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Over 400 people are registered to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association during the Orlando MDA Muscle Walk on Saturday, March 30. ORLANDO, Fla. (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 Over 400 people are registered to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association during the Orlando MDA Muscle Walk to help pay tribute to — and raise funds for — children and adults served by MDA in the Central Florida area. "We want to encourage people in the Central Florida area to give back to local families...

CLEVELAND, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cleveland firefighters have filed an action with the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) requesting the City of Cleveland begin negotiations regarding the integration of the Divisions of Fire and EMS. "SERB instructed the City to commence discussions with firefighters nearly two months ago," said Local 93 president Frank Szabo. "Yet, the City has filed legal maneuvers in an attempt to avoid negotiations." Cleveland firefighters...

Fire Fighters Urge Fans to Protect the Protectors CLEVELAND, Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fire fighters from across Northeast Ohio will convene before the Browns game on October 23, 2011 to urge citizens to vote no on Issue 2 to repeal SB 5. Members of the fire departments, along with John "Big Dawg" Thompson, will canvass parking lots and tailgate gatherings to encourage support. A press conference and rally will follow in front of the Cleveland Firefighters Memorial, located...

SCRANTON, Pa., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Princeton Review, Inc. (NASDAQ: REVU), a leading provider of test preparation, educational support services and online career education services, has been selected by the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) to provide an A.S. Degree Program in Fire Science exclusively to its nearly 300,000 active members through Penn Foster College. The online program is designed to meet the needs of working fire fighters seeking to advance...

2nd Annual Charity Event to Benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children® "“ Boston, IAFF Burn Foundation and Boston Firefighters IAFF Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 30, 2011 Join burn survivors, supporters and firefighters from across New England on Father's Day, Sunday, June 19th at beautiful Castle Island in South Boston for the 2nd Annual New England Walk for Burn Awareness. Help us raise funds in support of those in our communities who have been affected by a burn injury. Building on...

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), jointly announced today the launch of "The Silent Killer" educational campaign aimed at raising awareness of the duty-related dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and reducing the known risk factors that unnecessarily kill or injure fire fighters each year. This important new health and safety campaign...

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the International Association of Fire Fighters have prepared an educational resource for fire chiefs, firefighters, and public officials to summarize and explain the key results of a landmark study on the effect of the size of firefighting crews on the ability of the fire service to protect lives and property in residential fires.The study, Report on Residential Fireground Field Experiments, was published by NIST...

BOSTON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Firefighters from across New England will join burn survivors and supporters to lace up their sneakers to raise burn prevention awareness and to raise funds to support those who have been affected by burn injury at the first annual New England Walk for Burn Awareness. This event will held on Sunday, May 23rd at 10:00am at Castle Island in South Boston. Shriners Hospitals for Children® - Boston and the International Association of Fire Fighters Burn...

BOSTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- If the 2010 Farmers' Almanac is an accurate prognosticator, three-quarters of the U.S. will shiver through below-normal temperatures this winter. As families combat the cold by turning up the space heaters, stoves and other sources of warmth, many are doing so unaware that about one-third of home fires and deaths happen in the months of December, January and February, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), most of them caused by heating...

IRVINE, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and Masimo jointly announced the launch of a new international health and safety initiative aimed at educating fire fighters about the duty-related dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) and reducing known risk factors that unnecessarily kill and injure hundreds of fire fighters each year. The campaign, kicked off at the biennial IAFF EMS Conference in Miami Beach, Florida, will feature actor...