UFFW is asking that all members, active and retired, and their spouses to call or email all councillors and the Mayor to voice their opposition to the new policy put out by Acting Chief Clark.  We are including in this memo contact information for the Mayor and all Councillors.

This policy will put the firefighters and the citizens of Winnipeg at risk.  It will mean that we will not have the proper number of Fire Fighters available and therefore we will not be able to respond with industry standards. Less staff means our job has become more dangerous.

Turning four person pumps into two person squads will render that machine useless as a firefighting machine. This is also a clear violation of our collective agreement.

There is a reason for the increase in overtime in the Winnipeg Fire Department and it is lack of hiring.  We have not had one new hire since January but we have had thirty-four retirements and fifteen long term disabilities.  That is fifty less firefighters available and as such overtime was needed.

Title	First Name	Last Name	Email Address	Phone #
Councillor	Jeff	Browaty	jbrowaty@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5196
Councillor	Ross	Eadie	readie@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5188
Councillor	Scott	Fielding	sfielding@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5848
Councillor	Jenny	Gerbasi	jgerbasi@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5878
His Worship	Mayor Sam	Katz	myo-mayor@winnipeg.ca	986-2196
Councillor	Paula	Havixbeck	phavixbeck@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5232
Councillor	Grant	Nordman	gnordman@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5920
Councillor	John	Orlikow	jorlikow@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5236
Councillor	Mike	Pagtakhan	mpagtakhan@winnipeg.ca	204-986-8401
Councillor	Harvey	Smith	hsmith@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5951
Councillor	Devi	Sharma	dsharma@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5264
Councillor	Justin	Swandel	jswandel@winnipeg.ca	204-986-6824
Councillor	Thomas	Steen	tsteen@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5195
Councillor	Dan	VanDal	dvandal@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5206
Councillor	Russ	Wyatt	rwyatt@winnipeg.ca	204-986-8087
Councillor	Brian	Mayes	bmayes@winnipeg.ca	204-986-5088