Captain Lees appointed interim Fire Chief

We would like to inform everyone that Captain James Lees was appointed interim Fire Chief at the Public Safety Committee meeting in May. With 5 candidates from Local 1292 applying, the meeting lasted approximately 2 hours with the Safety Committee unanimously appointing James Lees as Interim Fire Chief. Congratulations and Good Luck to Jim

 

 

 

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Steve Heim elected 4th District Vice President

 Local 1292 would like to congratulate our own President, Steve Heim, for being elected 4^th District Vice President at this years 49^th Biennial Michigan Professional Fire Fighters State Convention held at the MGM Casino. For those of you that have no idea what this is, Michigan’s Career Fire Departments across the entire State are split into districts; Lincoln Park along with Downriver, Western Wayne, and some Departments north of Detroit fall into District 4. All of the Career Departments within this District get a certain number of votes based on the size of their Union. The Vice President acts a liaison to all Career Departments within his District working with them and the State Union, MPFFU. Steve was voted in with a majority vote 52-25; we know he is going to do a great job

Newspaper Article about LPFD Retiree

In case you missed it in the paper last week, The Heritage Newspaper wrote an article about LPFD Retiree Jim Yuhas. This article was on the front page of the sports section and talked about Jim's transition from Firefighting into a Professional Golf Instructor. The Lincoln Park Fire Fighters are extremely proud of Jim and all of his accomplishments. This is a picture of Jim on his last ride home in the Fire Truck when he retired with his wife Vicki.

Click Here for the article link

Chief Elmore Retires!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from the Lincoln Park Fire Fighters!

Summer Bash 2009 & 2010 Pics!

Happy New Year!

The Lincoln Park Firefighters would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year!

For those who read the News Herald article, here is a response from the union president that may clear up some mis-information. Also, due to the fact that someone was posting on the News Herald website using Steve Heim's name, all future responses will be posted on the firefighters website, lpfirefighters.com.

Steve Heim wrote on Dec 13, 2009 10:01 AM:
" I am writing in an attempt to clear up several mistakes and omissions that were made in the article. First and foremost would be the omission that the Fire Fighters Union filed the charges that money had been stolen and asked the police department to investigate the theft in the first place. To somehow suggest that the Fire Fighters Union has in any way slowed or hindered this investigation is completely false. The Union's position was made clear to Detective Nassar who was handling the case, that we intended to follow through up to prosecution. Our members completed countless interviews with detectives, filled out police department questionnaires, provided bank statements and financial records, and two of the three asked to take polygraphs did so, all off duty and without pay. The fact of the matter is this investigation has moved at a snails pace and still has not provided us with what we had requested of the LPPD, that someone be held accountable for the theft and justice prevail.
Once again the Union requested the investigation, volunteered its time and participated throughout the entire process. Our membership voted and passed several resolutions that we would follow through with this till prosecution. "