The Asheville Fire Fighter's Association encourages a strong unity that bonds our firefighter family tightly. With professionalism we work in cooperation to help create working conditions that are just and fair for everyone. Our development of morale boosting events and top notch training allows us to fellowship together both at and away from work. We invite all Asheville firefighters to... JOIN YOUR AFFA IAFF LOCAL 865!
"A Bold Union with a Bright Future and a Proud Tradition"
The date has been set for the Second Annual Fire Ball! Make arrangements to attend the Fire Ball on October the Second. The event will once again be at Celine and Company's "On Broadway". Evites will go out soon with all the necessary information. Last years' event was a huge success, here are some of the pictures.
Our next regular monthly meeting will be February 26th, 0830, at Denny's on Patton Avenue. During this meeting we will begin taking nominations for President. The nomination process will end during our March meeting, which is March 26th. Please pass on this information to your fellow union brothers and sisters.
We have started a "Hunter's Corner" section under the member resources section. If you have any events that you would like posted, or pictures from recent trips, please send them to our way.
Although local wildlife has enjoyed the rain we've received, it has presented issues in regards to camp use. Please be aware that flooding will continue to be an issue in the foreseeable future. Campers on the property could become affected by future precipitation if adequate preparations are not taken in advance by their owners.
Dues for Local 865 members were approved by a membership vote during the regular meeting on January 22, 2010 to increase to $25/month. Currently, we pay per captia fees to four organizations (IAFF: $10.90/member, PFFPNC: $4.95/member, NC AFL-CIO: $.70/member, WNC-CLC: $.15/member). Additionally, each member pays $4/month for his or her life insurance policy. This comes to $20.70 per member each month. As such, we must raise the dues in order to cover each individual's per caps, and to cover other expenditures. Please contact Mike Marshall, Scott Mullins or Bjorn Larson if you have any questions.
Welcome 865 union members and others. We hope you enjoy the updated website and can utilize the new features to make your daily tasks a little easier, if not more enjoyable. Please let us know if we can assist you in any way.
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On: Nov 20, 2009 (19:59:10)
Congratulations to Local 865 members Chief Scott Burnette and Battalion Chief Dan Flinn. Both were recently promoted to their new postions. We are all very proud of you.
It was a great day for the candidates we endorsed in this year's election. Mayor Terry Bellamy retained her position. Cecil Bothwell and Esther Manheimer were successful in thier attempt to earn a seat on Asheville's City Council and Carl Mumpower did not.
Thank you to Matt Balance, Clay Roland, Larry Dodson, John Norejko, and Mike Marshall for your help at the precincts. We were able to inform voters about Carl Mumpower while asking them to consider our endorsed candidates. In my opinion, we made an impact on election day.
"Home" E-mail Addresses
We are updating our e-mail contact list and asking everyone with a home e-mail address to contct us so we are sure to have an acurate way to reach you without using the city's e-mail server. Send them to Scott Mullins. Thanks!
Wanted!!
If you have an incident you would like to share on the website forward a complete discription on it along with any digital photos to Scott Mullins.
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