Chattanooga Firefighters Association Local 820 Holds Fire Ops 101 On October 25, 2014, the Chattanooga Firefighters Association – Local 820 held its Fire Ops 101 class for reporters and elected officials. One reporter, David Laprad, wrote up a report on his experience. David is the news editor with the Hamilton County Herald. He really did a great job with this and had many good things to say about the Chattanooga Fire Fighters. Read More... The Solution to America's Retirement Crisis A new video produced by the IAFF is designed to be used by affiliates to educate lawmakers, decision-makers and other audiences on the facts of defined benefit pension plans. Click "read more" for full article. Read More... Chattanooga Local 820 Signs Memorandum of Understanding relating to Compensation Structure Please see letter below from President Thompson and attached press release: DVP Todd and President Mitchell, I'm pleased to announce that the Chattanooga Fire Fighters Association has signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday with the City of Chattanooga regarding the Chattanooga Fire Department's compensation structure. Read More... Download: ChattanoogaPressRelease.pdf Firefighter With ALS Speaks Brother Tracy Beard of IAFF Local 58 in Dallas, Texas who was diagnosed with ALS in January, 2014 makes an emotional speach to the delegates at the 52nd IAFF Convention in Cincinnati. Read More... 2014 TPFFA General Election Endorsements The Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association announces its 2014 Tennessee Senate, Tennessee House of Representative, and US Congressional endorsements. Read More... Download: 2014CandidateTPFFAGeneralElectionEndorsements.pdf TPFFA App Available for Download The Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association’s new TPFFA App for smart phones is now available. In our continuing efforts to relay instant information to our membership we have developed apps for Apple and Android smart phones. Read More...

Chattanooga Firefighters Association Local 820 Holds Fire Ops 101 On October 25, 2014, the Chattanooga Firefighters Association – Local 820 held its Fire Ops 101 class for reporters and elected officials. One reporter, David Laprad, wrote up a report on his experience. David is the news editor with the Hamilton County Herald. He really did a great job with this and had many good things to say about the Chattanooga Fire Fighters. Read More...

The Solution to America's Retirement Crisis A new video produced by the IAFF is designed to be used by affiliates to educate lawmakers, decision-makers and other audiences on the facts of defined benefit pension plans. Click "read more" for full article. Read More...

Chattanooga Local 820 Signs Memorandum of Understanding relating to Compensation Structure Please see letter below from President Thompson and attached press release: DVP Todd and President Mitchell, I'm pleased to announce that the Chattanooga Fire Fighters Association has signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday with the City of Chattanooga regarding the Chattanooga Fire Department's compensation structure. Read More... Download: ChattanoogaPressRelease.pdf

Firefighter With ALS Speaks Brother Tracy Beard of IAFF Local 58 in Dallas, Texas who was diagnosed with ALS in January, 2014 makes an emotional speach to the delegates at the 52nd IAFF Convention in Cincinnati. Read More...

2014 TPFFA General Election Endorsements The Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association announces its 2014 Tennessee Senate, Tennessee House of Representative, and US Congressional endorsements. Read More... Download: 2014CandidateTPFFAGeneralElectionEndorsements.pdf

TPFFA App Available for Download The Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association’s new TPFFA App for smart phones is now available. In our continuing efforts to relay instant information to our membership we have developed apps for Apple and Android smart phones. Read More...

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