hospital
District, TX
President: John Mullen
32 members
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Local 4647
Daphne Prof. Fire Fighters, AL
President: Dan Castrillo
24 members
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Local 4651
United Wickenburg Fire Fighters Association, AZ
President: Brad Smith
9 members
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Local 4646
Associated Fire Fighters of Oak
Brook, IL
President: George Grodek
28 members
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February
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Local 4633
Currituck County Prof. Fire Fighters and EMS, NC
President: Duane Minnick
28 members
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Local 4634
Oxford Permanent Fire Fighters Association, MA
President: Kenneth Jay Sellers
8 members
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Local 4635
Cambria Fire Fighters, CA
President: William Hollingsworth
6 members
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Local 4636
Fort Payne Fire Fighters Assoc., AL
President: Bruce Wilson
19 members
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Local 4641
Aransas Pass IAFF
President: Rickie Kilgore
5 members
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Local 3628
Yelm Fire Fighters, WA
President: Russell T. Barstow
13 members
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Local 4640
Greece Uniformed Fire Officers, NY
President: Michael Mullen
10 members
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Local 4642
Mason Valley Fire Fighters Assoc., NV
President: Richard Rand
4 members
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Local 4637
North Myrtle Beach Prof. Fire
Fighters, SC
President: C. Aaron Asbury
22 members
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January
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Local 4630
Eureka Fire Officers, CA
President: Michael Marriott
5 members
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Local 4631
Rio Rico Fire Fighters Union, AZ
President: Jeremy Carillo
27 members
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Local 4632
Deerfield Bannockburn Fire Fighters Association, IL
President: Jeff Hackman
30 members
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Local 4626
Middleton Fire Fighters, ID
President: Marty Ogan
6 members
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Local I-83
Idaho National Laboratory Fire
Dept., ID
President: Wendy Baron
75 members
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NEW LOCALS IN 2007
December
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Local 4624
West Jordan Fire Fighters, UT
President: John Bradley Hogan
62 members
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Local 4625
Las Vegas New Mexico Professional Fire Fighters Association,
NM
President: Elauterio Montano
14 members
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Local 4615
McComb Fire Fighters, MS
President: James Lang
40 members
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Local 4622
Menard County EMS, IL
President: Gerald Krumme
11 members
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Local 4623
Snyder Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Toby Ducheneaux
7 members
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Local 4628
Spring Hill Professional Fire Fighters Association, TN
President: Kevin Lemme
28 members
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November
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Local 4610
Professional Emergency Medical Services Association, NJ
President: Tracey Connellan
165 members
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Local 4617
Conway Professional Fire Fighters Association, SC
President: Jason Perzan
4 members
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Local 4619
Newport Professional Fire Fighters Association, OR
President: Andrew D. Parker
6 members
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Local 4618
Skowhegan Professional Fire Fighters, ME
President: Shawn P. Howard
6 members
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Local 4620
Lafayette Professional Fire Fighters, CO
President: Calvin Brown
7 members
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Local 4614
Myrtle Beach Professional Fire Officers Association, SC
President: Jason Kochan
9 members
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Local 4616
Long Beach Professional Fire
Fighters, MS
President: John L. Byrd
19 members
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Local 4612
Richmond Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Chris Kahl
22 members
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Local 4621
Great Basin Fire Fighters Association, NV
President: Jorge Gonzalez
14 members
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Local I-82
Emergency Medical Professionals of Missouri
President: Roy Hale
33 members
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October
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Local 4608
Lake Placid Professional Fire Fighters Association, NY
President: Gregory L. Hayes, Jr.
