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A new Connecticut law providing workers’ compensation coverage for fire fighters and police officers who witness a traumatic event in the line of duty and are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress […]

The Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act, legislation permitting retired public safety workers to buy into Medicare at age 50, has been introduced in the Senate as S 2552 by […]

The IAFF is now accepting applications​ for the 2020 A. Michael Mullane Political Training Academy scheduled for March 22-28, 2020, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Developed through FIREPAC, the Political Training Academy educates and assists campaign veterans and […]

Despite increasing attention to the occupational impact of fire fighting, little is known specific to the health of female fire fighters, including pregnancy While on the job, I fell down a […]

More than 6,000 fire fighters, friends and honor guard and pipe and drum corps joined with the families of fallen fighters for the annual IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial observance in Colorado Springs […]

Under a new Tennessee law, fire fighters who are diagnosed with all forms of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, colon cancer, skin cancer and multiple myeloma cancer are presumed to have contracted the disease on […]

Membership in the IAFF continues to grow in Canada following the affiliation of the union representing professional fire fighters in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. With the Charlottetown Professional Fire Fighters Association on […]

Metro-Dade, FL Local 1403 President Omar Blanco announced August 20 he is running for U.S. House of Representatives in Florida’s 26th congressional district. “Brother Blanco has been an incredible leader for our brothers and sisters […]

The U.S. House of Representatives has taken the first steps to consider the IAFF’s top legislative priority – establishing national collective bargaining rights for all fire fighters. The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation […]

President Trump has signed into law the Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act to permanently extend the September 11th […]