UNITED
FIREFIGHTERS OF WINNIPEG
OUR FAMILY PROTECTING YOURS
We represent the 1,600 active and retired fire fighters and fire fighter-paramedics in the city of Winnipeg, battling fires on a level unprecedented in our country. We staff every truck with licensed paramedics and respond to over 85,000 medical emergencies each year.
United Fire fighters of
WINNIPEG
OUR FAMILY PROTECTING YOURS
We represent the 1,600 active and active-retired Firefighters and Firefighter Paramedics in the City of Winnipeg, battling fires on a level unprecedented in our country. We staff every truck with licensed paramedics and respond to over 85,000 medical emergencies each year.
TESTIMONIALS
Hear what our Fire Fighters have to say.
Today we acknowledge the past and reflect on the shared desire to move forward in the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation 🧡 ...
A special weekend for Manitoba’s professional firefighters. One that gave us an opportunity to remember, and then look ahead.
It began Saturday at the annual Manitoba Fallen Firefighters Foundation Memorial, where we stood alongside firefighters, families, friends, and members of the public through heavy rain to honour our five fallen Brothers who were lost to occupational illness.
We also welcomed an announcement from the Manitoba Government committing to make Manitoba a world leader in presumptive cancer coverage for firefighters 🙌
On Sunday, that same sense of solidarity carried into the biennial Manitoba Professional Firefighters Association Convention.
Delegates representing Manitoba’s five IAFF Locals: Winnipeg, Brandon Firefighter Paramedics Local 803, Whiteshell Professional Firefighters Association, Thompson Professional Firefighters Association - IAFF L2200, and Portage la Prairie Professional Firefighters Local 1079 came together to debate resolutions, elect new Board members, modernize the way our provincial association operates, and chart a course for the years ahead.
The convention resulted in some historic changes, including the adoption of a new, modernized Constitution, improved financial practices, and the formal transition from the Manitoba Professional Firefighters Association to IAFF Manitoba 🦬
A new name, modernized governance and a new chapter for IAFF members across our province.
Delegates heard from guest speakers IAFF 13th District Vice-President Fred LeBlanc, MLA David Pankratz and Manitoba Federation of Labour President Kevin Rebeck, who joined us to speak directly with union leaders and lend their perspectives to the weekend.
We were also fortunate to hear from UFFW Executive Board Emeritus and MPFFA President Emeritus Dave Naaykens, along with UFFW Executive Board Emeritus and Manitoba Fallen Firefighters Foundation President Rob Campbell. Both shared some of the history behind these organizations, the people who built them, and how far we have come.
On Saturday, we honoured the Brothers whose service helped shape the fire service we have today.
On Sunday, we got to work building what comes next.
We’re proud to have been part of both. 🤝 ...
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