INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE (EIN 59-0763105)
Tax period
2011-03-01 to 2012-02-29
Filed
2012-05-07
IRS object ID
201201289349300645
Schema version
2011v1.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2012-05-07T11:21:03-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-02-29TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1STEVEN I GORDON CPABusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14600 W COMMERCIAL BLVD STE 5AddressLine1
CityTAMARACCity
StateFLState
ZIP Code33319ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-03-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN590763105EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF FIREFIGHTERSBusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2MIAMI ASSOC OF FIREFIGHTERS LU 587BusinessNameLine2
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlINTENameControl
Phone3056333442Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12980 NW SOUTH RIVER DRIVEAddressLine1
CityMIAMICity
StateFLState
ZIP Code33125ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameJORGE MEGIASName
TitleTREASURERTitle
Phone3056333442Phone
Date Signed2012-04-04DateSigned
Authorize Third PartytrueAuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameSTEVEN GORDONName
Phone9544855788Phone
Date Prepared2012-04-30DatePrepared
Self EmployedXSelfEmployed
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonROBERTO J SUAREZNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12980 NW SOUTH RIVER DRIVEAddressLine1
CityMIAMICity
StateFLState
ZIP Code33125ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts634342GrossReceipts
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web SiteWWW.IAFF587.ORGWebSite
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Year Formation1940YearFormation
State Legal DomicileFLStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTHE ORGANIZATION IS A LOCAL UNION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. THE UNION REPRESENTS 600 TO 650 FIREFIGHTERS BY NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SALARIES, EBENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. PROVIDES VOLUNTARY LIFE, DISABILITY, AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR ITS ACTIVE AND RETIRED MEMBERS.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Nbr Independent Voting Members17NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees7TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
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Contributions Grants Current Year3130ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year672367ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY622294ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year29201InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year1965InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year26176OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year6953OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year799513TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year634342TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year171003SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year161859SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Other Expenses Current Year529775OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year874974TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year691634TotalExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Liabilities BOY11112TotalLiabilitiesBOY
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY231035NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part IIIXInfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission DescriptionTHE ORGANIZATION IS A LOCAL UNION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. THE UNION REPRESENTS 600 TO 650 FIREFIGHTERS BY NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SALARIES, EBENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. PROVIDES VOLUNTARY LIFE, DISABILITY, AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR ITS ACTIVE AND RETIRED MEMBERS.MissionDescription
Significant New Program ServicesfalseSignificantNewProgramServices
Significant ChangefalseSignificantChange
DescriptionTHE ORGANIZATION IS A LOCAL UNION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. THE UNION REPRESENTS 600 TO 650 FIREFIGHTERS BY NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SALARIES, EBENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. PROVIDES VOLUNTARY LIFE, DISABILITY, AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR ITS ACTIVE AND RETIRED MEMBERS.Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionTHE ORGANIZATION IS A LOCAL UNION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. THE UNION REPRESENTS 600 TO 650 FIREFIGHTERS BY NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SALARIES, EBENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. PROVIDES VOLUNTARY LIFE, DISABILITY, AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR ITS ACTIVE AND RETIRED MEMBERS.Description
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Schedule B RequiredfalseScheduleBRequired
Political ActivitiesfalsePoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy TaxtrueSubjectToProxyTax
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Conservation EasementsfalseConservationEasements
Collections Of ArtfalseCollectionsOfArt
Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent EndowmentsfalseTermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg EquipfalseReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth SecuritiesfalseReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel InvestfalseReportProgRelInvest
Report Other AssetsfalseReportOtherAssets
Report Other LiabilitiesfalseReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 FootnotefalseReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial StmtfalseIndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial StmtfalseConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
SchoolfalseSchool
Foreign OfficefalseForeignOffice
Foreign ActivitiesfalseForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To OrganizationsfalseMoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To IndividualsfalseMoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional FundraisingfalseProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising ActivitiesfalseFundraisingActivities
GamingfalseGaming
HospitalfalseHospital
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizations
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Schedule J RequiredfalseScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt BondsfalseTaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQPfalseLoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related PersonfalseGrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With OrganizationfalseBsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
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Deductible Non Cash ContributionsfalseDeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of ArtfalseDeductibleContributionsOfArt
TerminatedfalseTerminated
Partial LiquidationfalsePartialLiquidation
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Related EntityfalseRelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled EntityfalseRelatedOrgControlledEntity
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Activities Conducted PartnershipfalseActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O RequiredfalseScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With10968NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup WitholdingfalseComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees7NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns FiledfalseEmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business IncomefalseUnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible ContributionsfalseNonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members17NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business RelationshipfalseFamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management DutiesfalseDelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing DocsfalseChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or MisusefalseMaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or StockholdersfalseMembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board MemberstrueElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To ApprovaltrueDecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing BodytrueMinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of CommitteestrueMinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing AddressfalseOfficerMailingAddress
Local ChaptersfalseLocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing BodytrueForm990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest PolicyfalseConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower PolicyfalseWhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention PolicyfalseDocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEOfalseCompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process OtherfalseCompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonJORGE MEIJASNamePerson
Telephone Number3056333442TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12980 NW SOUTH RIVER DRIVEAddressLine1
CityMIAMICity
StateFLState
ZIP Code33125ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficer
JOE BURNS
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WILL SAVOY
TRUSTEE5.00X000
RAUL FERNANDEZ
TRUSTEE1.00X000
ROBERTO J SUAREZ
PRESIDENT40.003162600X
JORGE L MEGIAS
SECRETARY/TR24.002259100X
LOUIS MARSHALL
VP10.002259100X
NELSON ENRIQUEZ
VICE PRESIDE24.001961000X
SIGFREDO DELGADO
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ALEXANDER CARDENAS
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TROY SUTTON
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FIDEL P BERRETO
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DANIEL GIVENS JR
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NICK STEIN
GUARD1.00000X
ANTHONY MILAN
GUARD1.00000X
JACKSON DEGLACE
GUARD1.00000X
RICK BRUNO
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DAMIAN BEITRA
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Total Comp GT150 KfalseTotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other SourcesfalseCompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions3130AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions3130TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

