AD Firefighter Association (ADFA)

Legislative/Media Information Page

ADFA Member Resource Toolkit

Contact Information

Hugh Carson, Chair, AD Firefighters Association


Phone: 1-866-347-3237 (1-866-FIREADS)
Cell 970-778-7078
Fax: 1-858-712-1252

E-Mail: adfa@rmci.net
Web Site: http://www.adfirefighter.org
 

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Congressional and Gubernatorial Contacts

(Click here to determine who your representative is in the U.S. House)

Agency Director Contacts

(including the five federal wildland fire agencies at the national/regional/state/area office level, NWCG, DHS/FEMA, OPM, NASF, etc.)

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ADFA Press Release 04/19/2005

Outlines suggestions for content, etc.

Guidelines: ADFA Member's Personal Letter To Congress  (MS Word 103 Kb)

Guidelines: ADFA Member's Personal Letter To Congress  (Adobe Acrobat 168 Kb)

ADFA sent this letter went to 535 House and Senate Legislators with cc's to Agency Directors, OPM, Homeland Security, etc.

Includes Executive Summary from the ADFA Congressional/Media Briefing Package

Each ADFA member should download and print out a copy of this letter to attach to your personal letter

ADFA Board Letter To Congress (Adobe Acrobat 390 Kb)

2-Page document; useful when being interviewed by the media

166-page document consisting of ADFA's Three Recommendations For Success, Frequently-Asked Questions that will answer most if not all of the claims made by the agencies, several tables (Appendices 3-6 below), the entire history of ADFA's correspondence with the agencies, and other relevant documents (NWCG IBPWT charters, OPM's Waiver, etc.)

Referred to as Reference 1 in ADFA's Board Letter To Congress

(Adobe Acrobat 63 Kb)

How Much Less Are You Making than the Grade Level At Which Your Job Was Rated?

Shows $1,000 to $7,000 difference in 2-week paychecks between regular GS employees at the Grade Level identified for the AD job and the AD firefighter at the 2006 Rates

Pay Inequality Analysis: Difference Among Pay Period Earnings Of GS Employees And An AD Employee's Earnings At 2006 Rates

(Adobe Acrobat 92 Kb)

Pay Analysis: ADFA's Proposed 2005 Pay Scales To Achieve Pay Commensurate With The Duties, Responsibilities And Complexity Of The Position

APPENDIX 5  in the ADFA Congressional/Media Briefing Package

ADFA's Proposed 2005 Pay Scales (MS Word 332 Kb)

ADFA's Proposed 2005 Pay Scales (Adobe Acrobat 122 Kb)

ADFA's Proposed 2005 Pay Scales (Excel 92 Kb)

Type 2 AD Crew Vs. Type 2 GS Crew Pay Comparison And ADFA Proposed Type 2 Crew Rates

Shows the $23,000 difference in crew pay; APPENDIX 6 in the ADFA Congressional/Media Briefing Package

(MS Word 62 Kb)

Type 2 AD Crew Vs. Type 2 GS Crew Pay Comparison And ADFA Proposed Type 2 Crew Rates

(Adobe Acrobat)

Type 2 AD Crew Vs. Type 2 GS Crew Pay Comparison And ADFA Proposed Type 2 Crew Rates

(Excel 92 Kb)

ADFA 2004 Survey Poll Of Problems AD Firefighters Experienced In 2003

ADFA Survey