We would like to congratulate Chief Jimmy Dadoors of the Midwest Chapter for receiving the 2011 IAFFC still standing award at the recent 2012 January Board meeting held in Cincinnati. Jimmy continued to walk out from every meeting held at the Midwest Fake Fire Headquarters in 2011 despite some very challenging nights. Presenting the award is Regional President District Sector Divisional Midwest Chief Dig's Dungarees and also present local Rapper Step Doggie Poop who MC'd the nights events.

Later in the day Retired IAFFC Chief Jimmy Dadoors SR burnt down the shed to the rear of our Midwest hall in honor of his sons accomplishment.

A big Foam Fire Helmets off salute to Chiefs Dadoors !

Dare I say it...The Old Timers Day at Chief Bob Herre's was a good time to see a good bit of the crew, but us the old timers?  NEVER !!!

With deep regrets the members of the IAFFC announce the passing of retired Chief George Almond Sr at the age of 88 at his home on Sept. 26th. George was a 70 year member of the Cardington-Stonehurst Fire Company and the father of IAFFC Vice President Chief George Almond Jr.

George Sr was Past Chief, a life member at Cardington, a Charter Member of the Upper Darby Firemen's Relief Association and a Charter Member of IAFF Local 2493 - Professional Firefighters Association of Upper Darby.  George also served with General George Patton in WWII.

Men like this just can't be found these days and certainly can never be replaced.  He served a lifetime for everything that we love about this country. He was our kind of guy... and those of us who had the opportunity to hang out or shoot the breeze with Pop's, we all share the pain of his passing. But we all feel comfort in knowing that he is in a better place.  We are sure that Chief George Almond Sr is sitting back with his boy's at the Big Fire  House is the Sky. We will miss you Pop's......

Visitation for the Chief will be Thursday Sept. 29th at Donahue Funeral Home in Upper Darby from 6 to 9 pm. Interment at Arlington Cemetery the following morning.

MEMBERS PLEASE UPDATE YOUR PROFILE -OR I WILL.. CHIEF BOYCE

It's that time again!!!!

The 2011 IAFFC convention is just around the corner held as always in conjunction with the New Jersey State Fireman's Convention. This years dates will be September 16Th & 17Th in Wildwood NJ (the coolest place you could be that's not on fire) hosted by the incredible members of the Five Mile Beach Fireman's Association. Board Members will be expected at Fake Fire Headquarters the night of the 15Th. For those of you who do not have enough toes or a friend to help you count, that's Thursday night.. (Smucks....). A impromptu Board of Defectors meeting was recently called to order by Chief Costa at a recent two alarm job when he and a few other members were asked to stretch more line as the fire made its way to the roof.  Per Chief Costa " do we pull more line we don't need anyway or pose for pictures and get the menu squared away for the convention". The latter was chosen, nothing was accomplished as Chairman Russel (he always brings his own chair..) vetoed the sausage debate as we could not decide what brand would be served on what day and with what beer. The roll's of course always a issue..... The meeting was cut short as a third alarm was struck for water supply and the fire made its way to the D side exposure building. WAY TO GO COSTA !!!  We all took a great picture and acted like we were all doing something important as incoming companies dropped more line.

Anyway...Fake Fire Headquarters will open Thursday the 15Th for Board Members who have no home life and the links for the convention are attached.  See you there!

www.njfireexpo.com

www.wildwoodsnj.com

A after the shift Cinco De Mayo party at one of our favorite Texas stations recently got out of control. IAFFC Chiefs Capt. Onez Gonzolez & FF Jesus O'Malley broke into a recent score of illegal Tequila stored in the back room of the nearby police station. The Chiefs had a heck of a night. Trouble brewed when Chief Gonzolez order Chief O'Malley to take Engine 5 into Juarez Mexico for some take out but passed out while giving him direction over Fire 1. Other companies hearing the conversation rushed to Five House and held back Chief O'Malley and Engine 5 from making it down the ramp. Taco Bell responded with food for the crews and a bottle of Mallox for the Captain.

