WHAT'S NEWS
LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL

By Jim Vannucchi, Director
• 37th Semi-Annual Luncheon for active and retired San Francisco Firefighters & Friends on Monday, April 2, 2001 at the Elks Lodge, 2105 So. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, Ca. Hosted by the SAN FRANCISCO RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS OF SONOMA COUNTY.

• 21 Engine/Battalion 5 Old Timers Luncheon on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 at the Double Play.

• Station 5 Retirement Banquet on May 9, 2001 at the Patio Espanol.

• CHAMP CAMP. A summer camp for burn-injured children. Offered by the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation. June 14 – 23, 2001.

• Firemen’s Olympics. San Diego, Ca. July 15 – 20, 2001.

• St. Patrick’s Day Parade. San Francisco. Sunday, March 11, 2001.

• Firefighter Illness Presumption Laws:

Labor Code Section –

3212 - Heart, Hernia & Pneumonia Presumption
3212.1 – Cancer Presumptiom
3212.6 – Tuberculosis Presumption
3212.8 – Hepatitis Presumption
3212.9 - Meningitis Presumption

Government Code Section -

31720.7 – Blood Borne Infections

• Former IAFF General President Al Whitehead appointed to the Public Employment Relations Board.

• AB 70 – Thermal Imaging Equipment Bill. Appropriates $25 million to the OES with the goal of providing at least one unit for every fire station in the State of California.

• ICHIEFS support NFPA 1710.

• City of Philadelphia challenges firefighters on Hepatitis C.

• FIRE Act is law.

• FIREPAC exceeds goals.

• John Tennant, Local 809 member, appointed by Gov. Gray Davis as the State Fire Marshal for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

• CPAT gaining momentum as the standard for the fire service.

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