Military, law-enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel to receive increased discounts Nov. 9-12 RENO, Nev. (Oct. 31, 2017) – Cabela’s will celebrate Veterans Day, and honor those who serve our nation and community, with an in-store Hometown Heroes event Thursday, Nov. 9 through Sunday, Nov. 12.

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Jalal, a beloved member of the San Francisco Fire Department and Local 798, and his family need your assistance, generosity and positive thoughts.  His story is one that is uniquely American with a definite Bay Area flavor.  Jalal immigrated to the USA in 1989 and spent his first years teaching martial arts to children while attending San Francisco State University.

Sisters and Brothers, Our 12,000 sisters and brothers in Teamsters Local 2010 will be on strike this week and need our support! Local 2010 will be conducting a statewide, one-day ULP strike on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.   In San Francisco, the picket line will be at UC San Francisco: 505 Parnassus Ave. from 6:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. There will be a rally at 12 noon.

Union Tire Buying Guide The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has made it very easy to find union-made tires by requiring that each tire carry a code that shows the company and the location of the plant that manufactured the tire. DOT requires that each tire sold in the United States carry a code that looks something like this: DOT BE XX XXX XXX.

Brothers & Sisters, On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation wrongly approved a foreign air carrier permit for Norwegian Air International (NAI). The decision sets aside the labor protections that were central to the U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement. We know. We were there.

FLAME, stands for Fire League And Musical Event and was founded over 42 years ago, to provide sports and musical events to the youth of San Francisco. This program, like Toys For Tots belongs to the firefighters past and present of the SFFD.

The American Burn Association will be conducting its Western Regional Burn Conference in San Francisco next month, November 17-19.

Over 50 years ago, the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program started when a few local firefighters wanted to help some families that lost their homes and all of their possessions when a fire destroyed everything that they owned. These firefighters were inspired to help – so they decided to fix up a few bikes and delivered them on Christmas Eve to the homes of the children. This is when the SF Firefighters Toy Program was born.

On the final day of the IAFF 53rd Convention, delegates cast ballots in three contested elections. In the race for 1st District Vice President, Uniformed Firefighters Association of New York Local 94 Vice President JamesSlevin defeated incumbent William Romaka by a vote of 13,419 to 1,609.

The crews from San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) Firehouse 7 have been awarded the top 2015 Firehouse Magazine Unit Citation. The Unit Citation Awards—ranked for the first time this year—are part of Firehouse’s larger awards program, the Valor & Community Service Awards.