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Recognizing his experience supporting charities – including the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the American Heart Association – a Portland, Oregon, business nominated Portland Local 43 member Tommy Schroeder to compete […]

After a successful education campaign on the importance of a proposed 1-cent sales tax by Des Moines, IA Local 4 and other members of the Neighbors for Growth and Public […]

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base fire fighter Frank A. Smith died in the line of duty in 1932, a fact that may have been lost had Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Local  […]

Winnipeg, MB Local 867 member Chad Swayze is getting ready to embark on an experience of a lifetime. On April 3, he’ll leave to climb Mount Everest. While the climb […]

For 65 years, when not fighting fires, IAFF locals have been fighting another ongoing threat — muscular dystrophy, a disease that includes more than 40 neuromuscular disorders. The IAFF designated […]

With wildland fires occurring throughout the United States and Canada, IAFF members are more and more likely to work wildfires at some point in their career. “Increasingly, our members are […]

In an arbitration case under the IAFF Guardian Policy, an arbitrator has found that Havre, MT Local 601 President D.J. Olson was wrongfully terminated by the City of Havre, awarding […]

Over the course of nearly 33 years, more than 200 Johns Hopkins University physicians have completed the IAFF Medical Resident Program. “The medical residency program is one of our most […]

Fire fighters across the United States and Canada will be better protected against toxic flame retardants thanks to a major policy change by the state of California. Effective January 22, […]

The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2019 (HR 1154) was introduced February 12 in the House of Representatives by Representative Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), marking a […]