Resolution No. 29 – Consolidated Federal Fire Department

Resolution No. 29
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: Legislative
Re: Consolidated Federal Fire Department – Adopted

1	WHEREAS, our nation’s federal fire fighters,
2	including California’s federal fire fighters, are
3	employed by and work under the direction of various
4	governmental agencies at federal installations
5	throughout the United States; and
6	WHEREAS, the federal governmental agencies
7	that employ the more than 10,000 civilian federal fire
8	fighters have varying workplace practices, standards
9	and staffing requirements, thereby resulting in a
10	degradation of workplace fairness and equity; and
11	WHEREAS, the CPF 5^th District, as well as the
12	IAFF 16^th District, expends an abundant amount of
13	time, effort and resources on an annual basis to
14	effectively represent the various federal fire fighter
15	locals in contract negotiations; and
16	WHEREAS, due to the inherent nuances of local
17	contract negotiations and the often-varied
18	interpretation by employing governmental agencies
19	of applicable standards, laws and procedures
20	impacting federal fire fighters, contracts are often
21	duplicated; and
22	WHEREAS, it is not uncommon for a federal fire
23	fighter local in one jurisdiction to be successful in
24	negotiating specified contract language, which
25	another federal fire fighter local is unsuccessful in
26	obtaining in their respective jurisdiction; and
27	WHEREAS, interagency operability and
28	cooperative response capability does not currently
29	exist between federal fire entities, but, if reorganized
30	and subsequently coordinated under an “all risk”
31	umbrella, a single federal fire entity could ultimately
32	provide critically-needed resources in the event of an
33	emergency or disaster; therefore be it
34	RESOLVED, That the IAFF pursue a legislative,
35	legal and/or a political remedy, which results in
36	consolidating all existing federal fire entities into one
37	agency for the purpose of establishing interagency
38	operability and cooperative response capability; and
39	be it further
40	RESOLVED, That such a consolidated remedy
41	also afford adequate levels of staffing, safety, pay
42	and retirement fairness for our nation’s federal fire
43	fighters; and be it further
44	RESOLVED, That in pursuing a consolidated
45	federal fire agency, the IAFF collaborate with the
46	AFL-CIO and affected federal agencies in pursuit of
47	providing representation to all federal fire fighters.

Submitted by: California Professional Firefighters
Cost Estimate: None

Resolution No. 29 – Consolidated Federal Fire Department

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