The Senior Fire Fighter Podcast from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcast from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

Lt. Laurent Picard speaks with PFFA Pod host Kyle MacLowry about his experiences as an Oregon Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator. In 2020 Oregon voters passed Measure 109 legalizing and regulating psyilocybin use for therapeutic purposes. Enjoy.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcast from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcast from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcast from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcast from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

PFFA President Isaac McLennan and OSFFC President Karl Koenig share a synopsis of the 57th Convention and the debates behind the resolutions passed. If ever you wondered what the IAFF does for you, listen and you will know.https://www.iaff.org/convention/Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcast from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

PFFA's VEBA client consultant Christopher Carnahan, Secretary Treasurer Jacob Domeyer, and District Representative Brent Cavanias sit down with Kyle to talk about our VEBA plan. This is an informational discussion on how the plan works and what benefits VEBA offers to our membership. Enjoy.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcast from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

Oregon State Fire Fighters Council President Karl Koenig and Legislative Director Alan Ferschweiler start the discussion with a 10,000 foot view of the OSFFC and then go into more details on the latest legislative sessions. The second part is where they talk about some of the recent wins for PERS members. Enjoy.…

PFFA's LMBC members Isaac McLennan and Rob Hutchens sit down with Kyle to talk about the current chaos surrounding our health insurance and some changes to open enrollment.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of Portland Fire & Rescue's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of PF&R's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The next installment of the Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of PF&R's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

PFFA Senior Fire Fighter Podcast featuring Dusty Miller by PFFA PodBởi PFFA Pod

A discussion with Travis Chipman acknowledging his 9 years of service as Secretary/Treasurer of our Union. Travis and office manager Nicole Jacobson sit down with Kyle to talk about his time on the executive board, and what is next. This also serves as an opportunity for me to thank Travis for his dedication to Local 43.…

The next installment of the Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of PF&R's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The fourth installment of the Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of PF&R's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The third installment of the Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews discuss the life and career of some of PF&R's high performing, dedicated members. In this episode Josef talks with Mike about his time at FDNY, September 11th, and his journey to Portland.…

The second installment of the Senior Fire Fighter Podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews dive into the life and careers of some of Portland Fire's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

The first in a new series of podcasts from PFFA, hosted by Josef Kuehnast. These long form interviews dive into the life and careers of some of Portland Fire's high performing, dedicated members.Bởi PFFA Pod

VP Terry Foster, FF Tom Houston and FF Marcus Donaldson talk about their experience in Colorado Springs at the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial weekend. Video of the service can be viewed at link below.https://www.iaff.org/fffm23/Bởi PFFA Pod

Isaac McLennan, Travis Chipman and Kyle MacLowry go over the new PFFA contract. This is one of our longer recordings, we hope you find some of the information useful or interesting.Bởi PFFA Pod

Jason Cunningham and Kyle talk about the Paycheck Committee. A newly formed PFFA committee organized to establish some best practices to address discrepancies or issues related to pay and accruals.Bởi PFFA Pod

Tamara Eidler, Tom Clawson and Kyle talk about the Seattle Stair Climb experience. Find out how PFFA members faired in the worlds largest on-air climb last March.Bởi PFFA Pod

What is the IAFF Legislative Conference? Why should we care? Who goes and what do they do there? Turns out these are important questions to ask. PFFA welcomes TVFR VP Chris Hart for our first multi fire union podcast. Isaac McLennan, Terry Foster and Kyle talk all things Leg Con.Issues Bookhttps://www.iaff.org/wp-content/uploads/LegCon2023_IssuesBo…

E-board members Isaac McLennan, Matt Smith, and Amy Quinn talk with Kyle about how the CHD became part of Local 43, concerns with changes to our Union, and a day in the life of Chat/PSR members. The idea here, as always, is to start a conversation. Please reach out to Kyle with any ideas for future discussions.…

A State of the Union address by President McLennan. . . Well, not really, actually a presidential update with Isaac, but I like calling it State of the Union. Enjoy, Kyle.Bởi PFFA Pod

Tara Stein is our new Behavioral Health Coordinator. The position encompasses coordination of our EAP benefits and the Peer Support Team. Kyle and Tara sit down for an informal chat. The discussion is meant primarily to be an introduction of Tara to the membership.Bởi PFFA Pod

FPDR Liaison Brent Cavainas and FPDR Trustee Kyle MacLowry talk about all things Fire Police Disability and Pension. We try to avoid going down too many rabbit holes and talk about the two positions responsibilities and how we can serve the membership.Bởi PFFA Pod

Tom Clawson sent me a quick update for the 2023 Seattle Stair Climb. Registration is opening on Thursday, don't miss it.Bởi PFFA Pod

An in depth update with PFFA President Isaac McLennan. Kyle and Isaac sit down for a wee sip of whiskey and a discussion of the issues of the day. This podcast will pair nicely with the two recent informational zoom recordings. Enjoy.Bởi PFFA Pod

Vice President Mariya Fuge and Kyle sit down to talk about her assignments at Local 43. We discuss Wellness, EAP, Legislative issues and more. Thanks for listening.Bởi PFFA Pod

Lisa Knight and Sofia Onstad sit down with Kyle to talk about all things Fire Camp. We discuss the history, the current state of affairs, how members can get involved, and other important elements of Fire Camp.Bởi PFFA Pod

Matt and Kyle sit down to talk about the results of the survey used to inform the thesis for his Masters Program. The information is centered on behavioral health and suicidality in the fire service. Matt is doing amazing work. It was fascinating to hear about the data collected, the theories involved, and the conclusions drawn.…

Kyle and Rob, both members of the Health Care Committee, discuss the merits of a health care trust. The committee members are making station visits, but are unable to speak with everyone personally. This pod is intended to be like one of those visits with the intent to get information out to all the membership.…

Hear Tom Clawson, Kyle and two special guests talk about the Seattle Stair Climb experience, the significance of the fund raising, and all things PFFA stair climb team.Bởi PFFA Pod

VP Terry Foster, Lieutenant Sean Fogarty, Retiree Don Porth and Kyle discuss the latest information regarding the David Campbell Memorial.Bởi PFFA Pod

Most of us don't often think about our VEBA contribution and what benefit it offers. This is your chance to get a quick review of the program and some new ideas for the future. Cameron Homan, Travis Chipman, and Don Porth join PFFA Pod host Kyle MacLowry for this conversation.Bởi PFFA Pod

Kyle and Isaac sit down for a coffee and a chat. This one wanders a bit from topic to topic. I just wanted to check in with Isaac to see how things were going a few months into sitting at his new desk, in a new office, with a newish executive board.Bởi PFFA Pod

Kyle and Matt have a quick (ten minute) conversation to update the membership on his research project. You should have received an email recently about the project. We hope you will all take the time to sit down and fill out the survey . He can be reached for further questions at:[email protected]…

Jessica and Kyle sit down to talk all things health and wellness.Bởi PFFA Pod

The Building Committee formed after the current building remodel vote did not pass. The group has done a tremendous amount of work and has an update for the membership.Bởi PFFA Pod

Alan and Jason talk with Kyle about the future (and some of the past) of Local 43. Changes lie ahead for our Union and these two long standing leaders discuss their plans for the future as well as a little reminiscing about the past.Bởi PFFA Pod

Vice President Rob Garrison and BHQ Captain Jeremy Paul talk about the Mandatory Overtime Policy. Kyle mostly sits and listens and learns about the challenges of Crew Sense, the work BHQ does every day, some future plans to make the policy better, and much more.Bởi PFFA Pod

Aspen Breuer, Isaac McLennan and Kyle MacLowry sit down to discuss the vaccine mandate. We all recognize it is an emotional issue. This is just one conversation among three friends. Continued conversations with your Local 43 brothers and sisters can help us all understand one another better and hopefully bridge the gap that the mandate has created.…

Kyle and Matt sit down to talk about the Masters Program Matt is finishing up and an ask for the membership to help with his research project.Bởi PFFA Pod