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Andrew Buchanan, a fire fighter/paramedic with Strathcona County, AB Local 2461, is one of 40 brave people who laced up and endured frigid temperatures in February to participate in a fun and record-setting initiative while raising money for a great cause.

Too many fire fighters have been injured or killed responding to row house fires in communities throughout the United States and Canada.

The IAFF is saddened to report that one of its longest-serving leaders and labor champion, former Pittsburgh Local 1 President Joe King, passed away on February 9, 2021.

The IAFF Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery is hosting an online education series for IAFF members, other first responders, healthcare providers, clinicians and the community at large.

The FY 2020 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) application period will open on Monday, February 8.

The IAFF and FCSN’s first Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month has ended, but our work is far from over. We encourage those who were not able to commit to safety stand downs in the month of January to schedule one (or more).

The FY 2020 Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) grant application period is January 25–February 26, 2021.

The Lee County Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Department bestowed the department’s 2020 Firefighter of the Year Award to Southwest Florida Professional Fire Fighters Local 1826 member David Syvret for his work assisting the IAFF disaster relief efforts and his response to a serious fire near the Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW).

President Joe Biden is keeping his promise to America’s fire fighters and emergency medical personnel and is already beginning to deliver important actions on our members’ behalf.

Thanks to strong advocacy efforts by the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association (OPFFA), the Ontario provincial government is ensuring the province’s fire fighters will be in the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations.