2017-10-14T07:52:25-08:00 2016-12-31 990EZ 2016-01-01 760633544 FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC FIRE 8327225070 PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77549 Wendy C Norris Chairman 8326476770 2017-10-14 true John Norris 8327225070 2017-10-14 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X www.texasloddtaskforce.com X X 83802 X 68427 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13459 11773 1686 0 0 0 1916 72029 2808 0 0 0 3160 1573 44712 52253 19776 3655 0 23431 3655 23431 0 0 0 0 3655 23431 0 0 3655 23431 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 12814 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 of honor guard members and 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 6872 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 2123 Family Meet & Greet- These are events where our organization will put together a lunch or dinner and invite families of fallen first responders to attend and to get to know one another. These meet and greets offer families the chance to be with others who have also endured the tragedy of losing a loved one in the line of duty. 0 1442 23251 Wendy Norris Chairman 40 0 0 0 Dennis Gifford Vice Chairman 1 0 0 0 Billy Wusterhausen Director 10 0 0 0 John Babbler Director 10 0 0 0 Lucille Maes Director 2 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 16220 53586 107415 52254 68427 297902 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16220 53586 107415 52254 68427 297902 0 297902 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103798 77817 21350 35127 15375 253467 551369 0 0.54 0 X Part II, line 10 Income generated through fundraising and from refunds, rebates, and reimbursement for credit card fraud. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, Line 10 Part I, line 10: Specific assistance to families for funeral expenses and bills Part I, Line 16 Part I, Line 16: Program expenses including line of duty death response, lending library, insurance, travel for LODD education and consultations, meetings with families of fallen emergency service workers, training for volunteers, We Remember Project, Make It Purple Awareness campaign, and office expenses Part I, Line 8 Refund from return of items bought; Refund from credit card fraud Part III, Line 31 Family Meet & Greet- These are events where our organization will put together a lunch or dinner and invite families of fallen first responders to attend and to get to know one another. These meet and greets offer families the chance to be with others who have also endured the tragedy of losing a loved one in the line of duty.