Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association

09/19/2025

Let us take a moment to remember our fallen who are being honored this weekend at the International Association of Fire Fighters Memorial Service in Colorado Springs. These brave firefighters paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to their communities. May their families continue to be comforted during this memorial weekend.

Brad Barnett
Date of Death: 8/30/2024
Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association
Pigeon Forge Fire Department
Cause of Death: Pancreatic Cancer

David Bricker
Date of Death: 2/5/2024
Murfreesboro Firefighters Association Local 3035
Murfreesboro Fire Department
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest

Edward Tant
Date of Death: 12/19/2024
IAFF Nashville Local 140
Nashville Fire Department
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer

George Turley
Date of Death: 12/14/2024
Chattanooga Fire Fighters Association, Local 820
Chattanooga Fire Department
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest

James M. Young, II
Date of Death: 12/14/2023
IAFF Nashville Local 140
Nashville Fire Department
Cause of Death: Pancreatic Cancer

09/12/2025

The Chattanooga Fire Fighters Association would like to once again thank Mayor Tim Kelly for his leadership and commitment to Chattanooga’s Firefighters!! No other Mayor in Chattanooga has shown the same devotion to public safety!!

Thank you to the five members of City Council who voted to approve this budget amendment that will mean so much for our members!!

09/12/2025

It’s that time of year when your firefighters are asking for your help! Look for us at the following locations :
-Friday September 5 at Walmart on West Stone Drive from 10am until 2 pm
-Friday night September 5 at The Dobyns-Bennett football game (the DB Fire program students will be collecting)
-The Kingsport Farmers Market Saturday September 6 from 7 am until noon
Fire fighters have collected critical funds in the community since 1954 – one dollar at a time – as part of the Fill the Boot program for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The Kingsport Fire Department /Kingsport Firefighters Association Local 2270 will continue this tradition as its members kick off the annual program raising funds to support groundbreaking research for promising treatments and therapies and provide families with the highest quality care from the best doctors and medical teams in the county.

09/11/2025

In the face of unimaginable tragedy, 343 firefighters, 23 NYPD officers, and 37 Port Authority police officers gave everything for people they didn’t even know. They climbed those stairs knowing they might not come back. They put service before self, courage before fear, and love for others before their own lives.

Today, we remember their sacrifice. We honor their families. And we carry their legacy forward every time we put on this uniform. Many of our members across Tennessee are climbing in their honor — step for step, story for story, keeping their memory alive.

For the Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters, this day is more than history — it’s a reminder of why we serve, why we train, and why we stand shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters across this nation.

Because heroes live forever when we refuse to forget them.

#9/11 #343

09/10/2025

🔥🤝🎗️ Preventing su***de among Tennessee’s firefighters, dispatchers, and emergency medical workers takes awareness, education, connection, and action.

On this , the Tennessee Professional Firefighters Association stands united with our brothers and sisters across the state to confront this urgent public health challenge.

Together, we can:

✅ Break the silence
✅ Reduce stigma
✅ Build a culture of support and connection within our firehouses and communities

Let’s look out for one another—because no firefighter or first responder should ever feel alone.

Get started today ➡️ https://brnw.ch/21wVDs8

09/08/2025

Yesterday, members of the Tennessee Professional Firefighters Association from all across the state proudly participated in the Nashville 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, honoring the 343 fallen firefighters who gave their lives on September 11, 2001.

Over the next few days, other locals across Tennessee will be climbing in their own communities, standing shoulder to shoulder to ensure we never forget their sacrifice.

We climb so their memory lives on. We climb because they can’t. 🇺🇸🔥

Clarksville Fire Fighters Association - LOCAL 3180
Gallatin Firefighters Association Local 4501
Hendersonville Firefighters Association Local 3460
Wilson County Firefighters Association Local 4238
Cleveland Professional Fire Fighters Local 3748
Lebanon Firefighters Association Local 4144
IAFF Nashville Local 140
Murfreesboro Firefighters Association Local 3035

#343

09/02/2025

As of September, the Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association is 7,007 members strong — and growing. Every one of those members represents a Firefighter, Paramedic, or EMTs who has chosen to stand together for safer working conditions, better training, stronger benefits, and a unified voice at the local, state, and national levels.

If your department doesn’t yet have a local, now is the time. By joining together, you gain the strength of 7,000+ professional fire fighters across Tennessee and the backing of the International Association of Fire Fighters — 360,000 strong.

Scan the QR code to learn how to join or start building a local in your department today. Your voice matters, and when we stand together, we are unstoppable.

Stronger Today. Stronger Tomorrow.

09/01/2025

This Labor Day, we pause to honor hard work and those who give it their all every day.

For Tennessee’s professional firefighters, work isn’t just a job — it’s a calling. It means long nights, missed holidays, and standing shoulder to shoulder when our neighbors need us most.

Labor Day reminds us of the value of that work, and of the progress generations before us made to ensure safer conditions and fair treatment for all working families. We’re proud to carry on that tradition of looking out for each other — both in the firehouse and in our communities.

From our fire family to yours, we wish everyone a safe, meaningful, and well-earned Labor Day.

08/31/2025

Congratulations, Station 4! 🚒🔥

Station 4 was officially presented a certificate from the International Association of Fire Fighters for being a 100% IAFF member station! Every firefighter, EMT,and Medic across A, B, and C shifts at Station 4 are proud members of Local 4238.

Here in Tennessee, a right-to-work state, no firefighter is required to join the union in order to work. Yet, the men and women of Station 4—and 119 of our approximately 150 Employees across Wilson County EMA—have chosen to stand united as union members. That choice shows the strength of our brotherhood and sisterhood, and the commitment to protecting each other, our profession, and the citizens we serve.

“Station 4 shows what it means to be all in. When every firefighter across every shift chooses union membership, it proves the value of standing together. I couldn’t be more proud of their commitment and I look forward to more stations achieving this certificate.”
— Colton Young, President, Local 4238

Stronger together. Stronger for Wilson County. 💪



Edward A. Kelly
Frank Lima - IAFF GST
Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association

08/30/2025

08/27/2025

Great Win in Chattanooga Tennessee! Great work by the Chattanooga Fire Fighters Association, Local 820 and the Chattanooga Fire Department Administration. It’s nice when Administrators and Local Leaders can work together for the betterment of all involved.

08/25/2025