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Welcome!

 

Welcome to the web home of the Professional Fire Fighters of West Virginia.  The PFFWV is chartered and affiliated with the International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, CLC.

 

The International Association of Fire Fighters chartered the PFFWV on December 20, 1930.  The membership of the PFFWV is comprised of Local Unions of fire fighters in the state of West Virginia.  The PFFWV serves 21 locals with more than 900 active and retired members.

 


 


Click to visit the IAFF website

 

Click to visit the AFL-CIO website

 

 

 

 

Link to IAFF braking news

 

Click here to find our if you are one of this weeks WINNERS!!!

 


 

In the Legislature

The PFFWV has worked with the House and Senate Pension Committees to successfully pass the DROP (deferred retirement option program) for all Municipal Police and Firefighters.  This crucial legislation was passed and signed by the Governor on March 12, 2011 where it goes into effect ninety days from passage.
Senate Bill 563

Additional information on how DROP programs works go to
 
http://www.iaff.org/ET/Modules/

You will have to log in and go to program services then education and training then educational modules

 

Questions and concerns contact

President Jones or Deputy Sec/Treas. Eastham


PFFWV is conducting a fund raiser through phone solicitation and is ongoing...you can donate securely by clicking on the donate now button above.  Donations go to help the PFFWV in youth fire safety education and firefighter safety issues.  

 

 


 

Click for info about the WV Professional Fire Fighter License Plate

Associate Membership Form

 

Application Form
 

 

Fee Schedule

 

 

 

How to order plate (Members Only!)

 

All License orders must be mailed to: 

Carl Eastham Sec/Treas.

340 1st Street

Huntington, WV 25705-1706

 

You must be a member in good standing of the IAFF and a  member of the Professional Fire Fighters of West Virginia to qualify for Professional plates


 

 

 

The Mission of the PFFWV:

 

•To cultivate a closer feeling of friendship among the paid fire fighters of the State of West Virginia

 

•To work to establish better working conditions for the state's paid fire fighters

 

•To provide fire fighters time for social enjoyment and intellectual improvements

 

•To provide labor and support in the fight for substantial pension laws and civil service laws to protect the fire fighters in their positions

 

•To provide the right of collective bargaining for the betterment of state fire fighters as a whole

 

 


 

 

 

Email: info@pffwv.org   Fax: 304-529-1466

 

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