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  • Oct 30, 2019

    Canada’s Liberal Party Wins Re-Election

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party won re-election and the IAFF is looking forward to working with MPs from all parties to advance fire fighter and public safety issues in a minority […]
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  • Oct 30, 2019

    Apply for the 2020 Political Training Academy

    The IAFF is now accepting applications​ for the 2020 A. Michael Mullane Political Training Academy scheduled for March 22-28, 2020, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Developed through FIREPAC, the Political Training Academy educates and assists campaign veterans and […]
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  • Oct 18, 2019

    Oshtemo Township Local Joins IAFF

    The IAFF extends a big welcome to Oshtemo, MI Local 5240, one of the IAFF’s newest affiliates whose members are part of a growing fire department. The Charter Township of Oshtemo Fire Department began […]
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  • Oct 1, 2019

    Apply for the 2020 Political Training Academy

    The IAFF is now accepting applications​ for the 2020 A. Michael Mullane Political Training Academy scheduled for March 22-28, 2020, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Developed through FIREPAC, the Political Training Academy educates and assists campaign veterans and […]
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  • Sep 30, 2019

    Women’s Health in the Fire Service

    Despite increasing attention to the occupational impact of fire fighting, little is known specific to the health of female fire fighters, including pregnancy While on the job, I fell down a […]
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  • Sep 26, 2019

    Moving Memorial Observance Honors Fallen Members

    More than 6,000 fire fighters, friends and honor guard and pipe and drum corps joined with the families of fallen fighters for the annual IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial observance in Colorado Springs […]
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  • Sep 11, 2019

    Memphis Fire Fighters Receive New Cancer Protections

    Under a new Tennessee law, fire fighters who are diagnosed with all forms of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, colon cancer, skin cancer and multiple myeloma cancer are presumed to have contracted the disease on […]
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