California Professional Firefighters

Aug 16, 2018
CPF Firevision - The Fires of 2018: For a few weeks in early summer, California was ravaged by dozens of major fires that ravaged nearly 700,000 acres and took 11 lives. One of the fires became the largest in California history.

Jul 27, 2018
LODD: Redding Fire Inspector Jeremy Stoke: Redding Firefighters Local 1934 is saddened to announce the line of duty death of Fire Inspector Jeremy Stoke. Brother Stoke lost his life on the front lines battling the Carr Fire. MEMORIAL SERVICE, APPARATUS INFORMATION

Jul 14, 2018
LODD: CAL FIRE Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney: CAL FIRE Local 2881 and CAL FIRE are saddened to announce the line of duty death of Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney. Brother Varney died while fighting the Ferguson Fire near Yosemite.

Oct 13, 2017
Firefighters on the Front Lines at North Bay Firestorm: It's the deadliest wildfire incident in California history. Dozens of souls lost, thousands displaced. Roughly 10,000 firefighters are on the front lines, defending lives and property even as some are seeing their own homes destroyed. Firefighter proud ... union strong.

Sep 2, 2016
Arsonist Who Murdered LA FF Again Up For Parole: An arsonist convicted of murder in the 1981 death of a Los Angeles City firefighter is up for parole and, once again, United Firefighters Local 112 is leading the fight to keep him behind bars.

Aug 31, 2016
Local 3605 Wins Fight Over Punitive Pay Give-Back Plan: Central Fire Santa Cruz Firefighters Local 3605 wins two-year contract fight over punitive retroactive "salary pay-back" proposal. The unprecedented pay give-back drew national scorn from union and non-union members alike.

Jan 12, 2018
Firefighter Apprenticeship Gets Big Boost in Gov's Proposed Budget: Thanks to a strong push from CPF, the new state budget allocates millions to bolster apprenticeship program, including firefighter training provided by Cal-JAC

Nov 3, 2017
Advocacy: Tell the Governor to Fund California's Apprenticeship Programs: Massive mutual aid responses in California have become increasingly common, as the risk from wildfire, flooding and other natural disasters grows more ominous. In order to mitigate these threats, our firefighters need to be able to work together effectively without jurisdictional restrictions. Submit a letter of support for standardized, apprenticeship training funding today.

Aug 23, 2017
CPF, CalChiefs Join to Urge State to Invest in Disaster Response: California’s world-class mutual aid response system is being stretched to its limits, and needs help to ensure that our state is ready for climate disasters. That's the message delivered in Sacramento by labor and management in a call for secure investment to address the extreme threats of climate-related disasters.

Jul 27, 2018
LODD: Redding Fire Inspector Jeremy Stoke: Redding Firefighters Local 1934 is saddened to announce the line of duty death of Fire Inspector Jeremy Stoke. Brother Stoke lost his life on the front lines battling the Carr Fire. MEMORIAL SERVICE, APPARATUS INFORMATION

Jul 14, 2018
LODD: CAL FIRE Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney: CAL FIRE Local 2881 and CAL FIRE are saddened to announce the line of duty death of Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney. Brother Varney died while fighting the Ferguson Fire near Yosemite.

Jun 26, 2018
A Message to Long Beach Firefighters: In the wake of the tragic loss of Long Beach Fire Captain David Rosa -- gunned down while doing his job responding to a fire -- CPF President Brian K. Rice offers a message of solidarity with Long Beach Firefighters Local 372

Anaheim Firefighters Association 1st Annual AFRA Golf Tournament: WHO: Anaheim Firefighters Association IAFF Local 2899
WHAT: 1st Annual AFRA Golf Tournament benefiting the family of Anaheim firefighter Rob Yamakawa
WHERE: Black Gold Golf Club, Yorba Linda, California
WHEN: Wednesday, May 30th at 8 AM

Firefighter Appreciation Day at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom: WHO: California Fire Foundation
WHAT: Firefighter Appreciation Day at Six Flags
WHERE: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, CA
WHEN: June 2nd from 10:30 AM until 8:00 PM

Firefighter Appreciation Night With the San Francisco Giants: WHO: California Fire Foundation
WHAT: SF Giants 7th Annual Firefighter Appreciation Night
WHERE: AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
WHEN: June 26th at 7:15 PM

Oct 24, 2017
Alameda Firefighters Lobster Feed: WHO: Alameda Firefighters, Local 689
WHAT: Lobster Feed
WHERE: USS Hornet
WHEN: November 17th

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