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The IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial is a permanent remembrance of IAFF members and emergency medical services personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty. An annual Fallen Firefighters memorial ceremony is held each year in September in Colorado Springs, Colorado (with the exception of 2020 and 2021 due to the Coronavirus (Covid ...
He published two of his books before his 1999 retirement from New York City Fire Department: "Collapse of Burning Buildings: A Guide to Fireground Safety," 1988; and "Safety and Survival on the Fireground," 1992. His later books are "Command and Control of Fires and Emergencies," 2000; "Strategy of Firefighting," 2007; "Building Construction ...
Airport firefighters have advanced training in the application of firefighting foams, dry chemical and clean agents used to extinguish burning aviation fuel in and around an aircraft in order to maintain a path for evacuating passengers to exit the fire hazard area. Further, should fire either be encountered in the cabin or extend there from an ...
Schaitberger focused on ensuring that the IAFF supported candidates and lawmakers who are friendly to firefighters and their issues, regardless of political party. Prior to Schaitberger's first election as IAFF General President in 2000, he had served on the union's headquarters staff as a top advisor to three IAFF Presidents since 1976, and as ...
IAFF may refer to: International Association of Fire Fighters , a labor union representing professional firefighters in the United States and Canada International Arts and Film Foundation , an American nonprofit foundation with an emphasis on children interested in performing and visual arts including film production
The Kansas City firefighters’ contract is a clear example of the problem: The union members as a whole received a pay raise at the cost of limiting the rights of minority members and others ...
The New York Fire Department is battling a 5-alarm blaze in the Bronx. Currently seven people including firefighters have suffered injuries.
Edward A. "Edzo" Kelly is an American firefighter and trade union leader. [1] Kelly joined the Boston Fire Department in 1997. [2] He has been General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) since 2021 when he defeated Mahlon Mitchell of Wisconsin.