I.A.F.F. Local #99, Serving the Aurora Fire Department, Aurora Illinois

The IAFF Local 99 2010 Football Frenzy

The 2nd Annual Fire Fighter Football Frenzy will be Saturday May 1st of 2010. The Tournament will be held at the Stuart Sports Complex in Aurora Illinois. (on Jericho road, just west of Orchard rd.) Kickoff is at 9am sharp. We are looking for 7 to 15 other FD's to come join us in this flag football tourney which will help us raise donations for Local Fox Valley Charities. Those departments interested, or that have updates on this event can contact Dan Osman HERE!

The official Waivers, Rules, and Rosters are availble for download by clicking here.

For driving driections to the fields, CLICK HERE

Check back here for updated information regarding this and other events.

9/11 Moment of Silence

Thank you to those, that have signed my son Peter Carino's (Retired Captain FDNY) petition, 9/11 Moment of Silence in East Islip, NY Elementary Schools.

For those who have not please go to http://www.petitiononline.com/2242010/petition.html read and sign the petition. Comments are welcome. If you agree please forward this to your e-mail address list.

John Carino Ret. FDNY

www.fdnyfloridaretirees.com

"In God We Trust"

Golf Outing, LaGrange Firefighters' Local 2338

GOLF OUTING

Host:

LaGrange Firefighters' Local 2338

Type:

Sports - Tournament

Network:

Global

Price:

$90 Golf/Dinner - $35 Dinner Only

Date:

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Time:

9:45am - 6:00pm

Location:

Palos Country Club

Street:

13100 Southwest Highway

City/Town:

Orland Park, IL

To attend this event , click the link below or contact Local 2338.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=134986750559

2009 Ride for the Athletes Motorcycle Rally

The Law Enforcement Torch Run & Spcecial Olympic Illinois present a motorcycle ride. Leaving the Aurora Athelic Club, 550 Clearwater Ave. North Aurora. 10:00 am the first bike goes out. $20.00 a bike and following the ride 3:00 pm a picnic with food and prizes for the young and old. Rain or shine.

EMS Confrence Information Available!

Local 99 sent three representatives to the 2009 EMS confrence in Miami, Florida. Alot of great information was gathered and presented to our local's members at July's meeting.

Such as:

C.P.R. Study: Arrest to CPR times, over 4 minutes have a 0% chance of survivable outcome. Once again... BLS Before ALS.... No, seriously....

If you were unable to attend the meeting There is alot of valuable information of the seminars we attended on behalf of the local. That information is located HERE: -----> CLICK HERE!!!

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DeKalb Local #1236 Rally!!!

On Monday June 22nd DeKalb Local 1236 is holding a rally concerning the severe economic and layoff issues that they are facing. They are requesting support from other I.A.F.F. Locals, including Local 99.

RSVP is madatory so we can plan for possible transportation from Aurora to Dekalb. We are meeting at A.F.D. Central Station at 4pm CST.

The Event is located in our Calendar for easy RSVP options, or you can contact Greg Jackman by clicking HERE! or call 630.878.1202 for more information.

Local 99 attends the I.A.F.F. EMS Confrence in Miami

Three members of Local 99 attended the International Association of Firefighters EMS convention in Miami. The workshops were fantastic, and the information learned and shared was invaluable. The confrence was attended by Greg Jackman, Vice President local 99, members Bob Chance and myself. We split the workshops and spent as much time possible gathering insight into alot of todays ems challenges facing locals all accross the international. We will be presenting the information at our monthly meeting in July. Click the READ MORE link for the rest of the story!

Urgent!!! Local 44 - Joliet Illinois!!!

Sisters & Brothers,

Joliet L-44 is planning an informational picket and a rally to try and
prevent city wide layoffs on May 27 from 1400 - 1700 hrs in conjunction
with Joliet Officers L-2369, FOP and other Local Unions represented within
the City of Joliet.

The rally will muster at the FOP Building in Joliet on the corner of Bluff
and Jefferson at 1400hrs. Parking is available across the river at the
Harrah's parking deck and the numerous other lots around Harrah's.

There is more to this story, click the READ MORE link below!

New Pictures are posted

Pictures from the 2008 Turkey bowl are posted in the "Sporting Events album" and also pictures from the 08 Ice rescue drills are posted in the "Hot Shots" album.

If you would like to add pictures to the galleries, please feel free to do so, or add them to your personal gallery and I can move them over, just drop me a line. We can also add video if anyone has any video they would like to share.

Calendar of Events!

We have a new on-line calendar of events! To view this new calendar system you must be logged in. Users can submit new events... (click the READ MORE link below)