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Hundreds of IAFF members are in New York City attending the joint John P. Redmond Health and Safety Symposium/Dominick F. Barbera EMS Conference to learn the latest strategies for staying safe on the job and preventing line-of-duty deaths.

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.

The Member of Parliament whose historic fire fighter cancer legislation was recently signed into law was surprised with an honorary IAFF membership June 27 before delegates at the Jack Jessop Biennial Canadian Policy Conference in Burnaby, B.C.

[…] trauma exposure. He also signed a bill outlawing a class of carcinogens (perfluorinated compounds or PFAs) found in firefighting foam.     MDA, IAFF Bring Hope to Families n a […]

[…] and the EPA to do more to protect workers from dangerous chemicals, including asbestos, flame retardants and PFAS. Many of these chemicals have been linked to cancer, which is the greatest health-related […]

[…] include funding for the health impact on fire fighters of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( PFAS) contamination and a 3.1 percent raise for federal civilian employees, including fire fighters who […]

[…] on the full pay received for their regular tour of duty, and to allow for trade time and to require blood testing for toxic PFAS, as well as numerous other initiatives.