PFFA Pod

This is a hard one to describe. It was a round table discussion of sorts, with Tara Stein, Matt Coffey, John Harrell, Bozeb Beckwith and Kyle MacLowry. All with unique expertise and interest in fire service behavioral health, and how we can help one another. We start close to home talking about Bob Stere and then zoom out in an attempt to generalize some of the challenges faced by some fire fighters.

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.

Anna Rozzi tells us about the bladder cancer research she is doing at OHSU. We need more fire fighters to take the survey. Click here https://ohsu.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aW5VrH58N60Of1I or on the QR code to help out.

A free style hour with President McLennan on the current events at Local 43. We sat down without an agenda to see what was top of mind for our Local president. It is always fun to spend a little time with Isaac, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

What is the value of our SL benefit? We all know it accrues slower than VL and that the retirement payout is a variable percentage of final salary. However, there is more to it than that and members have a variety of thoughts about using vs saving this leave. It is an interesting topic to kick around the table, we hope you find something of value in the discussion.

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.

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.

Inspired by Matt Fullerton, Kyle and Matt sit down with VOYA experts Greyson Stefani and Dan Gregory. There is a ton of information to convey regarding VOYA and how we can utilize their services. Whether it is for deferred comp, either of our pension programs, investing goals and planing, or anything thing money related, VOYA is a great resource. This may the first of a two or three part series, but the hope is to help members be more knowledgable and engaged in managing their finances.

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.

A sit down with Chief Johnson and President McLennan. We wanted to learn a little about where Chief Johnson came from, some of the high points of her career in Dallas and where she is headed as the Chief of PF&R.

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.

For this PFFA Senior Fire Fighter podcast, host Josef Kuehnast organized a panel discussion with Matt Coffey, Eli Goldman-Armstrong, and Ryan Lougeay to offer some insight to the different phases of ones career.

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.

Portland Fire retiree and historian Don Porth talks with VP Jay Fink about the state of our David Campell Memorial Park.

Get the details of the changes to our healthcare benefits with Isaac and Rob. City benefits webpage below. https://www.portland.gov/bhr/benefit-offerings/events

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.

This is an attempt to provide useful information to Local 43 members for accessing Paid Leave Oregon. I speak with Austin Kelly, Ryan Schenk, Tara Stein, and Jared Laws who each have a different knowledge base regarding the use of PLO. At the very least, several good resources are discussed for anyone who may need or want to apply for this state benefit that we all fund.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

PFFA Senior Fire Fighter Podcast featuring Dusty Miller by 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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

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.

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.

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.

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 Book https://www.iaff.org/wp-content/uploads/LegCon2023_IssuesBook-Online-1-1.pdf Joe Biden Speech https://youtu.be/a6YJngN5sQw

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.

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.

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.