2018-06-13T05:18:10-08:00 2017-12-31 990EZ 2017-01-01 760633544 FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC FIRE 8327571499 PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77549 Wendy C Norris Chairman 8326476770 2018-06-13 true John Norris 8327225070 2018-06-13 2017 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X www.texasloddtaskforce.com X X 78547 X 45657 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31865 15683 16182 0 0 0 1025 62864 3205 0 0 0 2321 3376 62876 71778 -8914 23431 0 14517 23431 14517 0 0 0 0 23431 14517 0 0 23431 14517 X To provide at need and long term assistance to police, fire, and EMS agencies, and to families who have experienced a line of duty fatality or catastrophic injury. Line of Duty Death Response- This program is where we offer at-need assistance to families and first responder agencies that have suffered a line of duty death or catastrophic injury. A team of volunteers from our organization will travel to the affected department to assist with the funeral arrangements, crisis management, counseling, benefits filing, and referrals to local organizations for additional help. Team members will stay in the affected location for up to 5 days in order to provide the services listed above. Each response requires a minimum of 1 volunteer but additional volunteers are utilized depending on the needs of the family and the affected agency. 0 24211 Education & Consultation to fire, police, and EMS agencies, as well as our own volunteers, to assist them in preparing for a line of duty death. Our organization provides one on one assistance in writing and reviewing standard operating procedures for handling a line of duty death or injury, assistance with the formation and training a chaplaincy program, assistance with handling and planning of non-line of duty death of a department member. We also provide training on suicide prevention for first responders, and PTSD awareness. 0 5876 Honor Guard- This program provides training, education, and deployment of Honor Guard teams to Line of Duty Deaths throughout the state of Texas. These individuals provide direct and one-on-one assistance to honor guards that have been affected by a line of duty death or catastrophic injury of a first responder. 0 3571 Lending Library & Family Care Kits- we provide care kits to families who have experienced a line of duty death or injury. These care kits include pamphlets, brochures, books, and small gifts to aid in the comfort of their grief. We also provide an extensive lending library for families, agencies, and volunteers to borrow books on topics such as grief, suicide prevention, survivors guilt, crisis counseling, and trauma. 0 2794 36452 Wendy Norris Chairman 40 0 0 0 Billy Wusterhausen Vice Chairman 10 0 0 0 John Babler Director 10 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false John Norris PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77549 8327225070 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 53586 107415 52254 68427 45657 327339 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53586 107415 52254 68427 45657 327339 0 327339 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77817 21350 35127 15375 32890 182559 509898 0 0.642 0 X Part II, line 10 Income generated through fundraising and from rebates and refunds from returned items and merchandise RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED motorcycle ride 28447 15600 12847 0 0 1380 1050 0 15833 online donation drive 1217 0 1217 0 0 0 0 0 49 2 2201 0 2201 0 0 0 0 0 851 31865 15600 16265 0 0 1380 1050 0 16733 19163 -2898 Part I, Line 10 Specific assistance to families for funeral expenses and bills Part I, Line 16 Program expenses including line of duty death response, lending library, insurance, travel for LODD education and consultations, meetings with families and departments of fallen emergency service workers, training for volunteers, Make It Purple Awareness campaign, Task Force awareness, and office expenses Part I, Line 8 refunds from returned items and merchandise Part III, Line 31 Lending Library & Family Care Kits- we provide care kits to families who have experienced a line of duty death or injury. These care kits include pamphlets, brochures, books, and small gifts to aid in the comfort of their grief. We also provide an extensive lending library for families, agencies, and volunteers to borrow books on topics such as grief, suicide prevention, survivors guilt, crisis counseling, and trauma.