Iowa City Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 610

03/27/2026

Ope!

03/26/2026

No backing out of this competition now Lincoln Fire Fighters Local 644!

03/24/2026

The bet is set! Go Hawks!
University of Iowa

HEY Nebraska Professional Fire Fighters Association, you guys wanna make a little friendly wager on the big game this Thursday?

Since we all know Iowa corn is far superior to nebraska corn, loser eats winning states corn in front of everyone at the next IAFF 2nd District convention?!?

04/26/2025

Iowa City Fire Department is recruiting entry level firefighter candidates. Click the link to see the details and important dates.

www.icgov.org/joinICFD

04/09/2025

04/04/2025

Did you know that not all cancers are treated equally in Iowa for your firefighters? With firefighters at a higher risk for cancer than the general population, it is imperative that they have the work place presumptions and protections in place!

Help support your Iowa City Professional Firefighters and all of your Iowa Professional Fire Fighters by taking a few seconds and complete the link below to let your Iowa State Senator know you want them to support your firefighters!

Iowa firefighters risk their lives every day to protect our communities. However, their bravery comes with a hidden cost: an increased risk of occupational cancer. That's why we're advocating for comprehensive cancer presumption for Iowa...

09/20/2024

Huge win for the members of the Iowa Professional Fire Fighters and International Association of Fire Fighters today! Thanks to everyone that put in the endless hours of work on this. From Assistant to the General President Kevin Barry O'Connor :

Most fire fighters hate politics. A lot of them want to stay out of the political game all together. Understandable.

I wanted to post an accomplishment that OUR Union, OUR General President, OUR grassroots program and OUR IAFF staff achieved yesterday.

We all know that the Social Security Offsets have stolen money from our Social Security checks for over 40 years.

General President Edward Kelly made this a top priority and personally involved himself with the advocacy and engagement around repeal. That had never occurred in my working lifetime in the fire service or the union world.

Yesterday, we succeeded in getting a discharge petition passed That’s Congress-speak to describe a process that bypasses the rules and structures of the House and compels the Speaker to bring the issue directly to the floor for a vote. It requires getting at least 218 members to sign the petition. We got 47 Republicans and about 180 Democrats to support discharge.

BTW: Shout out to Baltimore FOA Local 964 President Joshua L. Fannon who represented the IAFF on a Hill press conference yesterday Great job!

I normally don’t post a lot on the processes of lobbying because, frankly, it’s boring and mundane.

But all of our members need to understand that what happened yesterday was HISTORIC and your UNION made it happen.

Discharge Petitions are a direct f**k to House Leadership. As a result, they seldom pass.

Here’s the take away.

Since 1985, there have ONLY been SEVEN successful discharge petitions—-including our discharge yesterday. SEVEN in 39 years or 19 Congresses.

Say what you will about our politics. What the IAFF does works and has for a very long time.

The vote will now be scheduled and we are closer not to repeal than we ever have been.

One other thing, yesterday we also passed a bill to provide EMS grants to rural departments. That’s now headed to President’s Biden’s desk for signature.

05/03/2024

It was a great day, after years of effort, and other Iowa Professional Fire Fighters from across the state, were able to join Governor Kim Reynolds as she signed HF2680 into law! Thank you to every legislator that helped support and pass this bill, especially Representative Bobby Kaufmann who has been a champion of it ever since the first conversations of the issues took place

04/11/2024

This is positive politics in action in Des Moines, directly effecting 's. The original ideation of this bill began with a conversation here in Iowa City in December of 2019 and has been tenaciously supported and persistently advocated for by area legislators and firefighters ever since. A sincere thank you from us to you all:

Representative Bobby Kaufmann
Senator Zach Wahls
State Senator Janice Weiner
Representative Adam Zabner
Representative Dave Jacoby
Representative Elinor Levin
Senator Dawn Driscoll

04/04/2024

Please take a few seconds and help ensure HF 2680 makes through the Senate and fixes a critical tax issue for the surviving spouses and children of fallen firefighters and EMS Providers!

Iowa Professional Fire Fighters
IAFF 2nd District
International Association of Fire Fighters

Iowa's firefighters are facing critical gaps in disability coverage. We need your help! Help Iowa firefighters by telling your Iowa State Senator's that you support disability enhancements for your community's protectors. HF 2680 is a critical...

03/06/2024

Did you know that if one of gets kidney cancer, it's a workplace injury; while if another is diagnosed with liver cancer at the sane time they would not be considered injure din the workplace? Even when the science proves that both are linked to the profession of firefighting. Please take a moment to complete the link below and make sure our elected officials in Des Moines know that all fire fighters and EMS Providers that get cancer should be treated the same!

Iowa firefighters are facing a critical gap in disability coverage. While there are over 200 diagnosable cancers, Iowa's current law only provides firefighters presumed disability coverage for 14 types, despite their significantly higher rate...