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Jan 6, 2009
California's Legislative Leaders Prepared to Cut Own Budgets: Democratic legislative leaders said Monday that California's $40 billion budget deficit will require the Legislature to sacrifice, but they declined to agree to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal that they cut their budget by 10 percent.

Dec 22, 2008
LODD: Sacramento Metro Captain Jim Peterson: Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522 is saddened to announce the death of one of their own in the line of duty. Sacramento Metro Fire Captain Jim "Peet" Peterson, a 25-year firefighting veteran and a leader in his community, died late last week from job-related cancer. Brother Peterson was 46.

Dec 16, 2008
CPF President Helps Elect Next U.S. President: The votes were finally counted on Monday, and Barack Obama has won California by a vote of 55 to 0. And the man doing the counting was a familiar face to California's first responders. Participating in a ritual dating to the founding of the Republic, California's Electoral College was convened December 15th at the State Capitol in Sacramento. CPF President Lou Paulson was chosen by Senator Barbara Boxer to serve as one of the 55 electors.

Jan 6, 2009
Proposed WUI Standards of Coverage Offer 'NFPA 1710 for Wildlands': Before 2003, most of California's worst-case disaster scenarios revolved around earthquakes. But over the last five years, our state has increasingly become associated with another kind of disaster - catastrophic wildland fires.

Dec 10, 2008
Bakersfield Firefighters Learn "Rocking" Rescue Skills: Modern firefighters are asked to do much more than put out fires, and often must adapt to the unique needs of their community. In the case of Bakersfield firefighters, it means training in rock-climbing on a nearby bluff to hone their rescue skills. Bakersfield is one of more than 100 departments affiliated with the California Fire Fighters Joint Apprenticeship Committee.

Dec 16, 2008
CPF President Helps Elect Next U.S. President: The votes were finally counted on Monday, and Barack Obama has won California by a vote of 55 to 0. And the man doing the counting was a familiar face to California's first responders. Participating in a ritual dating to the founding of the Republic, California's Electoral College was convened December 15th at the State Capitol in Sacramento. CPF President Lou Paulson was chosen by Senator Barbara Boxer to serve as one of the 55 electors.

Dec 11, 2008
2009-2010 Legislative Agenda Approved: While the 2007-2008 Legislative Session was a huge success, CPF is now turning with new urgency to the 2009-2010 Legislative Session. To this end, the CPF Executive Board unanimously approved an ambitious legislative agenda for the upcoming session.

Oct 1, 2008
CPF Enjoys Banner Legislative Year: We are proud to announce that Governor Schwarzenegger has signed ALL of the CPF-sponsored bills that were approved by the Legislature in August with overwhelming bi-partisan support.

Nov 21, 2008
Firefighters Now Exempt From Wearing High-Visibility Apparel: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today issued an Interim Final Rule to address safety concerns raised by the firefighting community regarding high-visibility safety apparel.

Nov 18, 2008
Firefighters Get Upper Hand on So Cal Fires: Fire officials reported more good news from the front lines. Firefighters achieved 95% containment of the 1,940-acre Tea fire, which started in Montecito on Thursday evening and damaged or destroyed 219 residences. The Sayre fire was 64% contained, and the Freeway Complex fire was 40% contained.

Nov 6, 2008
Firefighter Voice Rings Loud and Clear in Election: California Professional Firefighters and its affiliates proved once again that the issues that matter to first responders are issues that resonate with the state's voters. In a year with a record election turnout, CPF-endorsed candidates have won or are leading in all but three of the 91 Assembly and Senate contests in which we made a recommendation -- a whopping 97% success rate! Firefighters also helped lead the defeat of a ballot measure that could have diverted millions away from state fire protection programs.

California Fire and Police Winter Olympics: March 1-5, 2009
Mammoth and June Mountain

CFFJAC Firefighter Recruitment Fair in Sacramento: Saturday, April 25, 2009
CPAT Center
1329 North Market Blvd., #100
Sacramento, CA 95834

CFFJAC Firefighter Recruitment Fair in Livermore: Saturday, May 2, 2009
CPAT Center
526 Commerce Way
Livermore, CA 94551

CFFJAC Firefighter Recruitment Fair in Orange: Saturday, May 9, 2009
CPAT Center
626 North Eckhoff Street
Orange, CA 92868

Guns 'N Hoses, Fire vs. Police Submission Grappling Fight Contest: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Palm Springs Convention Center
277 N. Avenida Caballeros
Palm Springs, CA 92262

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