Happy Pride Month from the Oshawa Professional Fire Fighters Association.
Pride Month is an opportunity to celebrate diversity, inclusion, and the strength that comes from embracing and respecting one another. As firefighters, we are committed to serving every member of our community with professionalism, compassion, and respect.
Oshawa is a stronger community when everyone feels safe, valued, and supported. We stand with our 2SLGBTQIA+ members, their families, friends, and all those who continue to advocate for equality, dignity, and inclusion.
This Pride Month, we celebrate the diversity that makes our community stronger and reaffirm our commitment to creating welcoming spaces for all.
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈🚒
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A major win for public safety and first responders across Canada.
The IAFF and its affiliates have successfully advocated for stronger Criminal Code protections for firefighters and paramedics who are assaulted while serving their communities. This important legislative change sends a clear message: violence against emergency responders will not be tolerated.
Every day, firefighters and paramedics respond to emergencies without knowing what they will face. Whether providing medical care, fighting fires, rescuing victims, or protecting our communities, they deserve to do their jobs without being subjected to violence or abuse.
This achievement is also a reminder of why political action matters. Positive change does not happen by accident. It happens when firefighters engage with elected officials, build relationships, educate decision-makers, and advocate for legislation that improves safety for both first responders and the public.
We are proud of the work done by our IAFF, local 465 Executive and Government Relations Committee, and firefighter advocates across Canada who helped make this happen.
Protecting Firefighters means protecting the communities we serve.
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The Oshawa Professional Firefighters Association (OPFFA) represents the men and women that make up the Oshawa Fire Service. The Association has a long a proud history in the community of Oshawa. In 1936 the Oshawa Professional Firefighters became affiliated with the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF).
The IAFF was formed in 1918 when 24 locals with 36 delegates representing firefighters from across North American gathered in Washington, DC. The first order of business for this group of firefighters was to adopt a constitution and bylaws then that was followed by decisions that included publishing a firefighting magazine, a salary structure for officers and creating a firefighters fund to benefit orphaned children of firefighters.
The founding group of firefighters worked hard to unite in order to improve working conditions for the fire service which suffered form long working hours (84 hour work weeks), low wages, and minimal safety standards. This affected not only their own lives, but the service they were able to give to their communities.
Over the years the IAFF has been instrumental in areas of occupational health and safety, working towards fire-based emergency medical services, hazardous materials training, RIT training and many more.
The OPFFA, also known as IAFF Local 465 works to ensure that the firefighters that protect the City of Oshawa are treated fairly and with respect. The OPFFA represents members in all divisions of the fire department; Suppression, Training, Mechanical, Prevention and Communications.
The OPFFA is also a member of the Ontario Professional Firefighters Association.
The OPFFA is active in our community, the City of Oshawa, through the benevolent committee, that’s works to raise money each year through donations that can in turn be donated to support local charities and organizations. The largest event is the annual boot toll that takes place at the end of the summer at the Oshawa Center.
The Association is run through a democratic process by the Executive Board that is made up a President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Executive Assistant.
For more information on the Association and how the Association works in our community please email [email protected]
We Do More Than Save Lives!
Oshawa Fire Fighters would like to thank everyone who has supported our donation drives throughout the years. With the generosity of our friends, we have been able to provide the community throughout the Oshawa area with funds designed to help the public and Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Through our non-profit charity, Oshawa Fire Fighters continue to support local area programs and services as well as the MDC.