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UC Awards $6 Million to Research Aimed at Reducing Cancer Among Firefighters

UC Awards $6 Million to Research Aimed at Reducing Cancer Among Firefighters

CPF is proud to report that the UC has awarded eight cancer research grants as part of the California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program.

CPF Pro-Firefighter Bills Signed by Governor 2024

CPF Pro-Firefighter Bills Signed by Governor 2024

Following a busy two-year session, CPF is proud to report on the bills from the 2023-2024 Legislative session that were signed into law by Governor Newsom.

UC Awards $6 Million to Research Aimed at Reducing Cancer Among Firefighters

CPF Pro-Firefighter Bills Signed by Governor 2024

These bills cover areas important to firefighters and their communities including EMS, workers’ compensation presumptions, local government financing, and pension security

California Professional Firefighters Endorse Kamala Harris For President

California Professional Firefighters Endorse Kamala Harris For President

Joint Statement of International Longshore and Warehouse Union and California Professional Firefighters

On September 26th, a big rig carrying lithium-ion batteries at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex overturned, igniting an intense fire that disrupted port operations and caused the closure of a major freeway.

Statement from CPF President Brian K. Rice on Former President Trump's Threat to Withhold Federal Firefighter Aid

President Rice reacts to news of former President Trump to withhold Federal aid

Homelessness: California’s Quiet Emergency

California’s firefighters and paramedics see the impacts of this crisis, and the human toll it takes, every day on the job.

CPF Pro-Firefighter Bills Signed by Governor

Every one of the seven measures CPF sponsored in the Legislature have been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom

Stuck On The Wall

Epic ambulance waiting times at hospital emergency rooms are crippling the 9-1-1 medical response system.

IN MEMORIAM Tim Strack, CPF 1st District Vice President Emeritus

CPF and its 35,000 members join our brothers and sisters in Riverside City Firefighters Association Local 1067 in mourning the sudden loss of their president, and CPF 1st District Vice President Emeritus, Tim Strack.

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