Help support the Little Rock Firefighters Pipes & Drums!!! T-shirts are $15, med. to 3XL sizes!!!

Visitation Friday, Dec. 30th, 6:00PM-8:00PM at Griffin Leggett Forest Hills Funeral Home, 10200 Highway 5 North, Alexander, AR (455-1067).

Funeral Saturday, Dec. 31st, 10:00AM, at Sardis United Methodist Church, 10715 West Sarids Road, Bauxite, AR (602-2129).

Burial at Pine Crest Memorial Gardens, 7401 Hwy 5 North, Bryant, AR

Please continue to keep Zach and his family in your prayers.

Little Rock Firefighters,

It is with great sadness that we share word that our Brother Zach White passed away this morning.  Please keep Zach and his family in your prayers.  Once arrangements are made we will email them out.

Great food, fun, and visit from Santa!!!  Thanks so much to Cindy Bell for another great party!  Big thank you to the members of Central Fire Station for all the help setting up and breaking down, plus all the help getting the meal ready!  Thanks to the Animal House for the help with the tables.  (be sure to check out all the pics on the photo gallery)

Great job by the Color Guard and Little Rock Firefighters Pipes & Drums at the 2011 Little Rock Christmas Parade.  Thanks so much for those members that came out. (check out all the pics in the photo gallery)

A fun time at tailgate #2!  Another big THANKS to Brother Ralph and Jarrod for some awesome food!  (look at all the pics under photo gallery)

Another great job Brothers and Sisters, a record setting year!!!!!!  Way to make a difference for burn survivors in the state of Arkansas!!!  $40,0000

Make plans now to attend
Designing Hope
A fashion show benefiting Camp Sunshine
for patients of ACH's Burn Center

Thursday, November 17

Next Level Events
Genesis III Room
1400 W. Markham St, Little Rock

VIP Red Carpet Reception: 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Hosted by Dawn Neufeld of VH1 NFL Housewives

Runway Presentation: 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Hosted by Miss Arkansas 2011, Kristen Glover

Linda Rowe Thomas, CEO and designer for Romás, will debut her Spring/Summer 2012 collection in an effort to assist young burn survivors.

Event includes a silent auction
and a special Fire Fighter Fashion Show.

To donate to the auction or purchase tickets call 501-353-0099
or e-mail contactromas@romasdesigns.com

Purchase your tickets online

VIP Tickets - $50/person
Includes open bar and heavy hors d'oeuvres

General Admission - $25/person

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Dear IAFF Member:

Congratulations!

Your entry in the International Association of Fire Fighters 2011 Media Awards Contest has won second prize.

The 234 entries submitted in the annual Media Awards Contest attest to the unique and largely unpredictable hazards fire fighters and paramedics experience every day.

In the coming weeks, you will receive a $250 check and award certificate for your nominee(s) from the IAFF.

Please present the check to your nominee(s) and please share this information with your community and colleagues.

Be sure to check the IAFF web site in early 2012 for entry forms and guidelines for the 2012 Media Awards Contest. 

Remember, you can stay current on the latest news and issues affecting IAFF members and the fire service by visiting IAFF web site. Also, make sure to sign up and join the IAFF’s social networks.

I personally extend my thanks to you for taking part in this contest and generating greater awareness for the important work that professional fire fighters and paramedics perform in communities across North America. 

I hope to see future entries from you.

Sincerely,

Harold A. Schaitberger
IAFF General President

WOW!!!!  Another great year and the most money raised!!!!!  We will be writing ACH Burn Center a check for over $21,000!!!!!  Thanks to everyone that made this a great success from the sponsors, to the players, to all the volunteers! 

Outback Steakhouse of Little Rock, year after year does a great job and donates the entire meal after the tournament!  Landers Harley Davidson came through with a Harley for the hole in one!  Plus Brother Fulbright of Local #34 donated a pistol from his store, METT-T to raffle off!  Please be sure to visit each of these establishments.

Plantinum ($2500)

1-800-BoardUp

Best Buy/Geek Squad ($2000)

Gold Sponsor ($1000)

Arch Street Hardware

Cruse Uniforms & Equipment

Diversified Investors Securities Corp.

Healthy Advice Communications, Inc.

Little Rock Fire Dept. Federal Credit Union

Club Sponsor ($300)

Metropolitan Fire Extinguisher Co., Inc.

Garver, LLC

Frances Flower Shop, Inc.

