Our Aim and Purpose

Aims and Purposes of the NAHF

Based on the spirit of the philosophy of our Association and having unequivocal faith in its righteousness, we propose:

1. To use all constitutional means at our disposal to secure the rights of all Firefighters;

2. To foster quality training and education so that we may thereby equip ourselves for the efficient discharge of our duties and responsibilities to our community and the public. To become fluent in the English language while, exerting equal effort to foster the fluent mastery of the Spanish language which is part of our heritage and means of extending our cultural horizons of our nation;

3. To constitute our Association into an organization to actively promote fire safety and foster suitable measures that seek to enhance the influence and community respect for all Firefighters, and to establish cooperative relations with other civic and government institutions and agencies in the nation;

4. To exert our united efforts to uphold the rights guaranteed to every individual by our State and State Laws and to assure justice and equal treatment under these laws;

5. To champion with every means at our disposal all un-American tendencies and actions that deprive us as American citizens of our rights in the workplace, educational institutions, in economic pursuits and in social, civic and political activities;

6. To maintain the Association free of all involvement in partisan politics as an organization; however, we shall oppose any infringement upon the constitutional political rights of an individual to vote and/or be voted upon at Local and State levels;

7. To oppose any violent demonstrations or other acts that defy constituted law and authority, desecrate the symbols of our nation, and threaten the physical and spiritual welfare of individuals or institutions;

8. To promote and encourage the education of our community’s youth and adults;

9. To make use of every medium of communication at our disposal and to exert our combined efforts to promulgate and propagate the principles of the Association, and augment its influence and numerical growth; and

10. To under gird the efforts postulated in our Aims and Purposes with the overall objective of creating among our fellow citizens, through example and a mutual exchange of concepts, an understanding and recognition of and an appreciation for the dignity, worth and potential of the individual.

11. The National Association of Hispanic Firefighters encourages NAHF members to develop and maintain healthy relationships with their local labor organizations. In addition, the NAHF strongly endorses members to actively participate in organizations that support the NAHF mission and goals; including, but are not limited to the following organizations IAFF, IAFC, IABPFF, WIFS, UFW, NCLR, CHCI, etc.