ABOUT THE IAFF

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing professional fire fighters in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO in the United States and the CLC in Canada. Currently, the IAFF has 300,000 members in 3,100 locals. The nation's paid, professional fire fighters and paramedics protect 85 percent of the U.S. population.

NFPA 1851

NFPA 1851 is a program for selection, care, and maintenance of "Protective Fire Fighting Ensembles" and is designed to reduce the safety and health risks associated with the improper selection, poor maintenance, and inadequate care of protective ensembles. Turnout services can help you reduce safety and health risks pertaining to the "poor maintenance and inadequate care" part of that equation. While your state may not require and NFPA 1851 Program, it is the only standard of it's kind in existence and can help all fire departments minimize risks and track cleaning and repairs. NFPA 1851 requires annual inspection, advanced cleaning twice a year, record keeping, certified technicians to inspect, clean, and repairs using manufacturer-approved methods. Implementing a NFPA 1851 compliant program saves ff's lives, money, and time. Will the Town of Pahrump?

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WHAT IS UNION BUSTING?

Union busting is a practice that is undertaken by an employer or their agents to prevent employees from joining a labor union, or to disempower, subvert, or destroy unions that already exist. Union busting is a field populated by bullies and built on deceit. A campaign against a union is an assault on individuals and a war on truth. As such, it is a war without honor. The only way to bust a union is to lie, distort, manipulate, threaten, and always, always attack. 

Matin Jay Levitt, Confessions of a Union Buster

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