I.A.F.F.C. Chief Justin Fromprison took time to say hi to the Chiefs and a picture the next morning at the annual burning of the holiday greens at I.A.F.F.C. Headquarters in Wildwood. As always to much fuel and not enough tree made for a fun night as the fire got away from the Chiefs. Chief Almond called for a immediate " I.A.F.F.C. Holy Crap Huddle" in a effort to determine how long before the Cop's show up as the Township Garage somehow caught fire during the party. Hearing sirens in the background, it was agreed that we had time for one and done before acting like we were asleep. Recently released Chief Fromprison was called in to do air drops in a Hertz-Rent-A-Copter as the fire burned ,or as we like to say "redeveloped" the area clearing a good 100 acres making way for a glorious new Big Wheel factory. Just another quiet night at Fake Fire Headquarters....

Fire officials in Lansdowne PA were called to working fire in there local this weekend. Heavy fire was reported on the second floor front bedroom where this seemed a little hotter than normal.

Cause of the fire was determined to be Electrical ??????

JUST ONE SHORT WEEK UNTIL CONVENTION TIME !!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/BATT49AK

Over the pass weekend Chief Young and the Grand Imperial Poobah of the Loyal Order of Chiefs, Chief Boyce ventured down to headquarters for a preconvention beer fest. While the chiefs were on scene at headquarters they received a call about a cat in the tree.  But it was not exactly a cat.
   They received a call about a Large Exotic Tropical Bird that got out and was up in a tree. The owner was worried because the wings were clipped and the bird could hardly fly. So the dispatch went out, Chief Young and Chief Boyce responded in the Chiefs Mobile making so much noise in the chief’s vehicle. It drove hundreds of people out into the streets. When the chiefs arrived on the scene. The worried Bird owned Mr. Galikanokus runs out of the house to beg us to get his bird down.  Chief Boyce looked at the man and said, "No problem, we will get him down. I just dispatched my Sniper." I thought the entire crowd  was going to die laughing and that we would have to transport the Mr. Galikanokus for shock. Needless to say, Chief Young easily climbed the step ladder and retrieved the bird.

A tuff day for Chief George Almond the past Tuesday when his Upper Darby Home was raided by members of the SWAT team for suspected terrorist activity. It seems the Chief and his attorney The Honorable Youstep Myfoot along with a engineer from Playstool were observed by the local Town Watch entering the chiefs home Tuesday. Many of you may remember Youstep from Georges unfortunate but fun incident back in April of 2007, if not look it up in 2007 news as it is worth a read. It seems Chief Almond was in his home discussing his idea for the new "Rubik's Cube, The Smoke Detector version" when two Town Watch members looking in Georges window mistook Georges idea for a bomb. The local SWAT team was called in who raided Georges home and took all three in for questioning and a beating. After it was discovered that the item in question was not a bomb but just a really fun smoke detector, the Chief was taken to a local hospital for x-rays and released with a vouchers for two Big Mac's and a small Coke and dropped at Mickey D's. The where abouts of Youstep and the engineer were still not known at this time but the crew from Engine 36 who were on standby at the scene still can not stop laughing and had two great Halloween outfits for this years Fireman's Ball this October. We hope Chief Almond is feeling better soon, not from the beating, but the Mickey D's late night menu did not sit so well with George....

I decided to pull the Bad Boy out and show the young bucks how it's done. Lansdowne's 1954 Mack. The question of the day was " how do you work one on these Jones Snap's? Can you believe it !

My guess is pushing 1600 GPM on the Stang gun!

The long awaited 2010 IAFFC Board of Defectors meeting was recently held the first week of May at Fake Fire Headquarters. The meeting was delayed pending the outcome of charges pending with Canadian authorities against Vice President Dan Byrnes. Chief Byrnes was arrested in a French Canadian providence of Displacesuk near Quebec City after refusing to have "French Fries" with his meal. He was arrested on the spot and a local Judge eating in the same establishment literately threw the book at Chief Byrnes, splitting the chief's left eye open and ruining a great hamburger platter. Charges were dropped after very long negotiation with the U.S. Consulate & Canadian authorities after Chief Byrnes was extricated to Canada and that countries refusal to accept him. Chief Byrnes was found at the No Tell Hotel at the border in Buffalo. In a statement released to the local news Chief Byrnes said "No worries and I slept like a baby".  Of course to IAFFC members means he cried in his sleep and wet the bed. During the meeting many important items were brought to the table and I am glad to say we ate and drank everything.

