|  International Association of Firefighters News Union Fire Fighter News  - President Obama Proposes Billions for New Jobs Initiative to Hire Fire Fighters, Preferences to Jurisdictions for Hiring Veterans
| February 3, 2012 -- President Barack Obama, with IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger sitting close by, outlined an aggressive plan to provide more than $1 billion to hire and keep fire fighters on the frontlines, while giving preferences to jurisdictions for hiring veterans after returning from their tours of duty abroad. |  |
- FY 2011 SAFER Grant Application Period Begins January 30
| January 26, 2012 – The FY 2011 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant application period will open on Monday, January 30, 2012 and run until Friday, February 24, 2012 at 5:00 P.M. EST. Congress has approved $742.5 million in SAFER funding to rehire and retain fire fighters, in addition to hiring additional personnel. The SAFER program has already put more than 5,000 fire fighters back to work, giving a much-needed boost to public safety in countless struggling communities.
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- Watch the Opening Session at the IAFF Human Relations Conference
| January 26, 2012 – IAFF members from across the United States and Canada attending the 2012 Ernest A. "Buddy" Mass Human Relations Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, January 22-24, heard from IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger and U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis at the Opening Session on January 23. The 20th conference was designed to build solidarity among brother and sister fire fighters as they explored the differences that divide and unite them in the firehouse.
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- IAFF Members Affected By Alabama Tornado
 | January 24, 2012 –IAFF 14th District Vice President Danny Todd and Professional Fire Fighters Association of Alabama (PFFAA) President Steve Pegues are reaching out to members in the aftermath of an Alabama tornado. No serious member injuries have been reported, but six fire fighter homes, including that of Birmingham Local 117 President Don Baker, were damaged. Five of those members are now displaced from their homes. |
- Call for Nominations for Local Leadership Awards
| January 10, 2012 -- The IAFF would not be where it is today without strong leadership -- at all levels. Often, leaders are out front where we can see them, but sometimes they don’t get noticed -- mainly because they’re too busy getting things done. That's why the IAFF has established the Local Leadership Award to recognize and honor active and active-retired local officers (current and past) who have dedicated more than 15 years to their local. The Local Leadership Award was created by Convention resolution to champion the standard of leadership set by Dennis J. Murray, one of the longest-serving local presidents in IAFF history and the first recipient of the award at the 2008 IAFF Convention.
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