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All News

Deadly Manhattan fire exposes dangers of single-stair apartment design

Austin fire fighter wins landmark cancer case

Maryland fire fighters secure 42-hour work week thanks to union advocacy

IAFF 2025 Media Award Winners Announced

Remembering St. John’s, NL Local 1075 President James ‘Jim’ O’Toole

IAFF presses federal action on emerging risks facing fire fighters in Canada

PFFM endorses new legislation to boost fire fighter staffing, protect college communities

Newport News city leaders propose fire fighter staffing increases in latest budget

IAFF-backed ‘No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act’ introduced in Senate

British Columbia law establishes fire fighter cancer screenings