The search for the 2010 Double Secret Convention Scouts was key and we have already accept application for the five positions. Please submit any other possible agents to Board.  The scouts will infiltrate the local Wildwood area looking for pertinent location issues ( Bar's & Bathroom's) for the Chiefs to meet & greet. Tentative Scouts coming to mind were of course past  2009 agent  Chief Shelly Zoup who is recovering from a tragic accident at the April IAFFC Golf outing, no explanation needed... A Junior IAFFC Member Kit T. Witty Jr. who seems to have what it takes, Chief Jim "Prostate" Bear came to mind and the Kung Fu Kitties from our Tokyo Chapter. We are not sure if Board Chairman Chief Russel was attempting to make a motion to table the issue on appointing agents or he was having a seizure, but we all had a great laugh and we moved to table  the agent issue until Chief Russel is released for the hospital.

Please mark down the dates for this years convention September 17th & 18th in Wildwood New Jersey host by the World Famous Five Mile Beach Fireman's association who do a unbelievable job!  Always foam hats off to these guys!

 To Those who did not make it last year please check out the 2009 Video from Chief Rick Monyahan from the Alaska Chapter below and also some great links to the 2010 convention and Wildwood

http://youtube.com/BATT49AK  Convention

http://www.njfireexpo.com/    Five Mile Beach Fireman's

http://www.wildwoodsnj.com/ Wildwood Information

Direct from Chief Pu of the Tokyo Battalion please review the following link of fire training center Tokyo !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv4_T9ndIo4

The 2009 IAFFC convention held in conjunction with the New Jersey Fireman's Convention was FANTASTIC! Are Foam hat's off to the Five Mile Beach Fireman's Association for another incredible weekend! You guys are the best! The parade went off without a hitch, the weather was perfect and the crowds huge! Could not have been better. This year the 132nd Firefighters News which is the official publication for the New Jersey convention took in a little bit of the Chiefs. Cape May Herald reporter Jim Vanore caught up with the Chiefs a few weeks back and did a fantastic story on the Chiefs and how we were founded. Nice job Jim, WE LOVED IT! People from all over were stopping by for pictures, war stories and a cold one. A special welcome to Chief Rick Monyahan, who heads up our Pacific North West. Rick ( BAT 49) flew all the way in from Alaska (boy are his arm's sore) just to party with the boy's at Fake Fire Headquarters. Great to see him. Rick also took some great pictures that we will be posting shortly. Everyone had a blast! Foam hat's off to Five Mile Beach Boy's and the Wildwood's communities for a fantastic week at the beach! We can not wait until next year !

  

Attention Chiefs,

It is with great pleasure the we announced that the three missing Chiefs have all been located thanks to a well thought out plan by Chief Hugh Knutz. Chief Knutz was awarded the prestigious IAFFC Putz-Puller award for valor at Sundays pancake breakfast. Over thirty Chiefs came to congratulate Chiefs Knutz for the double secret rescue he preformed late Friday night. Not many details of the rescue were available however we know it involved a used Bell Atlantic truck, five pounds of Hershey's syrup, a manhole cover, a BBQ grill and a stripper. No other questions were ask and the medal was awarded to Chief Knutz by President Mike Boyce as well as other members of the Board Of Defectors. Luckily  Madam Zelda was on site fixing our vacuum and was able to change the four Chiefs back to their almost normal human bodies and was paid ninety seven dollars ( 85.00 for the vacuum and 12.00 for voodoo) in cash and the within moments the four volunteers were back. Also new this year the Chief's practice the very familiar "GET ON THE GROUND AND DON'T YOU MOVE" technique as a group in hopes of getting everyone processed ,bailed out and back to the party faster. As usual this went well into the night.  The count down is on ! Visit www.njfireexpo.com &  www.wildwoodsnj.com for more information. We will see you in Wildwood, that's Burke and New Jersey for the departmentally challenged!