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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 […]

Admittedly, 130 miles is a long way to walk, but Suffolk, VA Local 2801 members Joe Jarman and Travis Saunders say the five-day trek was worth it. Not only did […]

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 […]