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The IAFF is sad to report the passing of Captain Gerry Huget, former president of Regina, SK Local 181 and the Saskatchewan Professional Fire Fighters Association (SPFFA) who died Saturday, September […]

Hollywood, FL Local 1375 is relishing a hard-fought victory eight years after city officials unilaterally cut pay and pensions and increased working hours for its professional fire fighters. Thanks to […]

Good things are happening for Mount Pleasant, SC Local 4693, including winning approval for a five-year plan to increase staffing and other fire department resources. With help from the IAFF […]

With women making up only about 4 percent of fire fighters, the all-female executive board of Teton County, ID Local 4667 is truly unique among IAFF affiliates. IAFF 7th District […]

Hundreds of Houston, TX Local 341 members received unprecedented layoff and demotion notices in May as Mayor Sylvester Turner continued his political and legal attacks on fire fighters and their […]

Following the passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act in July 2018, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is now directed to undertake the collection of detailed data on the […]

Canadian IAFF locals continued a remarkable 64-year history of support for Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC), raising $1.3 million for the charity in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. The […]

Federal fire fighters face a frequently hostile environment on Capitol Hill. In recent years, our federal members have faced attacks on their pensions, bargaining rights and pay — sometimes due […]

Fire fighters and other workers remain in danger due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “systematically ignoring exposure risks” in what has been a lax implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety […]