Logan’s Legacy: Fire Fighter Family Shares Story to Inspire Hope
Meet Chris Harman, a fire fighter and member of Phoenix, AZ Local 493, and his wife Shelle, who open up about their son Logan, who passed away from SMA type 1 in 2009.
Category: Fill the Boot
Fire Fighter Runs 30 Miles Between Stations to Raise Funds for MDA
Dan Kelleher, an IAFF fire fighter went above & beyond (literally 30 miles beyond) to raise funds for MDA Team Momentum.
Recognizing Contributions of MDA’s Greatest Champions on International Fire Fighters Day
In honor of International Fire Fighters Day we’d like to thank the incredible fire fighters who go above & beyond to save & improve the lives of so many.
Boy with juvenile dermatomyositis scores a touchdown
For more than 60 years, firefighters have teamed with MDA to fight back against muscular dystrophy, ALS and related life-threatening diseases.
For one firefighter, the cause became very personal when his son, Chandler Mallen, was diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis, a neuromuscular disease that involves inflammation of the muscles. When Chandler asked his father — Scott, a firefighter who has collected donations for MDA’s Fill the Boot program for almost 25 years — if he’d lose the use of his legs, he didn’t wait for an answer.
“Even if I do,” Chandler said, “I’ll never stop trying.”
Honoring Dennis Rodeman at the IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial
In 1986, the International Association of Firefighters completed a permanent tribute to its members, the IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Memorial was founded to recognize and honor past and future professional firefighters and emergency medical personnel who are killed in the line of duty and to provide assistance to the . . .
Fire Fighters Across the Country will be Filling the Boot for MDA this Labor Day Weekend
This weekend, as you head out to BBQs and the beach, there’s a good chance you’ll encounter fire fighters collecting for MDA at intersections, shopping malls and town centers in your community. That’s because members of more than 700 local fire departments across the country, led by the International Association of Fire Fighters, are set . . .
My First Business Trip to Las Vegas: For Fire Fighters and Because of Fire Fighters
They say “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” But my experience at the 53rd International Association of Fire Fighters convention was too good not to share with you. This wasn’t my first trip to Las Vegas, but it was the first time I found myself in Sin City on business. This trip made me . . .
Some said Chandler would lose the ability to walk. He said “Watch me!”
For nearly 25 years, Plano Fire Captain Scott Mallen has taken part in the MDA Fill the Boot campaign — a program in which fire fighters in hometowns across America take to the streets to fill their boots with donations and raise funds to help kids and adults with muscular dystrophy live longer and grow . . .
Boston Fire IAFF Local 718 & MDA Dedicate Statue in Honor of More than 60 Years of Partnership in the Fight Against Muscular Dystrophy
More than 100 Boston fire fighters and dignitaries, along with the the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), MDA and Boston Fire IAFF Local 718, united today on Memorial Sunday, an annual day to honor Boston’s fallen fire fighters, to celebrate more than 60 years of partnership in the fight against muscular dystrophy, ALS and . . .
