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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 […]

The members of the Hamilton County EMS Association are staying on the job while a county commissioner is out of work following an aggressive campaign by Local 4956 and its […]

In a major victory, Austin, TX Local 975 has successfully worked to pass a new city law mandating four-person staffing on every fire truck in the city. The new law […]

The IAFF Executive Board, by unanimous decision, approved an exemption to the IAFF Disaster Relief Policy to award each member of two federal locals a grant in the amount of […]