IAFF members are beginning to see the impact of their advocacy on Capitol Hill following the 2025 Alfred K. Whitehead Legislative Conference earlier this month. Since March 3, the first full day of the conference, 44 members of Congress – 30 Democrats and 14 Republicans – have signed on to cosponsor the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, or...Read More
Halifax councillors unanimously approved a motion directing staff to create a preventative cancer screening program for firefighters Wednesday. The move comes after Brendan Meagher, President of the Halifax Professional Fire Fighters Association (HPFF), made the request to council in February. “Although every effort is made to protect firefighters from work-related hazards, there is evidence that repeated and...Read More
Two investigations are underway after a vehicle struck a fire truck that already responded to a rollover crash with a school bus on Interstate 93 in Andover Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police said. Just before 3 p.m., troopers went to the initial crash involving a Jeep and a school bus, State Police said in a statement....Read More
MAULDIN, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – A vehicle belonging to Mauldin Fire Department was involved in a crash on Thursday afternoon. The collision occurred at the intersection of Main Street and East Butler Road. A white pickup truck with Mauldin Fire Department had front-end damage at the scene. Two other vehicles involved in the crash also...Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — On Wednesday night, a Columbia-Richland Fire Department truck was involved in a collision. Authorities say the crew was on its way to a call when it was involved in the crash with another vehicle. The collision occurred at the intersection of Sumter Street and Laurel Street. Rescue 1 responded to the...Read More
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Prosecutors charged a 31 year-old South Bend man in connection to a Thursday morning house fire and theft of a fire department vehicle. Ramon Villalba faces three charges including two for arson and one for auto theft. The early morning house fire, followed by the theft of a South Bend Fire...Read More