6 members
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Local 4609
Hopkins County Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Caleb Melton
4 members
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Local 4604
Hillsboro Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Greg Markwardt
17 members
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Local F-312
Mountain Warfare Training Center-Bridgeport Fire Fighters,
CA
President: Paul Hedlund
10 members
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Local 4606
Bryant Professional Fire Fighters, AR
President: Daniel Weger
40 members
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Local 4607
Sumner County EMS Association, TN
President: Kristi Kohser
43 members
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Local S-27
Tennesee Fire Service Instructors Association, TN
President: Jerry R. Crews
5 members
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Local 4611
Williston Professional Fire Fighters, VT
President: Tim Gerry
4 members
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Local 4613
Shrewsbury Fire Fighters Association, MA
President: Michael Bowles
35 members
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September
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Local 4603
El Cajon Fire Fighters, CA
President: Sam Rihan
62 members
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Local 4605
Paris Professional Fire Fighters, KY
President: Zachary Webb
13 members
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August
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Local 4589
Jerome Fire Fighters, ID
President: Lynn Weigt
7 members
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Local 4591
The Gulf Shores Brotherhood of Fire Fighters, AL
President: Bo Smith
10 members
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Local 4593
Weaverville Professional Fire
Fighters Assoc., NC
President: Dan C. Young, III
10 members
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Local 4595
Horseshoe Bay Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Joe Bates, II
6 members
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Local 4594
West Covina Management Association, CA
President: Bart A. Brewer
4 members
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Local 4596
Eloy Professional Fire Fighters, AZ
President: Daniel McGuire
16 members
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Local 4597
United Tonopah Fire Fighters, AZ
President: Gerald Mills
6 members
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Local 4592
Newport Professional Fire Fighters Association, TN
President: Wilbur M. Eisenhower
25 members
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Local 4535
Kelowna Airport Professional Fire Fighters, BC
President: Steve Smith
13 members
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Local 4599
Littleton Professional Fire Fighters Association, MA
President: Alexander McCurdy
6 members
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Local 4601
Boxborough Professional Fire
Fighters Association, MA
President: Scott C. Coleman
4 members
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Local 4598
Mariemont Professional Fire Fighters, OH
President: Jeremy L. Bauserman
5 members
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Local 4602
Medway Permanent Fire Fighters Association, MA
President: Matt Anzivino
4 members
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July
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Local 4590
Eagle Pass Fire Department, TX
President: Rogelio Barrientos, Jr.
18 members
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June
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Local 4581
Bay St. Louis Fire Fighters, MS
President: Robert T. Matue
18 members
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Local 4580
Bismarck Rural Fire Fighters, ND
President: Scott Sommers
5 members
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Local 4584
City of Soledad Professional Fire Fighters, CA
President: Elda Marchese
6 members
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Local 4588
Palatine Fire Fighters, IL
President: Aaron Adams
85 members
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Local F-311
Ventura County Federal Fire, CA
President: Jon Bowers
7 members
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Local 4587
Danville Professional Fire Fighters, KY
President: Scott Lawson
15 members
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Local 4586
Pioneer Union Fire Fighters, CA
President: Dusty LaChapelle
10 members
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Local 2962
Broken Bow Fire Fighters, OK
President: Benny Eskew
3 members
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Local 4585
Mukwonago Professional Fire Fighters, WI
President: Chris Hahn
3 members
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May
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Local 4600
Chesterton Fire Fighters, IN
President: Jameson Hicks
10 members
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Local 4579
Camel Professional Fire Fighters, CA
President: August Beacham
5 members
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April
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Local 4577
Patterson Fire Fighters Association, CA
President: Mike McLaughlin
6 members
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Local 4571
Gowen Field Fire Fighters,
ID
President: Jay Hamann
12 members
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Local 4574
Skamania County EMS, WA
President: Andrew Nichols
7 members
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Local 4572
Spring Lake Professional Fire Fighters Association, NC
President: Scott Taylor
8 members
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Local 4573
Eppley Fire Fighters, NE
President: Steve Napolitano
14 members
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Local 4576
New Hanover Professional Fire Fighters, NC
President: Jerome Sullivan
30 members
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Local 4578
The Coweta Professional Fire Fighters Association, GA
President: Jonathan Lunstead
32 members
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Local 4575
Edgewater Professional Fire Fighters, FL
President: Mike Hayes
25 members
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March
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Local 4568
North Shelby Professional Fire Fighters Association, AL
President: Scott Swann
21 members
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Local 4570
Westview Fairforest Professional Fire Fighters Association,
SC
President: Wayne Jennings
13 members
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February
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Local 3701
Spokane Valley Fire Chiefs Association, WA
President: Wayne Howerton
6 members
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Local 4567
Kyle Professional Fire Fighters, TX
President: Derek Sexton
4 members
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Local 4566
Madison Professional Fire Fighters Association, AL
President: Stacy Haraway
29 members
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Local 4565
