St. John's Fire Fighters Association
International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1075
| April 28, 2014 – IAFF members are responding in the aftermath of multiple tornadoes that touched down in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Iowa April 27, assisting in the search for survivors and helping to secure areas with significant amounts of tornado-produced debris. |
Official Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair addresses delegates at the 21st Annual Canadian Legislative Conference.
Our own 15th District VP Dave Burry introduces General President Harold Schaitberger to open the 21st annual Canadian Legislative Conference
| April 21, 2014 – The IAFF is encouraging affiliates to observe Workers Memorial Day and the National Day of Mourning on April 28 to commemorate workers who have been injured, killed or suffer illness as a result of occupational accidents and hazards. |
| April 16, 2014 – One of the most important pieces of safety equipment is a functioning, mission-critical-voice portable radio. Effective and reliable two-way voice communications is essential for both overall fire ground operations and for individual fire fighter safety. |
From CBC Firefighters turned out in force in downtown St. John’s early Tuesday morning after flames burst out of a […]
| April 10, 2014 — Ahead of the release of a much anticipated Memorial Day Public Service Announcement (PSA), the IAFF is testing a new social media application to promote the IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial fund and help amplify the message and expand the power and reach of social media. |
On April 7th our local conducted our Triennial Election of Officers and the results were as follows: John Stamp – […]
| April 7, 2014 — The IAFF will be able to train hundreds more Canadian first responders to respond safely and effectively thanks to a two-year funding extension for the IAFF Haz-Mat and CBRNE Training Initiative announced March 27. The funding extension will allow the IAFF to expand the program into Quebec and other areas of the country that have yet to fully take advantage of the opportunity to receive free Haz-mat and CBRNE response training through the program, which has already trained close to 2,000 fire fighters, police, paramedics and other first responders in more than 200 communities across Canada since 2009. |
From WCBV Boston In a show of devotion to their fallen brother and his wife, firefighters who worked with Lt. […]
| April 3, 2014 — On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an extremely troubling court decision striking down the ceilings that Congress has imposed on an individual’s donations to presidential and congressional candidates, political parties and some political action groups. These ceilings are called “aggregate limits” and eliminating them for federal candidates, as this decision has done, will dramatically impact federal campaigns. Because the reasoning the Court used will be transferable to state campaign finance laws, it will also soon affect state and local races as well. |
From CBC News Doug Cadigan, president of the firefighter’s union, says that’s a safety concern for the public and emergency responders. […]
| April 3, 2014 – Thousands of fire fighters from across the United States and Canada, family and friends convened in Boston, Massachusetts, this week to honor Local 718 members Edward Walsh Jr. and Michael Kennedy. Walsh and Kennedy made the ultimate sacrifice March 26 responding to a nine-alarm brownstone fire. |
| April 3, 2014 – Elizabeth Harman, IAFF Assistant to the General President, spoke before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials April 2 about crude oil, how it is transported safely, the level of training fire fighters have and should receive and the need to update standards for testing crude in light of several oil-by-rail mishaps. |
From VOCM Members of the St. John’s Fire Fighters Association say red alerts also impact their ability to respond to […]
From CBC News The City of St. John’s said Tuesday that it is not renewing the contract of city manager […]