Mass Enthusiasm, Inc.

Kroger of Chenal

Carney Williams Bates Bozeman Pulliam PLLC

QualChoice of Arkansas, Inc.

DeRoyal

Memphis Fire Fighters Assoc.

Molnlycke

U.S. Pizza Company Inc.

ComTech Communications

Waterous

Dierich LLC

Central States Fire Apparatus LLC/Rosenbauer

Your Total Fitness Shop Inc

Hill-Rom

Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Jesse Wayne Clark

Anjay K. Khandelwal, M.D.

Koontz Electric Co., Inc.

Fully Involved Motorcycle Escort Service

Cardinal Investment Group

Director Dean Kumpuris MD ($100)

Arkansas Document Solutions ($125)

Young Incorporated ($500)

Little Rock Firefighters,

I'm very excited and proud to announce that you did another awesome job at our annual boot drive!

The total for the 2011 MDA "Fill the Boot" is $42,265.49!!!  Thank You to all the members that came out Friday and Saturday to help.  Thanks to all the crews that brought their apparatus out and helped as well.

Below are some of the totals the last few years:

2007--$20,500 (1 day)

2008--$50,057.67

2009--$44,001.00

2010--$40,857.00

2011--$42,265.49

Thank you for coming out and making a BIG difference for the MDA families!!!

Congratulations to everyone!

President Richard Morehead

Vice President Charles Austin, Jr.

Secretary-Treasurer Roger Pool

5 Year Trustee Pam Richard

Sergeant At Arms Philip Krantz

Battalion Representatives

1A     Joe Cuffel

1B     Jason Mize

1C     Tony Natali

2A     Phillip Durham

2B     Tommy Wright

2C     Steve Green

9A     Rickey Bone

9B     Mike Johnson

9C     Eric Marsh

11A   Barron Garriga

11B   Rick Miller

11C   Brad Cotten

40Hr  Randy Davenport

Members of Local 34, please participate in the online survey by clicking on "online voting" located at the bottom left of this page.

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Another great Razorback Tailgate Party!!!!  Thanks to everyone that helped set up and tear down!!!  Bless the cooks, they did awesome, Ralph Nelson and Jarrod Gray!!!!  How about those HOGS?!!

Little Rock Firefighters,

President Morehead and I, along with Brother Trantham attended the Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. from March 14-18, 2010.  APFF Legislative Chairman Wade Marshall and APFF President Ed Jaros also attended. 

It was a great conference with many good speakers and information.  Please check out all the issues that were discussed and the list of speakers under "Member Resources/Firefighter Issues", also take a look at the pictures under "Photo Gallery".

Color Guard presents Colors at the EAM State Conference in North Little Rock.

Congratulations to all the IAFF Local #34 members for being recognized as the OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION by The Arkansas Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Check out the article in the Inviting Arkansas magazine (invitingarkansas.com/page 20).

Little Rock Firefighters,

We had a great group of members come out and march/walk in the parade this year!  Thanks to all of you that came out to help continue one of the newest traditions for the Local.  The Color Guard once again led the parade and other Honor Guard members held the IAFF Local #34 Banner.  Thanks also goes out to Brother Meeks that held the Local #34 Flag with pride!  (Be sure to check out the pictures in the "photo gallery".)

Hope to see you again next year!

Thanks to all the members on and off duty that came to Central Fire Station Sept. 11th to honor those that gave the ultimate sacrifice.  Thanks also goes out to the Honor/Color Guard that did a great job.    Special Thanks goes to these individuals and companies for their hard work and generous donations:  Retired Assistant Chief J.T. Cantrell, Robin Tittle/Casco, Retired Battalion Chief W.A. Davis, Metropolitan Fire Extinguisher, Discount Trophies, Firefighter Jerald Tarvin, Cairns Helmets, and BK Moulding.  More pictures in "photo gallery" and on Arkansasonline.com.

Another great Christmas Party!!!  Thanks for all the members and families for coming out.  Cindy Bell did a wonderful job once again!  Thanks to Sunbelt Fire for donating the tasty turkey and ham.  Thanks also to 1-800-BoardUp for some of the door prizes.

I truly appreciate all the help from Central Fire Station crews with setup and take down.  Thanks to Brother Bisbee for his help as well.

Thank you to all the members that came out and helped this election!

