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The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), with the help of the IAFF, has published EMS Safety Practices, a detailed digital manual IAFF affiliates and members can use to help stay safe on the job while serving their communities.

IAFF members in Canada suffering from addiction, occupational stress, trauma and other conditions will now have access to highly-specialized treatment programs through an exclusive agreement between EHN Canada (EHN), Canada’s leading provider of private behavioural health treatment services, and the IAFF.

Earlier today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Firefighter Fairness Act (HR 2499), which provides workers’ compensation benefits for federal fire fighters who develop cancer.

The IAFF will be joining the rest of the labor movement today for Workers’ Memorial Day in the United States and the National Day of Mourning in Canada, commemorating union workers who have died in the line of duty.

IAFF General President Edward Kelly was a among the distinguished speakers at a virtual press conference announcing the filing of the PFAS Firefighter Protect Act. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and Representative Dan Kildee (MI) are introducing the legislation in their respective chambers.

After productive discussions between British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters Association (BCPFFA) leaders and British Columbia provincial government officials, the province is amending the Firefighters’ Occupational Disease Regulation under the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) to add three cancers to the list of cancers presumed to be job-related, bringing the total to 16.

The IAFF is saddened to report Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) of New York Local 94 member Timothy Klein, 31, died in the line of duty while responding to a three-alarm Brooklyn house fire on April 24. Additionally, at least eight of his fellow fire fighters sustained injuries.

Federal fire fighters have long faced challenges in receiving workers’ compensation benefits when injured or become ill in the line of duty

After two years of lobbying virtually, Canadian IAFF members finally returned to Parliament Hill April 4-5 to ask their MPs and Senators to advance two important issues related to first responder safety.

The IAFF is welcoming an announcement by the Canadian government that it will fund the IAFF Responding to the Interface (RTI) training program as part of a significant commitment to improve wildland firefighting response capabilities in Canada.