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The House Armed Services Committee voted to include a provision allowing federal fire fighters to swap shifts in the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

The IAFF is continuing to respond to membership needs. About 111 total requests for assistance have been submitted. After today, the GO-Team will have 56 active requests remaining which they hope to have completed by September 5.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenging time for all of us. It has and continues to be very stressful on and off the job for our members and their families. We have now lost 49 members to COVID-19 – eight since August 3.

The IAFF is welcoming an important milestone in North America’s labor movement. For the first time, women hold the top union leadership positions in both the United States and Canada.

The City of Isle of Palms, South Carolina, has been without a fire chief for more than eight months, a situation that has damaged morale among fire fighters and continues to threaten fire department operations.

The Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Association (VPFF) endorsed Terry McAuliffe in his bid to return to the governor’s mansion, thanking him for his support for fire fighters and paramedics and vowing to join him on the campaign trail.

Henri downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression once it made landfall on August 22. While there are reports of flooded streets, power outages and fallen trees, there have been no reports of damage to IAFF member homes.

The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) and EMS World have announced the 2021recipients of the National EMS Awards of Excellence, including two IAFF members: Tidewater Federal Fire Fighters (VA) Local F-25 member Jeremy McElroy and St. Petersburg, FL Local 747 member Derek Perez-Piris.

The U.S. federal government recently established a mandate that all federal employees must become vaccinated or be subject to enhanced testing and distancing protocols.

The IAFF’s political action efforts in Canada have led to two major advances in fire fighter safety.