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• 2011 Political Training Academy Application Period Now Open
  

  September 7, 2010 -- The IAFF is now accepting applications for the 2011 Political Training Academy, scheduled for February 27-March 4, 2011, in Baltimore, Maryland. Applications to attend must be submitted online no later than Friday, November 5, 2010.

  
  
  
• Liberty Mutual-Hurricane Earl Client Announcement
  

  September 2, 2010 -- Liberty Mutual and the IAFF Financial Corporation (IAFF-FC) are actively preparing for the potential arrival of Hurricane Earl. Your safety is the utmost priority, so please make sure that you, your members and their families stay up to date on the latest hurricane information available, and are following all evacuation announcements issued for your area.

  
  
  
• Struggling Cities Shut Firehouses in Budget Crisis
  

  August 27, 2010 -- Fire departments around the nation are cutting jobs, closing firehouses and increasingly resorting to “rolling brownouts” in which they shut different fire companies on different days as the economic downturn forces many cities and towns to make deep cuts that are slowing their responses to fires and other emergencies.

  
  
  
• IAFF Condemns Uniontown Mayor for Plan to Lay Off Fire Fighters
  

  August 26, 2010 -- IAFF delegates meeting in San Diego unanimously passed an emergency resolution condemning Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Mayor Edward Fike for announcing his intent to eliminate the City’s entire career fire department. Fike no doubt picked the wrong time to mess with union fire fighters. As it happened, members of Uniontown Local 955 were convening in San Diego this week with about 3,500 of their IAFF brothers and sisters to vote on critical resolutions and forge stronger union bonds.

  
  
  
• MDA Telethon Scheduled for September 5-6
  

  August 26, 2010– The 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon is scheduled for September 5-6, 2010, and will be broadcast live from the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Telethon will air on more than 170 television stations and on the MDA web site.