Barrington
Fire Fighters Association
Local #3481
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Welcome to the Barrington Fire Fighters Association Local #3481 web site. Local #3481 consists of 24 Fire Fighter/Paramedics. We proudly serve the Village of Barrington and Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District. We are members of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI). We appreciate you visiting our site. There are many issues currently underway with Local #3481, and we hope that you will check our Current News and Events section frequently for updates on the current political climate facing the Barrington Fire Fighters Association.
Current Events: Barrington Firefighters Local 3481 requests assistance:
June 10, 2008 Barrington Firefighters Local 3481 requests the assistance of our Brethren in the formation of a “Silver Spanner Squad” of Professional qualified Firefighters. We need to temporarily fill some vacancies on our roster. We need help now to prevent the Village from trying to fill these vacancies with non sworn contract personnel. Currently the Barrington Fire Department has five open full time vacancies. Our last eligibility list has been depleted in efforts to hire. These openings have come from two on the job injuries to Union members who will not be returning to duty and from personnel leaving our department. The Village and the Union have made a Joint Union/Fire Administration agreement to fill the vacancies permanently by appointment from a new lists and/or Lateral Hires from other profession Chicago Metropolitan Departments. In the interim to prevent the Village from looking into “Alternative Staffing Options” Barrington Firefighters Local 3481, with the advice of Counsel J. Dale Berry, have negotiated a “Silver Spanner” plan to provide Certificated (Sworn) personnel to fill temporary vacancies for a period not to exceed 180 days. By providing the Department with Professional Firefighters we aim at keeping contract personnel who cannot meet the hiring standards set by Civil Service laws out of our Professional Department. IAFF Locals 44/2369 in Joliet and Aurora Local 99 employed a variation of “Silver Spanner Squad” in the 70's to win their strikes and keep scabs from being hired. More recently River Forest Local 2391 and Bensenville Local 2968 used the “Silver Spanner Squad” to prevent the hiring of contract personnel. It is our conviction that the public deserves to only be served by those professionals that have dedicated themselves to the high level of service that Professional Union Firefighters have set as their standard. In efforts to prevent anything less than that from being brought into our department, we are asking for your assistance. The Union is forming a hiring list of willing Union Brothers and Sisters to assist Local 3481 in providing the high level of service the public deserves. We ask that those persons be a minimum of a Firefighter II, Fire Apparatus Engineer, and Paramedic, be able to pass a minimum standards physical fitness test and drug test. Those certificated firefighters that pass will then be eligible to work in those vacant slots as stated by the agreement between the Union and Fire Administration. Pay will be $19.00 an hour with paid workers compensation insurance. This action has been taken with the full knowledge, cooperation and approval of our District Vice President Steve Horne and has been sanctioned by the President of the AFFI so that no Union member may be held in violation of Union bylaws. This is a serious challenge and we ask for your assistance, your time, and your service in maintaining our professional standards. We thank you in advance. Art Thompson, President 847-331-9503
West Dundee Father runs in marathon to raise money for sick child, March 17, 2007
Fire Destroys Hay Barn, December 7, 2006 South Barrington Home Destroyed, May 23, 2007
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