California Professional Firefighters
Support in Times of Tragedy: The California Last Alarm Service Team (Cal-LAST), a partnership between the California Fire Foundation and the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation, is a comprehensive support team designed to help local fire departments and firefighter unions deal with line of duty deaths.
Add your voice to the cause and help keep the pressure on Governor Brown to support the families of California's fallen heroes by signing AB 1373.
It's official: Anti-employee hard liners are going to the ballot to gut retirement security. Still-secret ballot language being shopped by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed would restrict vested rights and could empower an end-run around collective bargaining.
Is the "non-partisan" Pew Center for the States selling its good name and acting as the new front group for billionaire anti-pension ideologue John Arnold? You decide.
AB 1373 closes a cruel loophole and ensures that fallen firefighter families get access to the benefits they deserve – and that's why AB 1373 passed the legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support.
We need your help getting the message out. Please sign the petition urging Governor Brown to sign AB 1373.
Arriving early and fueled by abnormally dry conditions, this California wildfire season has been the worst in some time. With so many fires and resources stretched thin, it is taking its toll on firefighters and their families.
It has been 12 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Today we honor and remember those who lost their lives that day, all the first responders who put their lives on the line to save others and those who continue risking their lives to keep us safe. We will never forget.
The Rim Fire: Already the third largest in California history, the Rim Fire is the most dangerous fire in a dangerous fire season. The unified mutual aid response involved nearly one out of seven California firefighters, safeguarding the lives and property of thousands of Californians.
Investigative report unmasks secret campaign strategy meeting aimed at renewing ballot attack on retirement security for firefighters, other public workers.
Firefighting officials said Monday that they are gaining the upper hand on the massive Rim Fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park. Firefighters have also made great progress on other major wildfire incidents throughout the state.