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8 years

@JJWatt D-shift crews from Houston fire station 9 playing with the one and only #99 .

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On Christmas Eve 2020, at 2222 hours, the crew of HFD Engine 5 delivered a healthy baby girl at a couple’s home while waiting for an ambulance. (Picture posted with permission of family.) Thanks for photo, Andy Williamson.

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Today is a great day for Houston firefighters! Keeping his word, Mayor John Whitmire today ordered an end to all the lawsuits and the start of work on resolving our contract issues. After 8 years of acrimony, we are moving forward! Read full release below.

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In further evidence of his commitment to Houston's first responders, Mayor John Whitmire will be attending tomorrow's firefighter cadet graduation class. This will be the first time in eight years Houston's mayor has taken the time to congratulate our new brothers and sisters.

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UPDATE: 3:45pm FF that collapsed and went into cardiac arrest at fire station. His crew immediately began CPR and was successfully resuscitated. Currently in ICU but stable. Please remember to stay hydrated. We ask for continued prayers for our FF, his crew and his family.

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Mayor John Whitmire reminded Houston City Council that he keeps his word and has solved our contract impasse that many of them allowed to be kicked down the road for years. Here are some clips from the discussion at this morning's council meeting.

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3 years

We win again! The 14th State Court of Appeals ruled this morning that Proposition B is constitutional. It is time to move forward and get Houston firefighters the pay they have earned and deserve.

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5 years

Since @SylvesterTurner was elected, the City of Houston has denied 100% of firefighter insurance claims for occupational cancer treatment. The Texas Commission on Fire Protection also cited HFD for 20 cancer-prevention regulation violations in November.

Firefighters battle occupational cancer

Since 2002, almost 2 out of 3 firefighters who died in the line of duty died of cancer, as today's fires produce an ever-more toxic brew of chemicals, yet many sickened first responders are being...

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The financial terms of our historic new contract have been announced. Houston firefighters and their families will get $650M and a new five-year contract that extends to 2029. Thank you, Mayor @whitmire_john , for getting this done so fast. More below.

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Houston has 31 new firefighters today. They got a special welcome from Mayor @whitmire_john at this afternoon’s graduation. Whitmire’s predecessor didn’t attend one firefighter graduation in his entire eight years in office.

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Mayor @SylvesterTurner is years behind in HFD replacements/maintenance. Firefighters at Station 49 are grateful no one was injured when the ceiling collapsed today. A generation of neglect by city shows in the declining HFD fleet and facilities. City Hall phone # is 713.837.0311.

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Please keep Houston firefighter Kevin Leago and his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. Kevin has entered hospice care. We remain grateful for the Leago family's advocacy for firefighters denied cancer treatment coverage by the city.

Fighting cancer on two fronts: Despite Texas law, firefighters denied workers comp for treatment

On Kevin Leago’s July CT scan, his torso looks like it has been riddled with birdshot....

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So much for @SylvesterTurner 's vaunted "100%" pothole program. Months ago, the crew at HFD Station 4 requested repairs of potholes that rocked the pumper every time it left the station. The city did nothing. So, the D-shift crew at the station took matters into their own hands.

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Mayor @whitmire_john and HPFFA President @PatrickMLancton have signed the $650M settlement of our years-long contract impasse. The members were briefed on the high points this morning. The court will review Monday. We will have more details after that.

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1 year

We need your prayers for a Houston firefighter injured at a 2-alarm apartment fire on Telephone Road this morning. He was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital with possible 2nd & 3rd degree burns after falling through the roof. He’s in stable condition, but will be admitted.

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3 years

In another example of the truth prevailing, the city is ordered to reinstate HPFFA president with full back pay and benefits.

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3 years

The Texas 14th Court of Appeals has rejected Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s attempt to have the voter-approved collective bargaining system for Houston firefighters declared unconstitutional. Please see the attached news release.

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5 months

Victory! We can finally see the end!

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4 years

Houston firefighters salute the funeral procession of fallen Fire Fighter Kevin Leago on I-10 East after his memorial service.

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5 years

Welcome to the fire service!

