Union Members Help Victims of California Fires

Firefighters at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, members of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 2881, and members of dozens of other locals of the California Professional Firefighters (CPF/IAFF), along with firefighters from neighboring states, are battling the fires that stretch from Santa Barbara County in the north to San Diego and the Mexican border in the south.

At the same time, hundreds of volunteers from the AFL-CIO Community Services Network are fanning out throughout the affected area and seeking out union members in need of help. Of the more than 18,000 homes destroyed by the fires, 15 are confirmed union households. The San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council estimates as many as 100 union households may be affected by the fires.