March 27, 2007— Family, friends and fire fighters filled the Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Denver, Colorado, March 27 to remember the life of Michael D. McNeill, IAFF 9th District Vice President who dedicated 40 years of his life to the fire service and to the IAFF before losing his courageous battle with cancer March 21.
March 28, 2007 -- The IAFF Burn Foundation awarded burn research grants totaling nearly $150,000 during the 39th Annual American Burn Association Meeting in San Diego, California, March 19-23, 2007. Fire fighters from IAFF local affiliates throughout North America, along with approximately 1,200 burn care professionals, attended the week-long conference designed to educate burn care nurses, physicians, therapists and fire fighters on advances in burn treatment.
March 23, 2007 – Michael Day, president of Baltimore County, MD Local 1311, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee March 22 that the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) could hit fire fighters hard with a tax increase next year if Congress fails to protect them from it.
