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Federal fire fighters will enjoy new benefits and safer working conditions with the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, signed into law by President Biden.

Shreveport, LA Local 514 has long strived to convince citizens and elected city leaders that public safety is in need of investment.

Loudoun Career, VA Local 3756 members and other Loudoun County employees now have the right to collectively bargain. The majority of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of an ordinance granting those rights on December 7.

As these tornadoes came through the Midwest just before Christmas, the IAFF and the Kentucky Professional Fire Fighters are working with the Kentucky locals and locals from nearby states to ensure member families are able celebrate the holiday season.

Hundreds of St. Louis area children will be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Christmas, thanks to a vaccine clinic held by Professional Fire Fighters of Eastern Missouri (PFEM) Local 2665 members employed by the Pattonville Fire District. 

The House Workforce Protections Subcommittee has taken the first step in moving legislation to provide presumptive benefits to federal fire fighters.

December 3 marks the anniversary of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire, which claimed the lives of six Worcester, MA Local 1009 members – Thomas Spencer, Paul Brotherton, Timothy Jackson, Jeremiah Lucey, James Lyons and Joseph McGuirk.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) on December 2 announced a historic, long-term collaboration to help fire fighters and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel with detection, treatment and prevention of cancer.

Thanks to steady lobbying efforts by the Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina (PFFPNC), the state budget includes the Fire Fighters Fighting Cancer Act of 2021, which creates a cancer fund to assist fire fighters diagnosed with cancer with the costs of treatment and provide a disability benefit to those who can no longer work as fire fighters.

The winner in the 2021 IAFF Best Pink T-Shirt Contest for Breast Cancer Awareness Month is Prince George’s County, MD Local 1619 with 1,652 votes. Local 1619 was among the 94 locals that submitted entries.