2012-07-27T13:58:30-07:00 2011-12-31 990EZ 2011-01-01 760633544 FIREFIGHTER MINISTRIES INC DBA- Texas Line of Duty Death Task Force FIRE 8326476770 PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77546 Wendy Norris 8326476770 2012-07-27 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z X X http://www.texasloddtaskforce.com X 163924 X 121344 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41757 25647 16110 766 869 -103 57 137408 10704 0 0 5000 2279 4580 64043 86606 50802 5325 0 56127 5325 56127 0 0 0 0 5325 56127 0 0 5325 56127 To provide at-need and long-term assistance to fire and ems agencies and to families who have experienced a line of duty fatality or catastrophic injury. Grants given to families of fallen firefighters so that they can pay utility bills, grocery bills, and other living expenses 0 10704 Addition of one new response trailer which contains items needed for a fire department to perform a full honors funeral. The trailer includes such items as honor guard materials, practice casket, bunting, platforms, bells, flags, sound system, gloves, etc. 0 11042 Creation of lending library. Lending library contains books, periodicals, and other reading materials on subjects of grief, trauma, disability, counseling, PTSD, survivor guilt, fire families, stress and stress management, CISM. These books are available to the families and fire departments of fallen firefighters to check out and read in order to aid them in their grief and loss recovery. The books are also available for volunteers to check out and read so that they can educate themselves on how to better help the individuals in which we serve. 0 749 Line of Duty Death Response- This program is where we offer at-need assistance to families and fire and EMS 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 funeral arrangements, crisis management, counseling, benefits filing and assistance, and referrals to local organizations/businesses/agencies. Team members will stay in the traveled 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 20064 Texas Fallen Heroes Family Retreat- this new program, which will be held in June 2012, will bring together the families of fallen emergency service workers to a retreat facility to provide them the opportunity to network together and support one another. The planning stages for this event was started in 2011 with the first retreat to be implemented in 2012. It is our hope that a retreat will be held each year for the families. 0 2298 Education & Consultation to fire departments 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 handing a line of duty death or catastrophic injury, assistance with the formation and training of honor guard members and chaplaincy programs, assistance with handling and planning of a non-line of duty death of a department member. 0 8122 The Phoenix Project for injured emergency services provides support services, referrals and equipment needed for an emergency service worker to recover from a catastrophic injury. 0 1704 54683 Wendy Norris PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77546 50 0 0 0 Dennis Gifford PO Box 8566 Lumberton TX 77657 2 0 0 0 John Norris 16918 Serenity Cove Friendswood TX 77546 15 0 0 JoAnn Linnenkugel 19430 Glenway Falls Drive Katy TX 77449 2 0 0 0 John Babler PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77546 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TX John Norris PO Box 925 Friendswood TX 77546 8327225070 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 1270 1300 16300 10300 116022 145192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1270 1300 16300 10300 116022 145192 145192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42580 42580 187772 0 0.77324 1 X Explanation for Section B, Line 10- Additional income through refund/rebates, special event, Sale of T-shirts Texas Fallen Heroes Memorial Ride & Cook-Off 41757 0 41757 0 0 1547 2515 3562 15187 0 0 41757 0 41757 0 0 1547 2515 3562 15187 22811 18946 SchG_P02_S00_L09 Schedule G, Part II, Line 9 Other items spent for the Memorial Ride and Cook-Off were for tents, air-conditioning, waste management/portable restrooms, decorations, security, hotel rooms for special guests, trophies, advertising, supplies for children's area, golf cart rentals, t-shirts, generator rentals. F99Z_P01_S00_L08 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Refund/rebate from purchase of merchandise F99Z_P01_S00_L10 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grant money given to families of fallen firefighters for personal expenses such as electricity bills, grocery bills, mortgage assistance. This grant money helps compensate for the financial loss due to the line of duty death of a spouse or other family member F99Z_P01_S00_L16 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Business Expenses;6670|Response Trailer;11042|Computers Printers and Computer Software;5201|Books for Lending Library;749|Line of Duty Death Response;20064|Gifts to Fallen Firefighter Families;335|Donation to Other Organizations;374|Insurance- Liability;20|Volunteer Appreciation;127|Fallen Firefighter Family Retreat;2298|Phoenix Project for Injured Firefighter;1704|Conferences Conventions Meetings;4684|Travel for LODD Response education or consultations;8122|Volunteer Meetings;1391|Travel Food;310|Fuel;375|Parking;76|Meetings with Families of Fallen Firefighters;413|Staff Development;88^Total;64043^ 2011 is the first year we have seen a significant increase to our income due to our special event and an increase of individual contributions than previous years. This has caused us to go from filing a Postcard to filing the 990EZ. Since we are new to filing the 990 EZ, we have needed more time to prepare this year's filing.