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Understanding Peer Support in the Fire Service Webinar
Sunday, 09 August 2020
The IAFF Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery is hosting an online education series for IAFF members, other first responders, healthcare providers, clinicians and the community at large.
The next webinar will be:
Understanding Peer Support in the Fire Service August 13, 2020 | 12:00 p.m. (ET)
This webinar is an introduction for clinicians and healthcare providers
to peer support in the fire service. Topics include the origins of peer
support in the fire se...

Paramedics and EMTs Under Staggering Stress in Era of Disease and Disruption
Sunday, 09 August 2020
Paramedics and EMTs say they’re enduring unprecedented
levels of stress, anxiety and exhaustion sparked by the storm of
COVID-19, racial justice protests and ongoing salary and benefit issues.
Union officials and family members say the relentless
caseload and harrowing medical scenarios created by the pandemic may
have contributed to the suicides of three EMS responders in a
three-month period — and they’re worried the virus isn’t done wreaking
havoc
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Congress Passes Legislation to Establish Presumptive Benefit for COVID-19
Monday, 27 July 2020
JULY 27, 2020
Legislation to ensure fire fighters who die or are permanently and
totally disabled due to COVID-19 receive full federal benefits passed
the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously and has been sent to the
president for his signature.
The bill, S 3607, the Safeguarding America’s First Responders (SAFR) Act of 2020, was introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), would establish
a presumptive benefit under the Public Safety Officer Benefit (PSO...

Important Information regarding FY 2020 SAFER Grants
Monday, 27 July 2020
JULY 24, 2020
Important information via the International Association of Fire Fighters regarding the next round of FY 2020 SAFER Grants via IAFF General President Harold A. Schaitberger:
"Affiliate Leaders:
I am pleased to report that the next round of Staffing for Adequate
Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants will allow departments to use
these funds to rehire or retain fire fighters, as well as waive the
local cost share.
Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Admin...

Brigantine IAFF Local 2657 Golf Tournament
Monday, 27 July 2020
JULY 17, 2020
Earlier this week, PFANJ Executive Board members Steve McConlogue, Matt Caliente, John Murphy, and Tony Tarantino joined Brigantine IAFF Local 2657’s annual golf tournament supporting the Greater Delaware Valley Burn Foundation.

NJ CORONAVIRUS CASES TICKING BACK UP
Friday, 17 July 2020
JULY 17, 2020New Jersey’s coronavirus death toll rose Thursday to 15,665 known and probable fatalities with 176,501 total positive tests, while the state’s transmission rate crept up to the critical benchmark of 1, according to the state's data. FULL STORY: https://www.nj.com/coronavirus...

BILL WOULD GIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR FIREFIGHTERS' PFAS EXPOSURE
Thursday, 16 July 2020
JULY 16, 2020
Any
firefighter exposed to “forever chemicals” in the foam used to
extinguish fires on military bases who becomes ill would get
government-paid medical care under a bill introduced in Congress
Wednesday.
The ‘‘Protecting Firefighters from PFAS Act” that Rep. Dan Kildee
(D-Mich.) will introduce would fill a gap that could leave civilian
firefighters without health care, Kildee told Bloomberg Law.
The
bill would guarantee both military and civilian firefighte...