TWO (2) IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday, April 15, 2019:  UPFFA of Ct. FIRE OPS, Hartford Fire Training Academy

Tuesday, April 16, 2019: UPFFA of Ct. will hold its 2019 Legislative Conference at the Old Appropriations Room, Capitol Building
 ALL AFFILIATED LOCALS ARE URGED TO ATTEND 

Legislative Conference Agenda 
 Legislative Conference Registration Form 

Rick Hart, UPFFA of Ct., Director of Legislative & Political Affairs representing firefighters on a united front in conjunction with for Senate Bill 164 covering PTSD for police and firefighters through workers compensation.

Rich Hart, UPFFA of Ct., Director of Legislative & Political Affairs, testifying in support of SB-549 Firefighter Work Weeks & SB-660 Permanent Partial Disability & Pension Offsets.

February 4, 2019:  Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association of Connecticut Hosted a New Legislators Breakfast at the Legislative Office Building

Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association of Connecticut

January 31, 2019 

Educational Seminar
was held at the VFW, 83 South Street, West Hartford
 
Was A Huge Success

128 UPFFA members attended

Thank you to all the participants

Attorney Eric Chester	Staff Rep., Sean Lennon
Staff Rep's: Sean Lennon & William Kennedy	Attorney Eric Chester
Attorney Mike Doyle
	Rick Hart, Dir. of Legislative & Political Affairs
Attorney James Ferguson & Staff Rep. Dave Ribnicky	Staff Rep., Matt Flor & Staff Rep. Dave Ribnicky
Peter S. Carozza, Pres., UPFFA of Ct.

IAFF Response to Trump Tweet Threatening to Cut Federal Funds for Wildfire Response

As Californians struggle to recover from a series of devastating wildfires, the president of the United States has launched another impulsive, reckless and uninformed tweet threatening to halt federal funding dedicated to helping fire fighters keep their communities safe. 

“This is yet another unimaginable attack on the dedicated professionals who put everything on the line, including their own homes, to protect their neighborhoods,” says Harold Schaitberger, General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters. “While our president is tweeting on the sidelines in DC, our fellow Americans 3,000 miles to the west are mourning loved ones, entire communities have been wiped off the map and thousands of people are still trying to figure out where they are going to call home.”

“The president’s tweet is disgraceful at a time when the government is under a self-imposed shutdown and the citizens of Paradise haven’t even been at their home sites in 30 days,” says President of the California Professional Firefighters Brian Rice. “This important funding would go toward literally helping this city rise from the ashes. To withhold it in a game of politics is insulting to the people of Paradise.”

President-elect of CAL FIRE Local 2881 Tim Edwards says, “A more responsible president, Theodore Roosevelt, realized the uniqueness of the West and the complex geography of our wildlands. The fire fighters who protect these precious forests, at the risk to their lives, safety and their own homes, understand that drought and climate change have made our task more difficult. Now is the time for us to work collaboratively for solutions, not to make unfair, dangerous assessments.”

Last year, unprecedented wildfire destruction in California burned an area larger than the state of Rhode Island — the Camp Fire, with 86 dead, is the deadliest wildfire in California history.

Wildfire season has now become a year-round event, with short-staffed departments and exhausted fire fighters spending weeks at a time on the frontline doing their best to keep communities safe. Further reduction of resources will only make things more dangerous for fire fighters and the citizens they have sworn to protect.

HOLD THE DATE

Monday, April 29, 2019

Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association of Connecticut
 
Golf Tournament
Oronoque Country Club
385 Oronoque Lane, Stratford, Ct.

REGISTRATION FORM

Fred Garrity, Executive Director of the Connecticut United Ride along with Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association of Connecticut President Peter Carozza make a check presentation to Bill Sydenham, Executive Director of the Hundred Club. The Club is one of the organizations that receive benefits from the Ct. United Ride.

A complete list of all donations is listed below.  The Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters of Connecticut is the event’s sponsor.

The UPFFA Emergency Relief Fund
The Hundred Club of CT (Law Enforcement)
The United Way of Coastal Fairfield County
The Bridgeport Fallen Fire Fighters
The Bridgeport Police Memorial Fund
Fairfield Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation
Trumbull Police Cadets
Fairfield Police Cadets
Bridgeport Police Cadets
Norwalk Police Cadets
Stratford Police Cadets
Newtown Police Cadets
Redding Police Cadets
Easton Police Cadets
Hamden Police Cadets
Monroe CERTS
Wilton CERTS

Connecticut Election Day Recap

Tuesday November 6, 2018 was a great day for CONNECTICUT Fire Fighters with the election of many of our endorsed candidates. 

Over the past year the Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters of Connecticut your state affiliate of the IAFF met with national and statewide candidates for office from our U.S. Congressional Delegation to state wide office.  We did not look at party affiliation but looked at candidates who would commit to supporting fire fighters and retirees.

In addition to meeting with candidates we traveled our state and met with fire fighters from Greenwich to Norwich and New London to Torrington and explained our endorsement process and how these candidates felt about issues that affect you and your family’s future 

We are very pleased with the election results but today the work continues to do everything we can to support and protect your rights and benefits.

A very special thank you to our local leadership and membership from our affiliated IAFF locals who answered the call, it was a great team effort.

We have attached the UPFFA Endorsement Policy along with a listing of our Endorsed Candidates.

Now that the election is over, we will continue to work with both sides of the political aisle on your behalf. 

In addition, please visit our website (www.upffa.org) to view the pictures of the station visits on October 31^st and November 1^st, along with pictures from the June 20^th delegates meeting in Bristol of some of the endorsed candidates.

Fraternally,

Peter S. Carozza
President

NCPERS FAMILY PROTECTION PLUS – ATTENTION UPFFA OF CT. RETIREES RECENTLY YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE MAILING CONCERNING THE NCPERS FAMILY PROTECTION PLUS PROGRAM, THE CUTOFF DATE FOR RETIREES TO ENROLL IS APRIL 30, 2014, IF YOU HAVEN’T RECEIVED THE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT JANE McCARTHY AT 860.953.3200.

The Hundred Club of Connecticut is a charitable, non-profit, tax exempt organization which provides financial assistance to families of police officers, correction officers and firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The club consists of over 2400 members from all walks of life who are committed to this objective

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