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International Association of Fire Fighters Local 452
Politics
All in for Mayor Anne
Supporters of Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle packed the Fire Fighters Local 452 hall Jan. 30 to launch her campaign for re-election.
Building our communities
Vancouver firefighters win ‘battle of the badges’
Vancouver firefighters, police and ambulance medics competed to donate the most blood to American Red Cross.
Building our communities
First responders deliver winter coats and Thanksgiving meals
Fire Fighters Local 452 provided winter coats to nearly 700 children and fed around 100 people this holiday season.
Worker safety
Remembering Joe Killian
Because of toxins in burning buildings, cancer deaths for firefighters are considered to be deaths in the line of duty.
Building our communities
A day at the fair with Vancouver firefighters
Local 452's Memory Makers program is in its 21st year. It gives medically fragile children and their families an outing to the county fair.
Washington
Bill would require ‘good faith’ by workers comp administrators
Self-insuring for workers comp may set up too strong an incentive to deny claims. Firefighters and other unions are pushing for reform.
Building our communities
Hot chocolate. Warm winter coats. And a chance to climb into Engine 8.
Students at Marshall Elementary in Vancouver got a visit from fire fighters—and Santa Claus—Dec. 6 as part of a union effort to provide coats for kids.
Building our communities
Fill the Boot is back
In Vancouver, Fire Fighters Local 452 will raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Sept. 9 and 10.
Union democracy
IAFF Local 1805 merges into 452
1805 represented Clark County Fire District 6 and paramedics at North Country Emergency Medical Service, and 452 represents Vancouver Fire.
Worker safety
Long after the flames, firefighters at risk from cancer chemicals
The Fire Fighters union is sounding the alarm about the cancer-causing after-effects of fire.
Worker safety
Toxic homes leave firefighters fighting cancer as well as flames
Union pushes for protective laws and better decontamination practices
