International Association of Fire Fighters

🏁 Day 2 of #IAFFStrive. Members stayed at it – building skills they’ll take back to the job. The Fire Fighter Olympics took center stage, as competitors stepped up to a course built around real fire ground tasks. Still more to come. 💪🔥

Members from across the country are coming together at #IAFFStrive. Some are returning. Others are here for the first time. Five days of education, hands-on training, and networking. Building skills, sharing experiences, and strengthening leadership to take back home. 🔥💪

@peteedyson We are so glad you are attending the #StriveforExcellence event! We hope what you learn this week will truly benefit your local.

Honoured to be at the inaugural #IAFF STRIVE Conference. Looking forward to learning, connecting, and bringing it back to our members in @oshawacity & across @opffa. Always striving to be better. @IAFFofficial #STRIVE #FireFighters #Leadership @iafflocal465 @IAFFCanada

@KBJR33 @IAFF1803 Welcome to the conference! We hope you enjoy this week’s sessions and activities.

Spending the next few days at #IAFFStrive, learning from some of the best in the business! @IAFF1803 @IAFFofficial

👉 Day 1 of #IAFFStrive. Members got right to work with hands-on training and workshops focused on the challenges facing today’s fire service – from fire ground operations to health, safety, and leadership. Back at it tomorrow. 🔥💪

The IAFF Strive for Excellence Summit is more than a training event. It brings members together and prepares them for leadership on the fire ground and in the union hall. Sharpen your skills, build your network, and raise the bar for your Local. 💪 #IAFFStrive #LasVegas

#IAFFStrive is underway in Las Vegas! 🔥 Members from across the U.S. and Canada are coming together this week for hands-on training, workshops, and real-world learning focused on today’s fire service. Let's get to work. 💪

📍 If you’re in Vegas for #IAFFStrive – don’t wait. Badge pick-up and onsite registration are open Saturday afternoon, so you can get checked in and be ready to go when things kick off Sunday morning. See you there! 🔥 iaff.org/strive/agenda/

🎈🪂🚨 When the job gets extreme, training takes over. Longview, TX Local 4331 members responded to a rare, high-risk call – a hot air balloon entangled in a 1,000-ft communications tower, leaving two people stranded nearly 1,000 feet in the air. 🙌 Great job, Local 4331!

🔥 #IAFFStrive Step in & get after it. 💪 The IAFF Fire Fighter Olympics at #IAFFStrive (w/ Firesled) puts your strength, endurance, & decision-making to the test – w/ real fire ground tasks from start to finish. Sign up! ➡️ brnw.ch/21x17yd brnw.ch/21x17yd

🔥 #OnThisDay in 1841, the first fire engine with a steam boiler was tested in New York City. Paul R. Hodge’s invention was significant – but it wasn't popular with fire fighters. Its heavy weight made maneuvering the city's streets difficult.

#IAFFStrive 👉 Let’s go. Five days. Hands-on training. Workshops. Real-world skills you can take back to the job. It starts this weekend in Vegas. See you there. ➡️ iaff.org/strive

🔥 #OnThisDay in 1911, New York City fire fighters responded to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which resulted in the deaths of 146 garment workers. The tragedy led to new laws protecting workers and to the development of @osha_dol.

🔥👉 Join the two-day #IAFF Fire Ground Survival & #FireFighter Rescue course at Strive for Excellence in Las Vegas, beginning Sunday. ✅ Mayday response ✅ Self-survival strategies Rescue techniques 📅 March 29 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 📅 April 1 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. @LOCAL_718

🔥 Headed to #IAFFStrive? Put your skills to the test at the #FireFighter Olympics – a hands-on test of strength and endurance, built around real fire ground tasks. Spots are limited ➡️ brnw.ch/21x10sH

🧠🧑‍⚕️Clinicians & treatment providers: Join the #IAFF Center of Excellence webinar: "Treating Fire Service Professionals," and learn strategies to support #firefighters. 📅 March 26 🕐 12–1:30 p.m. (ET) 💰 Free ➡️ Sign Up: brnw.ch/21x0YuC

For too long, suicide in the fire service lived in the shadows. Today, IAFF programs are helping Locals across North America train members to recognize warning signs and intervene before a crisis becomes a tragedy. 🚒 @IAFF36 brnw.ch/21x0Urj

🔥Atlanta, GA Local 134 has filed a lawsuit against the City of Atlanta to enforce its first-ever CBA, which was approved in 2025. #Firefighters are fighting to hold the city accountable – and defend the rights they fought to secure. #UnionStrong💪 brnw.ch/21x0SQa

🔥 #OnThisDay in #IAFF history: #LegCon was held under its new name, the Alfred K. Whitehead Legislative Conference, for the first time in 2001. The conference was named after the union’s 8th General President by IAFF Convention delegates in 2000.

🔥The first fire prevention legislation in the United States was passed #OnThisDay in #Massachusetts in 1631. The ordinance banned thatched roofs and wooden chimneys.