Little Rock Firefighters,

This old fire station housed Engine #2 and remained active until 1959. The firehouse was considered a Craftsman series of architecture. There is a great picture of the firehouse back in the day in the Always Vigilant Little Rock Bravest 2002 Yearbook, page 132. It shows Engine 2 and the crew out in front of the station.

I would like to thank all the IAFF Local #34 members that came out all of the days to help make and bring back history with this huge project! Also, the board members that helped and provided lunch and drinks. And of course Capt. Johnny Reep, where would we be without Capt. Reep keeping the HISTORY and TRADITION of LRFD alive??!!

We have a long way to go, but look how far we have came thus far!!! 

(many more pictures under the "photo gallery")

Thanks everyone!

Arkansas Fallen Firefighters' Memorial Boot Fest 2009!  Thanks to the members that came out and volunteered.  Capt. Reep appreciates those members that came out and supported the memorial.  Few more pictures in "photo gallery".

Little Rock Firefighters,

Thanks for all those that came out to the tailgate.  We had a good crowd, good food, and fun time.  Big thanks to Jarrod for all the good food.  Thanks to everyone that helped setup and take down!

Looking forward to the next one!!!!  Check out all the pics under the "photo gallery" titled "Tailgate 2010"!!!

IAFF Local #34 family is extremely sad, Bobby Montgomery passed away Jan. 23rd.  Bobby you are missed, but never forgotten.

There was a wonderful turnout  at Bobby's services, what a great example of how many lifes Bobby was a part of.  There were so many people and so much love in that funeral home, I'm not sure we could have put many more people in there.

God Bless You Bobby and your family!  Please keep his family, friends, and Local #34 in your prayers.

Razorback Fans,

We had a good turnout for the first Razorback Tailgate!  I think everyone got enough great food and drink.  The big siren sounded great also!  Hope to see even more members out Nov. 21st for a fun time.  The Little Rock Firefighters Color Guard will be presenting the Colors at the game. 

Come out and visit, Nov. 21st.

Little Rock Firefighters,

The National 9/11 Flag came to Little Rock!  Please read the attached file for more details.  (pics. in the photo gallery)

Little Rock Firefighters,

On January 15, 2010 IAFF Local #34  honored two brother firefighters that were killed Jan. 15th, 1972 at 3rd and Main, during a collapse.  Those we lost that cold night were Jerry J. Jacobs age 29, Driver Truck 4 and Eric E. Oliver, age 30, Driver Engine 5.  There were also 7 members injured during the collapse:  Gene Tucker, Ray Cross, Tommy Allen, Phil Filiatreau, William Hallenbeck, Charles Gilmer, and James Penny.

Thanks to everyone that came out to help honor these two brothers.  Thanks also to all the Honor/Color Guard that was a part of this great ceremony.  Alan Tetkoskie of Local #35 did another wonderful job, Local #34 really appreciates him coming out to honor our fallen.  Big Thank You to retired Capt. Johnny Reep for coming out and saying a few words about the fire/collapse that LRFD and Local #34 will never forget.  (more photos are under the "photo gallery")

The Executive Board would like to thank all the members of IAFF Local #34!  With your help we donated over 100 boxes of cereal to the 2010 Summer Cereal Drive.  Big thanks to Brother Mize who helped deliver all the boxes to City Hall!

Thanks for always given back to the community both on and off duty.

Little Rock Firefighters,

The E-Board announced at the August City Board meeting the success of our fundraisers this year.  We showed them the $44,000.01 MDA check and $32,000.00 Camp Sunshine/ACH check.  We also invited the Board Members, Mayor, and City Manager out to Camp Sunshine.

Great job on giving back to the community in so many ways!

Little Rock Firefighters,

The Color Guard did another great job representing IAFF Local #34 and the Little Rock Fire Department by leading the Little Rock Christmas Parade.  Would like to thank my boy Decatur for helping me hold the official parade banner.  More photos under photo gallery.

Thanks guys for all the hard work!

Little Rock Firefighers,

Lots of fun had by all at Camp Sunshine again this year.  Many fun activities and the Camp was at a new location, Camp Aldersgate.  Many thanks to Pam, Greta, and their crew on organizing.  We had many of Local #34 members volunteering and also other Locals around the state pitched in.  Our dedicated counselors Evans, White, Kotch, and Gunther were back again this year.  Keith Fulmore was also back working hard.  We had apparatus come out also, again a huge hit with the children.  Many more pictures are under the "photo gallery". 

