About the IAFF

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), headquartered in Washington, DC, represents more than 297,000 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics who protect 85 percent of the nation’s population.

More than 3,200 affiliates and their members protect communities in every state in the United States and in Canada. The IAFF is one of the most active lobbying organizations in Washington; its Political Action Committee, FIREPAC, is among the top one percent of the more than 4,000 federal PACs in the country.

Anyone that would like to participate in the IAFF blog line is asked to visit http://blog.iaff.org/

Local 28 Frequently Asked Questions

This is a new feature that will attempt to answer some frequently asked questions regarding issues that come up from time to time. I will update this list as new issues arise (or I remember old ones.)

I hope that you find this area helpful. Please let me know if there are topics that you think will be of interest to other members.

Thank You,

David Orr

Rescheduling Vacations While On Injured (or Sick) Leave

If you are on injured (or sick) leave and you have a vacation day fast approaching, you must notify the office in writing of your desire to postpone that day to a future date. You must notify the office BEFORE the day in question, otherwise you will lose that day. If you know when you are going to return to work you may pick from an open block. If you are uncertain of your return date you may leave the notice open ended. If you are in a situation where rescheduling a day may force you into a holiday block, you may want to leave well enough alone (just let the day go.)

Seniority on Exchange

Recently the question regarding whose seniority was carried by the person working an exchange-of-time. This language was changed in the last contract. The person working the exchange assumes the seniority of the person they are working for. This includes bumping. If you are working for someone junior to you, you can only bump those members the person you are working for would be able to bump. In addition if you are working for a senior person, you would be able to bump members who that senior person would be able to bump.