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The IAFF has assembled a natural disaster go team to Iowa to assist members in the aftermath of the August 10 derecho. The storm packed heavy rain and sustained winds of more than 100 miles per hour, leaving behind a devastating level of damage across the state. Governor Kim Reynolds currently estimates 8,200 homes were destroyed.

Today, legislation to ensure fire fighters who die or are permanently and totally disabled due to COVID-19 receive full federal benefits officially became law.

What initially seemed like a typical theft investigation call in Saugus, Massachusetts, quickly escalated into a life-threatening knife attack on the investigating officers. But thanks to the quick actions of a Local 1003 member, the attacker was subdued, and the officers are expected to fully recover from their wounds.

Vincent Mattone, a 30-year veteran of the Fire Department of New York and retired member of the Uniformed Firefighters Association Local 94, received an alarming diagnosis of chronic kidney disease about a year ago. His window for finding a matching donor is quickly closing. 

Protests over the May 2020 death of George Floyd and police brutality have been ongoing in the City of Portland for more than two months.

Join the IAFF Financial Corporation (IAFF-FC) for a series of webinars covering important topics related to retirement, healthcare and the economy.

More than 2,000 CAL FIRE Local 2881 members and strike teams from locals throughout the region are responding to the Apple fire in San Bernardino County, California.

Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts (PFFM) affiliates will be flying the thin blue line American flag in solidarity with their police counterparts to honor fallen Weymouth, Massachusetts Sergeant Michael Chesna.

Steve Dillman, a retired member of Indianapolis, IN Local 416, has been fighting cancer for nearly 20 years. But it never held him back. In fact, he used his experience to help other fire fighters face their own cancer diagnoses and to provide cancer prevention education.

Nearly 100 fire fighters from Phoenix Local 493, Mesa Local 2260 and Scottsdale Local 5050, along with mutual aid from the surrounding area, were dispatched to the scene of a train derailment on a bridge crossing Tempe Town Lake, a popular recreational area located in the City of Tempe.