Lubbock Fire Rescue would like to honor seven firefighters in this week\u2019s special edition of First Responder of the Week. They are recognized for their representation of their fellow firefighters during negotiations with the city for Lubbock\u2019s first-ever Meet and Confer agreement with LFR.<\/p>\n
This was no ordinary effort.<\/p>\n
This team invested \u201chundreds of hours\u201d and led all the negotiations on behalf of the Lubbock Professional Firefighters Association. They visited all the fire stations across all three shifts to personally meet with the firefighters.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the team:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Deputy Chief Shawn Fogo \u2013 with LFR since November 2005
\u2022 Lieutenant Michael Harre \u2013 with LFR since June 2014
\u2022 Firefighter Jack Todd \u2013 with LFR since January 2000
\u2022 Firefighter Daniel Moser \u2013 with LFR since November 2014
\u2022 Captain Jake McCain \u2013 with LFR since March 2012
\u2022 Lieutenant Robert Cope \u2013 with LFR since October 2012
\u2022 Equipment Operator Joseph Wallace \u2013 with LFR since March 2012<\/p>\n
Fire Chief Richard Stewart said, \u201cDeputy Chief Shawn Fogo, Lieutenant Michael Harre, Firefighter Jack Todd, Firefighter Daniel Moser, Captain Jake McCain, Lieutenant Robert Cope, and Equipment Operator Joseph Wallace have demonstrated a remarkable commitment to the men and women of Lubbock Fire Rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir dedication throughout the Meet and Confer process was extraordinary,\u201d Stewart added.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t just shaking hands and saying hello. Stewart said the effort was to make sure every LPFFA member was informed, heard, and educated on the new agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir hard work directly contributed to the successful passage and adoption of the recently approved Meet and Confer Agreement. I commend each of them for their leadership, professionalism, and unwavering drive to better our department and strengthen the future of Lubbock Fire Rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n
City officials said the agreement makes LFR either the very best fire department in Texas or very close. The six-year agreement provides for better hours, more hiring, and lateral hiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lubbock Fire Rescue would like to honor seven firefighters in this week\u2019s special edition of First Responder of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-436859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}