Madison Professional Fire Fighters, FL
President: Archie Strickland
6 members
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Local 4569
Orange Career Fire Fighters, MA
President: Christopher Bisceglia
6 members
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Local 4564
McCall Professional Fire Fighters, ID
President: Garrett De Jong
6 members
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January
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Local 4537
Evans Fire Fighters Association,
CO
President: Ryan Specht
8 members
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Local 4550
Township of Langley Professional Fire Fighters Association,
BC
President: Andy Hewitson
24 members
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Local 4557
Holden Professional Fire Fighters Association, MA
President: Timothy Fitzgerald
7 members
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Local 270
Florence Professional Fire Fighters Association,
AL
President: Terry Willett
78 members
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Local 4556
Port Huron Township Fire Fighters,
MI
President: Lee Bennett
3 members
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Local 1465
Costa Mesa Fire Fighters Association, CA
President: Jeff Janzen
94 members
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Local 4547
North Lyon Fire Fighters Association,
NV
President: Gregory Lompa
6 members
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Local 2795
Professional Fire Fighters of Athens Clark County, GA
President: Steve Adams
111 members
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Local 4552
Hartville Fire and EMS Association,
OH
President: Matthew Weiand
6 members
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Local 4554
Exeter Rescue and Fire Fighters Association, RI
President: Kimball J. Howe
6 members
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Local 4553
Eagle Fire Fighters, ID
President: James Vincent
19 members
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Local 4560
Plainfield Fire Fighters/Paramedics, IL
President: Scott Moore
30 members
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Local 4558
Stonelick Township Professional Fire Fighters, OH
President: James T. Roach, II
4 members
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Local 4237
Romeoville Professional Fire Fighters Association, IL
President: Kenneth Till
11 members
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Local 4555
Morgan County Professional Fire Fighters Union, IN
President: Timothy Smith
25 members
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Local 4561
Professional Fire Fighters of Maricopa, AZ
President: Richard Jackson
46 members
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Local 4563
Sandoval County Professional Fire Fighters Assoc., NM
President: Shannon Cherry
12 members
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Local 4562
Professional Fire Fighters of Citrus County, FL
President: Keith Long
22 members
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NEW LOCALS IN 2006
November
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Local 4522
Big Corkscrew Professional Fire
Fighters Association, FL
President: Adam DiSarro
18 members
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Local 4549
Newberry Township Professional Fire Fighter/EMT's, PA
President: Brett Sechrist
10 members
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Local 4538
Barrow County Professional Fire Fighters, GA
President: Rob Nowakowski
24 members
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Local 3815
South Padre Island Fire Fighters, TX
President: Neil Waters
15 members
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Local 4551
East Whiteland Township
Professional Fire Fighters
Association, PA
President: Stephen Kronmuller
8 members
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OCTOBER
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Local 1999
Zion Professional Fire Fighters Association, IL
President: Eric Troy
24 members
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Local 4542
Winchendon Permanent Fire Fighters Association, MA
President: Ricci Ruschioni
7 members
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Local 4539
Bath Township Professional Fire Fighters, OH
President: Larry Roberts
6 members
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Local 4540
Martins Ferry Fire & EMS Association, OH
President: Darrin Sawchuk
4 members
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Local 4543
Desert Hills Professional Fire Fighters Association, AZ
President: Kyle Baxter
11 members
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Local 4544
Cabot Fire Fighters Association, AR
President: Scott Barker
29 members
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Local 4541
Bellmead Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Robert L. Sinclair Jr.
8 members
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Local 4545
Rescue Professional Fire Fighters, CA
President: Gary Patten
9 members
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Local 4546
Professional Fire Fighters of Pelham, NH
President: James J. Foley
13 members
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SEPTEMBER
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Local 4534
Gardendale Professional Fire Fighters Association, AL
President: Shawn Watkins
12 members
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Local 4525
Maplewood Professional Fire Fighters Association, NJ
President: Kevin Hayes
42 members
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Local 4533
Red Oak Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Kyle Taylor
11 members
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Local 4520
Hendry County Professional Paramedics and EMT's, FL
President: Jeffrey Palmer
23 members
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Local 4536
Maumee Professional Fire Fighters/Paramedics, OH
President: Dawn Sniadecki
13 members
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Local 184
Hattiesburg Fire Fighters Association, MS
President: Derrick Shaw
96 members
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AUGUST
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Local 4532
Madison County Emergency Medical Professionals, OH
President: Scott Woolf
8 members
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Local 4531
Maryville Professional Fire Fighters, IL
President: Christopher J. Jamruk
3 members
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JULY
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Local 4526
Georgetown County Professional Fire Fighters, SC
President: John Lowe, Jr.
10 members
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Local 4524
St. George Professional Fire Fighters Association, LA
President: Jason Turner
85 members
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Local 4528
Copper Mountain Professional Fire Fighters Association, CO
President: Stephen Boyle
10 members
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Local 4523
Upper Sandusky Fire Fighters, OH
President: Keith Turney
3 members
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Local 4529
Lexington County Professional Fire Fighters Association, SC
President: Paul Quattlebaum, Jr.
