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Belgium: Firefighters vs Cops

2012-02-10T16:15:25.822Z

RT - Several hundred firefighters have broken through police lines and hosed down the prime minister's office in Brussels to protest the government's tougher retirement plans. Firefighters demand to keep their early retirement age at 58, arguing their arduous job does not allow them to work into their sixties.

Remembering The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

2011-03-22T14:27:06.757Z

WNYCRadio - Remembering the Triangle Waist Factory fire, 100 years after.
Posted March 21, 2011.

President Of Wisc. Professional Firefighters Interview

2011-02-22T17:30:12.445Z

The public employee pay cut law Wisconsin's legislature is considering passing makes exceptions for police and fire fighters. President of the Wisconsin Firefighters Union Mahlon Mitchell says his union is flattered, but willing to give up pay increases so other public employees don't have to take as much of a pay cut, and so Wisconsin does not outlaw collective bargaining for public employees.
Posted February 21, 2011.

"People Die" Firefighters, Rescues and Staffing

2011-02-15T20:13:06.808Z

The hardest thing to realize about working for the fire department is the fact that people do die. Watch and listen these courageous stories.
Posted February 17, 2009.

The IAFF Fights Back Against Political Attacks

2011-02-09T13:22:01.070Z

IAFF - IAFF members are being targeted by political and legislative threats like never before. None of us can afford to sit back while our opponents launch these assaults. The IAFF is working on a multi-faceted public relations/media/communications initiative to respond to the wave of attacks coming at our members from numerous fronts.
Posted February 4, 2011