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DUES620705620705
INSURANCE15891589
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Total Program Service Revenue622294TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

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Total Revenue Column1965TotalRevenueColumn
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Gross Rents GrossRents

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Real4059Real

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

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Exclusion$4,059ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

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SALE OF HATS, T-SHIRTS, ETC.20502050
MISCELLANEOUS844844
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue2894TotalOtherRevenue

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Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total121988Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total27049Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

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Total12822Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

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Total141527Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total4010Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total62174Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

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Total157784Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionTotalTotal
TRAVEL55374
RESEARCH26475
FOOD/ENTERTAINMENT21740
BENEVOLENCES17565

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total43126Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total691634Total
Program Services0ProgramServices
Management And General0ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

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BOY299439BOY
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Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY299439BOY
EOY240214EOY

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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY11112BOY
EOY9179EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117XDoNotFollowSFAS117

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY288327BOY
EOY231035EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY288327BOY
EOY231035EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY299439BOY
EOY240214EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses-57292ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
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Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReview
FS AuditedfalseFSAudited

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

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Correction MadefalseCorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol FiledfalseForm1120PolFiled
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720Filed
VolunteersfalseVolunteers
Paid Staff Or ManagementfalsePaidStaffOrManagement
Media AdvertisementsfalseMediaAdvertisements
Mailings MembersfalseMailingsMembers
Publications Or BroadcastfalsePublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other OrganizationsfalseGrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact LegislatorsfalseDirectContactLegislators
Rallies DemonstrationsfalseRalliesDemonstrations
Other ActivitiesfalseOtherActivities
Not Described In501c3falseNotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 TaxfalseForm4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues NondeducttrueSubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House LobbyingtrueOnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior YearfalseAgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONFORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONTHE ORGANIZATION IS A LOCAL UNION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. THE UNION REPRESENTS 600 TO 650 FIREFIGHTERS BY NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SALARIES, EBENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. PROVIDES VOLUNTARY LIFE, DISABILITY, AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR ITS ACTIVE AND RETIRED MEMBERS.
ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTIONFORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4DTHE ORGANIZATION IS A LOCAL UNION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE FIREFIGHTERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI. THE UNION REPRESENTS 600 TO 650 FIREFIGHTERS BY NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SALARIES, EBENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. PROVIDES VOLUNTARY LIFE, DISABILITY, AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR ITS ACTIVE AND RETIRED MEMBERS.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND THEIR RIGHTSFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7AYES
DECISIONS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF MEMBERSFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7BYES
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BNO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATIONFORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC

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