15 members
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Local 4530
Fountain Valley Fire Fighters Union, CA
President: Rob Tysor
33 members
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Local 4527
Gaffney Professional Fire Fighters Association, SC
President: Jonathan Grigg
26 members
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JUNE
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Local 4516
Ocean Springs Fire Fighters Association, MS
President: Anthony Johnson
17 members
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Local 4517
Franklin Professional Fire Fighters & Medics Association, VA
President: Michael Mavredes
5 members
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Local 4514
Walla Walla Fire District 4 Fire Fighters, WA
President: William Box
3 members
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Local 4515
Caddo Fire District 7 Fire Fighters Association, LA
President: Brandon Garner
5 members
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Local 4506
Belton Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Daniel Bilbrey
18 members
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Local 4518
Tri-City Professional Fire Fighters, AZ
President: Michael Becker
15 members
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Local 4519
Washington Township Professional Fire Fighters, OH
President: Carl Ray Jervis
7 members
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Local 4521
Burlington Uniform Fire Fighters, KY
President: James Adams
19 members
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MAY
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Local 4425
Mulberry Professional Fire Fighters Association, FL
President: Lyman Cowles
8 members
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Local 4513
Monterey County EMS, CA
President: Jeremy Lyon
116 members
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APRIL
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Local 4502
Falcon Professional Fire Fighters Association, CO
President: Aaron Wood
8 members |
Local 4503
North Lake Travis Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Jay Shepard
11 members |
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Local 4509
Bethel - Tate Professional Fire Fighters, OH
President: Dave Taylor
7 members
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Local 4512
Association of Florence Fire Fighters, AZ
President: Jim Walter
8 members
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Local 4507
Canfield Professional Fire Fighters Association, OH
President: Fred Marcum
6 members
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Local 4510
Springfield Association of Fire Fighters, TN
President: Don Pulley
21 members
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Local 4508
Cripple Creek Professional Fire Fighters Association, CO
President: John Rheinbolt
12 members
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Local 4505
North Pole Fire Fighters Association, AK
President: Geoffrey L. Coon
8 members
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Local 4511
College Station Professional Fire Fighters Association, TX
President: Ernie L. Goode
45 members
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Local 4504
Oak Harbor Fire Fighters, WA
President: Timothy M. Buxton
7 members
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MARCH
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Local 4489
Rock Hill Professional Fire Fighters Assoc./Officers Union,
SC
President: Keith Pruett
10 members Local 4500
Carterville Fire Fighters, IL
President: Bradley M. Robinson
4 members Local 1807
Winchester Professional Fire Fighters, KY
President: Robert Carmichael
34 members
Local 4501
Gallatin Fire Fighters Association, TN
President Benjamin Harris
42 members |
Local 4498
Sharonville Professional Fire Fighters, OH
President: Kirk Mousa
35 members Local 4499
Hebron Fire Fighters, OH
President: Ryan Wyse
3 members
Local 2236
Madeira/ Indian Hill Professional Fire Fighters, OH
President Michael Clark
13 members
Local 3913
Goose Creek Professional Fire Fighters, SC
President James A. Duley, II
3 members |
FEBRUARY
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Local 4490
Chatham Fire Fighters, IL
President: Terry Rogers
7 members
Local 4491
Butler Township Professional Fire Fighters, OH
President: Angela Rice
6 members Local 4479
Balboa, Republic of Panama
President: Walt O’Neil
58 members
Local 4495
Westbank Fire Fighters of Jefferson Parish, LA
President: Stephen Bergeron
8 members |
Local 4494
Navarre Beach Professional Fire Fighters, Fl
President: Todd A. Harris
6 members
Local 4497
Town of Merrillville EMS, IN
President: Ronald Reed
8 members
Local 4496
Mountain Home Prof. Fire Fighters Assoc., AR
President: Eddie White
22 members |
JANUARY
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Local 4484
Walton Professional Fire Fighters, KY
8 members
President Michelle Ratliff
Local 4486
Calera Fire Fighters, AL
19 members
President Ryan Tallie Local 4483
Timberlake Professional Fire Fighters Association, ID
6 members
President Monty Aarestad
Local 4487
Sachse Professional Fire Fighters, TX
8 members
President Robert Knappage |
Local 4485
Professional Fire Fighters of Mooresville, NC
48 members
President Mark Shifflet
Local 4477
Brighton Professional Fire Fighters, CO
29 members
President Christopher Woolley
Local 4482
Jeannette Professional Fire Fighters Association, PA
3 members
President Randy Dubich |
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