CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL
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This past Saturday, CAL FIRE Local 2881 Honor Guard participated in the 2018 California Firefighters Memorial. This year 37 names were added to the wall including six fallen CAL FIRE brothers.
Joseph Edward Hunter, State Forest Ranger from the San Jacinto Ranger Station in Riverside
John Robert Francois, Fire Captain from the San Diego Unit
Jerold Albert Bonner, Forestry Fire Pilot from the Santa Clara Unit
Michael R. Spear, Battalion Chief from the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit
Edward Paul Clayton, Fire Captain from the Fresno-Kings Unit
Cory David Iverson, Fire Apparatus Engineer from the San Diego Unit
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2018 OPEN ENROLLMENT & BENEFIT INFORMATION
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As of today, October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the expansion of the Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage Medicare plan into Santa Cruz County
This means CalPERS' Medicare and Combination plan members in the area now have the option to choose Kaiser Senior Advantage for their health plan. Previously, Kaiser was only available to Basic plan members.
Kaiser Senior Advantage plans and rates information are available on the
CalPERS website
DON'T FORGET! OPEN ENROLLMENT ENDS OCTOBER 5!
Changes made during Open Enrollment take effect January 1, 2019. During Open Enrollment, you can:
- Change your CalPERS health plan
- Add eligible dependents
- Remove dependents
- Cancel your existing CalPERS health coverage
- Enroll in a CalPERS health plan if you don't currently have coverage
If you aren't making changes to your coverage, no action is needed.
This is another opportunity to update your dependents!
Additional resources and things you need to know can be found here.
CAL HR Group Legal Services Insurance Plan from ARAG
Open enrollment Starts September 10 and ends October 5 2018
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CDF FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION
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INTERESTED IN BUYING A HOME?
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Do you have questions or concerns? Firefighters First Credit Union can help. Call
800-231-1626 or visit their
website for more information and how to apply.
Here are some first-time home buyer
tips
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HIGHER EDUCATION FROM CSU SAN MARCOS
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YOUR HEALTH & SAFETY IS IMPORTANT
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This very special program is built to provide the world's finest golf equipment to the world's finest people - the men and women of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and our nation's Law Enforcement, Firefighters, and EMT's.
To recognize those who are currently serving or have served, PXG founder, Bob Parsons, a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, is providing special pricing on PXG 0311 GEN1 Irons (starting at $125 per club) and Wedges, many of PXG's 0811X driver line, 0341 Fairway Woods, 0317 Hybrids, Putters, and, for a limited time, PXG 0311 SGI GEN2 Irons!
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California Firefighters Open Up About PTSD
By Paola Baker
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Via Twitter |
Frank Lima still remembers, with a disturbing amount of clarity, some of the images he saw as part of the group of firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on 9/11.
"I have a noise-a horrific noise, a scream, from someone trapped inside-I can still hear it in my head, years later. It was just too late to save them," Lima said.
Lima, vice president for the International Association of Fire Firefighters (IAFF)'s 10th District, which covers large areas of the West Coast, has been in the firefighting world for almost 30 years. In that time, he's covered deadly house fires, the WTC attacks, drive-by shootings and much more.
It becomes normal in a way, Lima says. Firefighters are often used to jumping from call to call, patient to patient, incident to incident, often without taking much of a breath or giving a passing thought to what they just experienced.
But much like the layer of soot and ash that tends to permeate all firefighters' uniforms and gear, some incidents stick around much longer than intended.
"I still get nightmares from time to time," Lima said. "I'll go for months at a time where I don't get them, then all of a sudden they start again."
It's a scenario that's heartbreakingly familiar to anyone who's spent time in the fire service, a world where bravery, pride, and the overwhelming need to help others can often overshadow the inherent trauma that comes with it.
"Everyone knows we go to fires, but we respond to every single emergency there is,"Lima said. "We actually touch those hurt and dead patients. And it wears on you."
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Fright Fest Family Day at
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
- WHEN: Saturday October 20th or Sunday October 21st, 2018
- WHO: All CSEA members, family, friends and Season Pass members*
- PURCHASE TICKETS: Online at SixFlags.com/DiscoveryKingdom using promo code: CSEA
- DEADLINE: Tickets must be purchased by 4 pm on Tuesday October 16th
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