Modesto City Firefighter's Local 1289

05/23/2026

05/22/2026

Thanks to Hayward Firefighters for inviting us out to their Steve Holt Memorial softball tournament, always a good time.

05/21/2026

Your Modesto City Firefighters traveled to Los Angeles for the SoCal Hazmat Conference to train on evolving hazards facing the fire service today. Topics included clandestine labs, lithium-ion battery fires, and large scale incident response. Bringing knowledge back home to better serve our community!

05/19/2026

05/19/2026

The Modesto city firefighters would like to thank several sponsors who helped make our union family picnic a great success. A special thanks to Jones Soda, Ace Hardware, Costco, and Home Depot.

05/14/2026

Modesto Firefighters would like to welcome 6 new firefighters in Local 1289. These 6 just finished their new hire academy and will be starting their station assignments shortly after tomorrow’s graduation. Congratulations and welcome to Local 1289!

05/14/2026

05/13/2026

Congratulations to Brooklynne Miguel who was one of the two recipient’s of this year’s Steven Whitehead Scholarship given out through Local 1289.

Steven Whitehead was an engineer with the Modesto Fire Department who lost his life to job related lung cancer. Steve was very conscious about his work as an Engineer, he was always working on the Engine or Truck he was assigned, and he knew his equipment very well. He was always smiling and loved being at work. A very compassionate person on calls with the public. Steve embodied a culture of hard work and giving back.

05/10/2026

Today the community showed up in a big way at Fill the Boot at Pelendale and Sisk in Modesto supporting the Firefighters Burn Institute!

In just over 5 hours, your generosity helped raise an incredible $10,315 that will go directly toward supporting burn survivors, burn prevention education, research, and recovery programs through the Firefighters Burn Institute.

A special thank you to Raising Cane’s on Pelendale for donating chicken strips to our members throughout the event! A big thank you as well to Costco for donating a gift card and Lowe’s for donating an ice chest!

We are beyond grateful for the continued support from our community and everyone who stopped by to help us Fill the Boot. Thank you!

Firefighters Burn Institute

05/08/2026

Tomorrow, May 9th, come out to the intersection of Pelandale and Sisk in Modesto and help Fill the Boot for burn survivors!

Modesto Firefighters will be out on the street collecting donations for the Firefighters Burn Institute. Since 1973, the Firefighters Burn Institute has provided recovery programs for burn survivors, promoted fire and burn prevention through public education, funded education for medical burn team professionals, firefighters, and burn survivors, and supported burn treatment and rehabilitation research.

Every donation helps make a difference for burn survivors and their families. Come out, Fill the Boot, and support a great cause! Hope to see you there!