Thanks again to everyone that helped at camp, another great job by Local #34!  If you never attended, think about it next year, very rewarding and the kids love seeing our members out at camp.

This year we would like to give a huge THANK YOU to our very first Platinum Sponsor!  The Platinum Sponsor donates $2500!!!  Last year 1-800-BoardUp was a Gold Sponsor, this year they went even further and gave $2500.  1-800-BoardUP, thanks for being the biggest contributor of the 18th Annual Burn Center Golf Tournament.

The 17th Annual Burn Center Golf Tournament was a huge success!  A record breaking $13, 043.65 was raised this year!  New this year was a silent auction, it was a big hit and raised much money.  Thanks so much to all the players and volunteers.  We had a great number of generous sponsors in both money and prizes for our raffle/silent auction.  Looking forward to seeing everyone out again next year for a fun time and great fundraiser for Arkansas Children's Hospital Burn Center.

Little Rock Firefighters,

Young and old had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas at the BIG HOUSE!  Be sure to check out all the pictures from the party under "photo gallery".

A big THANK YOU to Cindy Bell for once again working her magic and doing all the hard work putting the party together.  The E-board would also like to give the crews at Central Fire Station a thank you for all the help they do each and every year, with set up and cooking.

Little Rock Firefighters,

It is with great sorrow to share with you that Captain Jim Henson passed away early Sunday morning. 

Local #34 had another fun tailgate.  We had a great time and many members came out.  The Color Guard did awesome to help open the game with class and style.  Thanks to the members and friends that helped set up and tear down.  Be sure to check out photos, under the "photo gallery". 

Little Rock Firefighters,

Some of our Local 34 members pulled a woman and child from their sinking SUV along 7th street in downtown Little Rock during flash flooding Thursday night (Oct. 29th).  Capt. Springer was in charge while Acting Driver Lear-Sadowsky and Probationary Firefighter Barber entered the water, made their way to the SUV, and broke a window to get the woman and child out of the vehicle.  Another person was on the scene and jumped in to help while Engine 1 was arriving on the scene.  The whole event was seen live on KARK 4 News at 10:00pm!  Without the brave efforts of our brothers on Engine 1, this incident could have ended very badly.  Those rescued came by the firehouse the following morning to say thanks.  Great job guys!  Check out the video, the link is on the right under "Important Links", Water Rescue.

One of Little Rock's bravest was laid to rest Saturday, Oct. 24th.  Firefighter Dustin Werner was a Little Rock Firefighter and member of IAFF Local #34.  He passed away Wednesday, Oct. 21st after suddenly collapsing while jogging off duty.  Not only did Brother Werner serve the citizens of Little Rock, he also served the nation. Dustin is a Chief Warrant Officer in the Arkansas Army National Guard.  In 2006 he served a tour of duty in Iraq and flew Black Hawk helicopters.  Most recently he became a C-26 fixed wing pilot for the Joint Forces Headquarters of the Arkansas National Guard.  He was one of just a few pilots qualified in Arkansas to fly the "flying cigar", which the C-26 is sometimes called. 

Dustin was assigned to Engine 15 "B" shift of the Little Rock Fire Department.  One of the busiest engine companies in the state of Arkansas.

Brother Werner was born May 8, 1976, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  He studied criminal justice at Pensacola Christian College.  Dustin wrestled for four years in college and was a three-time national champion.  Dustin graduated with a degree in criminal justice in 1999, he then moved to Ward, Arkansas.

Dustin and his wife have a young daughter, son, and they are expecting another child in March.  Please continue to keep Dustin's family and the crews at Station 15 in your thoughts and prayers. 

Anyone who would like to send letters of condolences or would like to donate to Werner's family love offering fund, please send to Local #34, 8619 Chicot Road, Little Rock, AR 72209.  Please make checks out to the Dustin Werner Fund.

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers,

IAFF Local 34, Little Rock Firefighters

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Engine 15 /Truck 15 "B" shift, those that worked side by side every third day with fallen brother, Firefighter Dustin Werner.  We all will continue to pray for "B" shift, Dustin's family, and all the crews at firehouse 15. 

Thank You to the Little Rock Fire Department Honor/Color Guard and all the members that helped plan the funeral services.

Thanks so very much to Brother Alan Tetkoskie of Local #35, North Little Rock and Brother Ty Damron of Local #3718, Jonesboro for playing the bag pipes to honor our fallen brother.