Idaho Firefighters Represent the Fire Service at President Obama's Inauguration today. Our Brothers from Boise, Meridian, Coeur d’Alene and Lewiston represent the Idaho Firefighter Pipes and Drums Corps.
Read More »The Fire Critic Asks “Is Mitt Romney What Police, Firefighters, and Teachers Need as President?”
On paper, we are an expense. Politicians see us as an expensive insurance policy that they simply don't want to pay for...Except when they need us. Then they stand next to us for the photo op.
Read More »Obama signs 9/11 health bill aka James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act into Law
Obama signed the bill during his Hawaiian vacation, with no signing ceremony held. In a statement issued later, the president said he was "honored" to sign the bill, which pays for health care for responders believed to have been sickened by pollution at the ruins of the World Trade Center in New York.
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