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Fire Safety Tips
  Officials offer fire safety tips By: Justin Creech/Staff writer Updated: February 16, 2012 - 12:00 AM Fort Belvoir Fire and Emergency Services personnel hosted a fire safety class at the North Post Fire Station on Sunday to educate Belvoir residents on fire safety measures. Read More...
Va. Paramedic Dies Of Injuries In Fall From Overpass
  SHIRLINGTON, Va. (WUSA) - An Alexandria paramedic who fell from a cement barrier along Interstate 395 on Wednesday night has died, according to the Alexandria Fire Department. Joshua Weissman who suffered a severe head injury in the fall, died at 4:25 p.m. Thursday. Read More...
Dogue Creek Village Fire
Fort Belvoir Fire and Emergency Services rescue personnel were called to Dogue Creek Village shortly after midnight Tuesday. Fairfax County Emergency Communications notified FES of a building fire in Dogue Creek Village at 12:08 a.m. and FES personnel was on scene by 12:10 a.m. Read More...
Belvoir Firefighters practice Aircraft Rescue
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Nov. 23, 2011) -- Fire and Emergency Services Firefighters received Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting training Nov. 14-18, at Davison Army Airfield here. The week-long training consisted of three days of classroom training and two days of simulation exercises. Read More...
IAFF Pink Pin
IAFF lapel pin for sale. Contact your union officers if you are interested. Read More...
Radical deficit-cutting options on table
Radical deficit-cutting options on table Recommendations by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers took aim at federal pay, benefits and other expenses.   "Federal employees, including members of Congress and our staffs, must sacrifice as part of an urgent need to curtail the cost of the federal government and reduce the national debt," Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. Read More...
IAFF 2012 Legislative Conference Is March 25-28
The 2012 Alfred K. Whitehead Legislative Conference is scheduled for March 25-28, 2012, in Washington, DC. As issues affecting the nation’s fire fighters take center stage, it is more important than ever for IAFF members to make their presence felt in the halls of Congress. Read More...
Super Committee Grassroots Campaign Resources
Attached you will find information that members can use to contact Congress regarding the cuts impacting the federal workforce that the Super Committee is considering. Please take the time to review this information and ensure that your members have it and ask them to contact their Congressional representatives. Read More...
Download: Phone Call , Letter , Talking Points.docx
Annual ‘Burning Down the House’
Abbey Road Pub & Restaurant’s Annual ‘Burning Down the House’ Proceeds to benefit the Virginia BeachFire Dept. Fallen Firefighters Memorial Fund and Honor Guard. Read More...
Download: Burning_Down_the_House10_flyer revised.docx
New Bridge
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IAFF Letter to White House
Attached is a letter sent to the White House on behalf of the I.A.F.F. about Federal Employee Health Care reductions. Read More...
Download: FedPostal-PresObama FINAL 091511.pdf
Pay and Benefits Watch
Federal employees worried about the here and now for their pay and benefits might have a tough time thinking ahead to retirement and planning a savings strategy, especially when additional budget cuts are in the cards. Read More...
IAFF/Penn Foster Associates Degree in Fire Science
The IAFF/Penn Foster Associates Degree in Fire Science is now available for IAFF members.   For more information visit http://iaffeducation.org/fire-science/index.html .   It is a great opportunity for those interested in an Associate’s Degree. Read More...
Passionately Pink for the Cure
Thank you for saying “yes” to Passionately Pink for the Cure®! Friends like you play such a vital role in fighting breast cancer. The donations you and your team send in help fund critical breast cancer research, as well as education, screening and treatment programs that impact people in your community and nationwide through efforts maintained by our Affiliates. Read More...
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Hanover F.D. Officer Seminar
Hanover Firefighters Officer Development Seminar “Training Tomorrow’s Leaders” SATURDAY OCTOBER 8, 2011 RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE, ASHLAND VIRGINIA Read More...
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Women in the Fire Service
Attached is a flyer for an up coming conference in Portmouth Va.  This is a very informitive conference for our female members. Read More...
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Portsmouth Firefighters Question Cancer Rate
Funeral Arrangements for Zachary Whitacre
LODD – Firefighter Zach Whitacre, 21, of Gore VFR Dies in Apparatus Accident
Overturned Tractor-Trailer on I-81 in Troutville
Paramedic Joshua Weissman LODD Funeral Arrangements
LODD – Alexandria FD Paramedic Joshua Weissman Succumbs to Injuries After Fall From I-395
Alexandria Medic Critical After Fall from Bridge at Scene of Car Fire on I-395
Multiple Departments Respond to I-81 Wreck with Hazardous Materials
Firetruck Monitors Unnerve Richmond Firefighters
Harrisonburg Extrication and Flyout after MVA
 
     
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Raw video: Evacuation sounded at Fall River, Massachusetts fire in multi-family home.
UPDATED: Lt. Robert Alvarado sent home for wearing DCFD coat at training academy. Says department should provide outwear with mandated logo. Calls chief ‘hostile’.
Raw video: Interesting wide angle view of Boston, MA fourth alarm.
Early video: Man brought down from roof of burning Portland, Maine apartment building. Two others hurt, including woman rescued by a neighbor.
The latest from DC: Battalion chief threatened with demotion over beer in firehouse incident. Plus, ‘DCFD’ removal at Engine 7.
A Presidents’ Day special report: Exclusive, must see helmet-cam video you just won’t want to miss. Wait until the KICs sink their claws into this one.
Quick Takes: February 20, 2012.
Raw video: Apartment fire in Merrillville, Indiana. Firefighter overcome after running out of air.
Raw video: House fire in Buffalo, New York.
Early video: Oil company storage building fire in Jamestown, North Dakota.
 
     
 
 
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