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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 […]

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  […]