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10 years ago today was the deadliest day in HFD history. We lost 3 brothers & 1 sister. Another brother never recovered & later died. Today & every day, we stand united in grief & support for their families & loved ones. #NeverForgotten #southwestinnfire #LODD

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Houston Chronicle: “Appeals court sides with Houston fire union over city in collective bargaining case.”

Appeals court sides with Houston fire union over city in collective bargaining case

A panel of appellate court judges on Thursday rejected the city’s attempt to strike...

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In one of the most reckless political stunts in Houston history, the Houston City Council has gutlessly voted, 10-6, with Mayor Sylvester Turner to lay off hundreds of firefighters. Please see attached HPFFA statement.

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Houston firefighters at work: B-shift firefighters at Station 33 welcomed Truman to the station for some fun and a break from his treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Good job, Truman!

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KTRK-ABC 13: "Judge denies city's request to delay implementation of Prop B."

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FFer Sarah Cobarruvias: "This is my class, 2018A. We all received pink slips. Many of us moved from different cities, different states, and secure jobs to chase the dream of being a Houston firefighter... [T]hey are laying off and demoting people who are more than just a number."

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Meeting the two-month deadline set at the beginning of January, Mayor Whitmire and HPFFA tonight announced they have reached a tentative agreement on terms to end the eight-year firefighter pay impasse. Reach the full news release below.

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6 years

Check out our "Vote Yes Prop B" billboard on I-45 at North Main St. Thanks for your support, Houston!

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5 years

Thank you for the support, Houston! In challenging times, we are grateful you stand with us.

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5 years

Epic turnout at today’s L-341 membership meeting. #UnionStrong

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Grammy Award-nominated rapper Travis Scott stands with Houston firefighters for Prop B. Thanks for the support, Houston!

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5 years

The procession transporting fallen Houston Fire Fighter Kenneth Stavinoha to the funeral home in Tomball is underway. An announcement regarding memorial services is forthcoming shortly. Many thanks to citizens of Houston for their support of the Stavinoha family.

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6 years

Here's our TV ad asking voters to vote YES for Proposition B. Thanks for the support, Houston!

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4 years

Thanks to the citizen who left this kind greeting at Station 5. Houston firefighters appreciate your support.

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4 years

The city rejected the first COVID-19 exposure claim by a Houston firefighter, and unlike most other major U.S. cities, the Turner Administration is forcing some firefighters to use personal vacation or sick time while in mandatory pandemic quarantine. Please see attached release.

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Capt. Leroy Lucio, who served 29 years in the Houston Fire Department, passed away tonight after valiantly fighting Coronavirus / COVID-19. His death will be classified as a line-of-duty death by HFD. Please keep his family, friends and station crew in your thoughts and prayers.

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4 years

Firefighters from around Texas will staff HFD stations tomorrow so D-shift Houston firefighters can attend the memorial service for Kevin Leago. Many thanks to firefighters from Baytown, Bryan, Fort Worth, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Austin, Waco, and Magnolia.

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3 years

Clean up begins and Houston firefighters are there to help. #HurricaneNicholas

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5 years

Thank you, Houston!

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6 years

Hundreds of Houston firefighters, family members and supporters are out in neighborhoods asking voters for YES votes for Proposition B. Thanks for the support, Houston!

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6 years

Take it from Ray in Beantown, Prop B is good for H-Town. #GoAstros

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"If I tell you a goat can pull a train, hook him up," Mayor John Whitmire told Houston City Council. The deeper message is crystal clear: keeping promises matters. True to his word, the mayor has prioritized public safety, delivering our new contract & eight years of back pay.

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4 months

Mayor John Whitmire is moving quickly to make good on his promise to resolve legal and contract issues with Houston firefighters. The first meeting between him and union representatives takes place today.

Houston Mayor John Whitmire to meet with firefighters over contract

Houston Mayor John Whitmire is set to meet today with Houston firefighters to get right to work on bringing a long-standing contract fight to an end.Subscrib...

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6 years

Houston firefighters thank Houstonians for their support in good times and bad.

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4 years

Firefighters throughout the Houston area are preparing for the memorial service on Wednesday for fallen HFD Captain Tommy Searcy.

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5 years

After receiving a letter from HPFFA lawyers today, @SylvesterTurner extended a vague "invitation" to meet next week. We reminded him that Prop B is law, the campaign is over, and it's past time to implement the proposition. (Our team's letters to the mayor are attached.)

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Binding arbitration is now law! Let's celebrate!

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5 years

We worked through night to keep mediation with city moving forward, but @SylvesterTurner rejected our offer: 4-yr Prop B phase in w/ requirement of full access to city financials, full HPD-HFD parity, no FF layoffs/demotions, and no agreement to declare Prop B unconstitutional.

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Now if we could just get our millennial Houston firefighters that $95K intern pay from @SylvesterTurner

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These millennial firefighters

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From HPFFA President Marty Lancton: "I am proud Houston firefighters were among many that donated blood today for injured HPD officer John Daily. We strive to always support our brothers and sisters in blue. Please keep Officer Daily in your thoughts and prayers as he recovers."

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6 years

Rain or shine, hundreds of Houston firefighters and supporters will be out today asking voters for YES votes for Proposition B. Houston, thanks for your support.

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4 years

Houston firefighters salute the procession taking fallen firefighter brother Kevin Leago to Baytown. The details of his memorial service are expected to be announced on Monday afternoon.

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4 years

Houston firefighters at work: D-shift crews from Stations 18, 20, 23, and 40 responded to a house fire in the 7800 block of Goode St.

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4 years

Houston firefighters voted unanimously to support Tony Buzbee in the upcoming mayoral runoff, the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association (HPFFA) said today. Please see the attached news release.

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3 years

If you see a Houston firefighter today, wish him or her good luck. Nearly 900 firefighters are signed up to take the engineer operator exam tomorrow. Passing means a chance at a promotion, so it's a really big deal!

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6 years

ABC News / AP report: “Houston firefighters who have been in a bitter battle with the city for higher wages are taking their case to voters."

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7 years

Houston firefighters: if you are displaced by Hurricane Harvey and need IAFF Disaster Relief help, please email president @local341 .org.

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City of Conroe, population 84,378, commits $700K to firefighter cancer prevention. Meanwhile, in Houston, Mayor @SylvesterTurner administration has rejected 100% of firefighter line-of-duty cancer claims since he became mayor.

Conroe allocates $700K for firefighter cancer prevention program

Conroe Fire Chief Ken Kreger is hoping a new program will help reduce the risk of cancer...

www.yourconroenews.com

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. @HFT2415 : "It is unconscionable for the Houston City Council and the mayor to jeopardize safety by laying off hundreds of firefighters, using a hiring freeze as a pretext, while hiring hundreds of other city workers." Thanks for the support, Houston teachers!

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While @SylvesterTurner and his pay-to-play political patrons enjoy another “trade” junket, HPFFA President @MartyLancton shows how easy it is to swear in new HFD fire academy grads. Punishing FFs with a fake hiring "freeze" is vindictive. Put these firefighters at HFD stations!

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Can you believe this?! Saws worth $4600 were stolen from Ladder 4 today while they were on an EMS run. The building's security camera caught the crime as it was happening. Watch the passenger side of the black car beginning at :16 seconds in.

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KPRC-NBC 2: "Remembering the victims of the Southwest Inn fire 6 years later."

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Houston firefighters gather at the site of the SW Inn Fire. "Those that we lost were the best of the best..... do not ever forget them.... they will live on in our hearts forever." ---Retired HFD District Chief Seamans. Capt. Renaud E/O Bebee FF Garner FF Sullivan Capt. Dowling

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With its frontline engine broken down again, the Station 47 crew endures 100-degree engine cab temps. This puts them at higher risk of extreme heat illness before, during and after incidents. Weeks after @SylvesterTurner fleet hype, HFD is out of reserves with A/C. #HFDjunkyard

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Houston firefighters at work: Crews from Stations 24, 35, 46 and 55 rescued a family's dog in response to a house fire on Beldart St., near Martin Luther King Blvd.

