California Professional Firefighters

Citing problems with internal testing, NIOSH has recommended that fire departments discontinue use of four Champak N95 respirators. NIOSH's recommendation targets four of the units' approval numbers: TC-84A-4363, TC-84A-4364, TC-84A-4394 and TC-84A-4665.

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Fire crews are taking longer to respond to emergencies since a budget-cutting plan that eliminates engines from several stations took effect last month, a new city report says.

When Sacramento Metro Fire Captain Barbie Law was a relief worker in Haiti, she befriended a 7-year-old Haitian boy with a heart defect. Law has since returned to the United States with a mission: To get him the surgical help that he needs.

A stretch of the I-215 Freeway in Perris has been named after fallen CAL FIRE firefighter John D. Guthrie this week. Guthrie valiantly battled the Decker fire with his crew on August 8, 1959 and was overrun by flames.

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California's labor community came together in Sacramento this week. Their mission: fight to protect middle-class families devastated by the Great Recession. As part of its 2010 Legislative Conference, the California Labor Federation brought lawmakers face-to-face with union workers from 19 regional Central Labor Councils, bringing the fight for jobs to the State Capitol.

CAL FIRE firefighter Becky Quigley was named 2nd Assembly District Woman of the Year this week in a ceremony recognizing the outstanding achievements of women from the State Assembly's 80 districts.

San Diego’s fire department has been operating under a money saving strategy for about a month. Under the plan, up to eight fire engines can be idled each day and their crews reassigned to cover for sick or absent firefighters. The plan saves money but could also impact the department’s response times.

In 2008, CDF Firefighters Local 2881 netted more than $140,000 for MDA in its statewide series of Fill-The-Boot fund raisers. For Local 2881, however, it appears 2009 was twice as nice.