Firefighters dig through ashes to find firefighter’s wedding ring
From WCBV Boston In a show of devotion to their fallen brother and his wife, firefighters who worked with Lt. […]
Supreme Court Decision on Campaign Contributions
| 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. |
Rise in red alerts prompts rally of first responders
From CBC News Doug Cadigan, president of the firefighter’s union, says that’s a safety concern for the public and emergency responders. […]
Remembering Fallen Boston Fire Fighters Walsh and Kennedy
| 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. |
IAFF Testifies Before Congress on Hazardous Materials Reauthorization
| 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. |
Firefighters Rally in Support of NAPE Paramedics
From VOCM Members of the St. John’s Fire Fighters Association say red alerts also impact their ability to respond to […]
Bob Smart let go as St. John’s city manager
From CBC News The City of St. John’s said Tuesday that it is not renewing the contract of city manager […]
Fifth Annual Shave For The Brave
The St. John’s Fire Fighter’s Association will be holding its Fifth Annual Shave For The Brave at Central Fire Station […]
IAFF Mourns Loss of Two Boston Local 718 Members
| March 27, 2014 – It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty deaths of Boston Local 718 members – Fire Lieutenant Edward Walsh and Fire Fighter Michael Kennedy. Both men were killed in the line of duty March 26, 2014, while battling a fire. Please keep the families of both of our fallen brother’s and all the members of Local 718 in your thoughts and prayers. More information will posted as it is available |
Boston Fire Claims Two Firefighters, Injures Five
Our thoughts and prayers go out to our brothers and sisters of IAFF Local 718 From Firefighter Nation: BOSTON […]
IAFF Members Search for Washington Mudslide Survivors
| March 26, 2014 – Approximately 80-100 IAFF members from Washington state and California are actively searching for survivors of the March 22 mudslide that devastated Oso, Washington, a rural area in Snohomish County. |
St John’s Fire Fighter’s Support Paramedics in their concerns
IAFF Local 1075 supports their brothers with NAPE in their protest regarding the lack of available ambulances. When there is no […]
ICYMI: IAFF Legislative Conference Speaker Videos
| March 18, 2014 — Watch video of speakers at the 2014 IAFF Legislative Conference. |
Live Streaming of Redmond Symposium and Barbera EMS Conference
| August 22, 2013 — Select presentations from the 2013 Redmond Symposium and Dominick F. Barbera EMS Conference are being streamed live. |
Live Streaming of the IAFF Legislative Conference
| March 12, 2014 – Presentations from the 2014 Alfred K. Whitehead Legislative Conference will be streamed live on Monday, March 17. |
Canadian Members Awarded Leadership Program Scholarship
| March 10, 2014 – Saint Johns, NL Local 1075 member Doug Cadigan and Sudbury, ON Local 527 member Bob Hyndman, both presidents of their local, received scholarships to attend the Harvard Law School–University of Ottawa Executive Leadership Program in Ottawa in April. |
Woman dies from injuries sustained in Blackmarsh Road fire
From CBC The woman who was pulled from a burning house on Blackmarsh Road in St. John’s on Thursday […]
Move Over Law Enacted
On Monday March 10th 2014 Move Over Legislation becomes law in this province, The St. John’s Fire Fighter’s Association on […]
UPDATE: One woman sent to hospital from fire scene
From The Telegram Ice began coating firefighters with the St. John’s Regional Fire Department as they fought against a fire this morning […]