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Seven Ways to Make Community Risk Reduction a Focus of Your Department CRR is more than just one person and more than the Fire Department Just as the fire service is much more than responding to incidents, CRR is more than establishing a CRR Team or hiring a CRR specialist CRR must be accepted and integrated, from city hall to the chief of police, the fire chief, through personnel and including all facets of a
More Than $1B Available for Firefighters Grants IAFC Staff Grants totaling more than $1 billion are available for firefighters FEMA is accepting applications for all three of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program's FY21 grants, with the first due approaching on January 21 The application period for the Assistance to Firefighters Grants ($414 million) closes at 5 PM ET on January 21
Developing a Successful Fire Chaplain Service in Your Fire Department eleven best practices for ehavioral health within a fire department Best practice #1 states, “Create psychological safety inside your workplace by encouraging and employing the interpersonal skills necessary to seek others’ input, invite feedback and ideas, and create an interpersonal cli
IAFC Position: Fire-based Emergency Medical Services Fire-based EMS can be delivered through first responders utilizing non-transport fire apparatus and or by a vehicle licensed as an ambulance to transport the sick and injured to an appropriate receiving facility The IAFC has supported this position since 1975 and resolutions supporting this position were issued in 1975, 1980, and 1991
IAFC | International Association of Fire Chiefs The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) represents the leadership of firefighters and emergency responders worldwide; our members are the world's leading experts in firefighting, emergency medical services, terrorism response, hazardous materials spills, natural disasters, search and rescue, and public safety policy
TRAINING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS - International Association of Fire Chiefs proper training needs analysis There is a huge diference be ween “want” and “need ” Volunteer training focus should be on the “need” of training to enhance firefighters’ bility to perform their duties Training needs may vary by department and region and should be identif
GUIDE FOR CREATING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE DEPARTMENT GUIDE FOR CREATING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE DEPARTMENT 9 BEFORE EXAMPLE This department does not have a stated vision, mission, or values A young woman and her pre-teen brother walk into their local fire station to ask how she can become a volunteer The first thing she sees on the wall is a poster displaying a firefighter walking through flames
Social Media and the Fire Department - International Association of . . . Social Media and the Fire Department JUNE 2020 Chief Patrick Kelly Given our love of new tools, the fire and emergency service community's overall reluctance to explore the potential of social media at first seems puzzling As a profession, we are very tradition bound — especially baby-boomers — and changing to a new communications
Candidate Physical Ability Test - International Association of Fire Chiefs Selection of the 1,000 fire fighters was random and anonymous, but consistent with the race and gender diversity of the specific department The completed results of the surveys resulted in the development a series of physical ability tests that were selected based on the results of the data indicating the physicality and criticality of the