This 24-page report reviews CPF’s major events and accomplishments during the past calendar year, as well as identifies challenges for the future. It offers a snapshot not only of 2009, but also provides a primer on the range of services and benefits offered by your state association.
Members of Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014 are on the ground in Haiti. The firefighters, the core of California Task Force #2, have already been a part of some of the most dramatic rescue efforts seen since the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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The long-feared "second wave" of the Station Fire is hitting Southern California this week. Many areas ravaged by the massive summer blaze are now being evacuated because of the risk of mudslides.
When Redlands firefighter Mike Leinen's wife Annie was diagnosed with Stage 4 malignant melanoma one day before the birth of her third child, Mike's brothers and sisters with Redlands Professional Firefighters Local 1354 covered shifts and raised money for the family. As they mourn her untimely passing this past week, there is also gratitude for how firefighters stood up for one of their own.