Mission Statement

The objectives and aims of the Atlanta Professional Fire Fighters, IAFF 134, shall be the development of a higher degree of skill and efficiency, the maintenance of discipline, careful observance of the rules and regulations of the Fire Department, the cultivation of a closer degree of friendship and fellowship among its members in order to secure for the membership the intellectual, social and economic privileges that are due to all individuals, and to obtain proper remuneration for services rendered. It shall be the policy not to take active part in any strike as its position is different from all other organized bodies, it being the duty of all members to protect the life and property of all citizens at all times. This organization shall be nonpartisan and nonsectarian and the political affiliation and religious beliefs of all shall be respected, and no discussion advocating or attacking race, color, age, sex, genetics, sexual orientation creed, doctrine or for of worship peculiar to any sect shall be permitted at any meeting of this organization.

(Preamble from the Constitution and By-Laws of the Atlanta Professional Fire Fighters)