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Firefighters from HFD, and the Westfield, Bellaire, Aldine, Klein, and Magnolia fire departments are putting finishing touches on fire apparatus ahead of this morning’s march and memorial service in honor of fallen HFD Captain Tommy Searcy.

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5 years

Hundreds of Houston firefighters are working at voting locations throughout the city in support of our endorsed candidates. Thanks for your support, Houston! #Vote2019

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Rice University analyst on @SylvesterTurner ’s political war on firefighter families: ”He may be letting his temper and personal animosity toward the firefighters’ leadership get the best of him.”

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We support our HPD brothers and sisters. Like us, they earned competitive pay. It's time for Houston to equally value 1st responders -- like they do in NYC, LA, Chicago, Dallas, and San Antonio. Houston previously had police-fire pay equal pay - at request of HPD. YES for Prop B.

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We mourn the loss of Herman LaStrape, an active Engineer/Operator from Station 90 C-shift. He passed away today with his family and friends by his side. Arrangements are pending. Please keep the LaStrape family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

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4 years

Once again, vindictive Mayor @SylvesterTurner misleads and bullies anyone that challenges his smoke-and-mirrors public safety claims. The forthcoming text messages and HFD records will set the record straight. Thanks, @AmyPeck for the support.

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Today at Council, I talked about the need to increase the pay for our fire fighters. They deserve a pay raise, and I will continue advocating for them. @FirefightersHOU

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Off-duty Houston firefighter who rushed into burning home searching for victim: “My heart took over.”

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ONLY ON 2: “I did what I was put on this earth to do.” Firefighter recalls storming into burning home in an attempt to save an elderly woman. #kprc2 #hounews

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In attempting to discredit voter-approved Prop B, @ChronOpinion falsely claims @FirefightersHOU were responsible for Prop B ballot language. In fact, staff of vindictive @SylvesterTurner was required by state law to write the ballot language. Nice try. #FactsMatter

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Houston firefighters in the community: Off-duty firefighters block walking for mayoral candidate Tony Buzbee witnessed a motor vehicle accident requiring extrication. The block walkers called in the accident and crews from Stations 69, 75 and 78 responded.

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Watch as the Texas House handed Mayor Turner a huge loss when it voted unanimously to approve @whitmire_john 's bill to require binding arbitration when collective bargaining reaches an impasse. One more vote to go in the house tomorrow. Thank you to house sponsor @repmaryann .

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Houston firefighters at work: A rescue at Airline and I-45. Great job D031, Res 42, E31, E30 and M31!

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5 years

Many thanks to @DwightBoykins and @MichaelKubosh3 for their support. After sending attached letter to @SylvesterTurner , CM Boykins "tagged" or delayed votes on most of today's council agenda in protest. He said he would continue doing so until the mayor swears in the HFD cadets.

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Many thanks to @HFT2415 for rescinding its support of Mayor @SylvesterTurner . HFT cites the mayor's efforts to "win at any cost" against firefighters and Prop B voters and his "challenging the right of public employees to collectively bargain." Please see attached news release.

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Thanks to Houston City Council Member @DwightBoykins for bringing some sensibility to today's council meeting -- and for stopping by Houston Fire Station 67 to visit firefighters this evening.

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The Station 65 A-shift crew recently assisted a 97-year-old, visually impaired WWII veteran who fell. The crew learned veteran's home plumbing had stopped working. They bought necessary plumbing supplies and restored the water service. The veteran is doing well too, crew says.

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More than 3,000 Houston firefighters signed the resolution rejecting the leadership of HFD Fire Chief Samuel Peña, the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association said today. Please see the attached release.

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6 years

Houston voters endured rain again today and firefighters were at the polls to ask for yes votes for Proposition B. Thanks for the support, Houston!

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1 year

. @SupremeCourt_TX finds city violated the will of the voters in refusing to honor fair pay and benefits process for Houston firefighters.

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4 years

Before dawn, active and retired Houston firefighters began site preparations at Memorial Church of Christ for today's memorial service for fallen Houston firefighter Kevin Leago.

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