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California Professional Firefighters

Feb 6 2014

It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Firefighter Clyde Watarai of IAFF Local 798 - San Francisco. Brother Watarai, 57, passed away on Feb. 5, 2014 from job-related lung cancer. 

Feb 5 2014

Santa Clara supervisors may impose sanctions against Chuck Reed’s San Jose for slow response times caused by staffing, equipment shortages.

Feb 4 2014

It is with deepest regret and sorrow to report the line-of-duty death of Lieutenant John G. Murphy of IAFF Local 798 - San Francisco. Brother Murphy, 49, passed away on Jan. 28, 2014 from job-related cancer.

Feb 3 2014

The latest issue of our award-winning newspaper includes stories about what firefighters think about their profession, CPF's international media awards, the California Firefighters 2013 Memorial ceremony, California's groundbreaking cancer presumption law and much more.

Feb 2 2014

This opinion piece from PublicCEO.com takes San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed to task for using the word "eliminate' in his own ballot measure description. So why is he suing Attorney Governor Harris for using the same word in describing his proposal to end the vested benefit rights of public employees?

Jan 29 2014

Legislation allowing Californians to continue honoring the memory – and helping the surviving families – of fallen public safety officers was introduced earlier today in the California Assembly. Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez is authoring AB 1561 to extend the sunset date of the state’s voluntary personal income tax check-offs for the California Firefighters Memorial Fund.

Jan 29 2014

Pension-slashing proponents go after Attorney General Harris on ballot summary for proposed Reed initiative.

Jan 21 2014

Previewing a new Terrorism Consequence Management training program from the CFFJAC designed to get fire and law enforcement working together to save lives during a violent incident. 

Jan 19 2014

 As firefighters corral the 2,000 acre Colby Fire, climatologists are warning that mid-summer-like conditions have created a risk of "explosive" wild land fires throughout California.

Jan 19 2014

CPF joins Orange Co. Professional Firefighters  Local 3631 and the entire fire service in mourning the sudden loss of OCFA Apparatus Engineer Greg Hennessey. Brother Hennessey died suddenly January 20th while on duty in Rancho Santa Margarita.

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