The Nevada State Firefighters' Association

Nevada State Firefighters' Association Inc.

PO Box 907

Lovelock, Nv. 89419
Office & Fax: 775-273-1127

We are still moving forward with our efforts to illeminate the age stipulation in NRS 617.457 re: denial of workman’s compensation BENEFITS FOR volunteer firefighters due to cardiac incidents once reaching the age of 55 years. I will attempt to provide you with a brief overview of the proceedings since we last met. Mike Heidemann		From the Desk of the Exectutive Director: As the economy has been a huge issue across the nation and in the state of nevada, so is it afecting our organization. We have had to close our office in Reno and the company that we have contracted our fundraising with has gone out of business. The board has been active in identifying another avenue for fundraising and has been succcesfull. It was a very interesting process, as the board had several criteria that needed to be met including a proven track record with non – profit organizations. And most importantly a local scource here in nevada. At this time we have entered into an agreement with Outscource 3000 which has a corporate office in downtown Reno and a production center also located in reno. we have also been involved in discusssions with several other state firefighter associations facing the same issues who will also be using outscource 3000 for their fundraising efforts out of the reno center. the focus of your board is to continue to providr the programs that we have developed over the last few years and have made some budget adjustments to continue these programs. The publisher of our “Pumper” magazine has also been forced to discontinue operations. At this time we have not yet locked in to another publisher. several options are being explored, unfortunately we have not as of yet found the right fit for our organization. we will continue to explore any options we become aware of. your help in this endeavor is highly encouraged. if any of you have a contact with magazine pulishers or distributors, please contact myself or one YOU’RE directors with any information that you might have. currently we are developing an on line version of the “pumper” tht will be posted on the website upon completion. we are would also like to get this out through a blast e-mail. please forward any e-mail addresses to either myself or one of your board members so that we can establish this list. The training conference in Winnemucca this year will be June 23-26 and as always will be a great one, as Winnemucca has always provided. One of the highlights this year will be legislative panel discussion with state and local legislators that will be held during thursday’s keynote luncheon. this will provede all of you the chance to have the opportunity to address our policy makers with questions re: the fire service in our state and how they plan to fund and continue to provide equipment and training throughout the state and in particular to your rural and volunteer departments. I have been in contact with many of our legislatoes and have received a very positive response and expect a good turn out. (not to mention, this is an election year). we will also have a presentation on the importance of health and safety ptograms for our firefighters and the requiremnts that should be met. there will also be a train the trainer program for the wendover burn trailer and the sfmo propane burn prop put on by the SFMO. it is the desire to have someone from every department trained on these props so that they can be more readily utilzed throughout the state. this will be offered two times on wednesday june 23rd, once from 8:00 – 12:00 and again from 13:00 – 17:00. the golf tounament will be at 13:00 this year which would allow the opportunity to take part in this valuable training prior to the fun competitions. hope to see you all in winnemucca for some great training and comeraderie. until then, travel safe and take care of yourselves and your families. MICHAEL HEIDEMANN, Exectutive Director, NSFA

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