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IAFC Position Statements

Communications & Technology

• Standard for Public Safety Telecommunicators when Responding to Calls of Missing, Abducted, and Sexually Exploited Children
• Plain Language Use in Radio Communications
• Advancement of Technology that Prevents Fires, Increases Life Safety and/or Improves Response to Fire and Emergency Medical Situations

Department Administration

• Drug and Alcohol-Free Awareness
• Consolidation of Fire/Emergency and Law Enforcement Departments and the Creation of Public Safety Officers
• Practice of Self-Dispatch Among Emergency Response Personnel
• Human Relations and Inclusiveness

Disaster Management/Homeland Security

• Coordination of Responses to an Act of Terrorism
• National Smallpox Vaccination Plan
• Active Involvement with Emergency Management

Education & Professional Development

• Chief Fire Officer Designate
• Fire Emergency Self-Assessment Process

EMS

• National Drug Shortage
• Fire-based Emergency Medical Services
• National Smallpox Vaccination Plan
• Advancement of Technology that Prevents Fires, Increases Life Safety and/or Improves Response to Fire and Emergency Medical Situations

Fire Prevention

• Residential Range-Top Safety
• Use of Residential Smoke Alarms
• Consumer Fireworks
• Firefighter Safety and Lightweight Construction
• Home Rule Code Adoption Authority for Fire and Life Safety Issues
• Eliminating Unwanted and Nuisance Fire Alarm Activations
• Fire Sprinklers in New Construction
• Fire Sprinkler Retrofit in Existing High-Rise Buildings
• Advancement of Technology that Prevents Fires, Increases Life Safety and/or Improves Response to Fire and Emergency Medical Situations
• Fire Safety Management
• 1972 Flame-Resistant Standard for Childrens Sleepwear

Human Resources

• Labor-Management Initiative Guiding Principles
• No Tolerance for Discriminatory Behavior in the Fire and Emergency Service
• Human Relations and Inclusiveness

Leadership

• Individuals' Rights to Serve Their Communities in Multiple Capacities
• Labor-Management Initiative Guiding Principles
• No Tolerance for Discriminatory Behavior in the Fire and Emergency Service
• Active Involvement with Emergency Management
• Code of Ethics For Fire Chiefs
• Human Relations and Inclusiveness

Operations

• Practice of Self-Dispatch Among Emergency Response Personnel

Safety and Health

• Drug and Alcohol-Free Awareness
• Addressing the Need for Annual Occupational Medical Exams and Fitness Evaluations for All Firefighters
• Firefighter Safety and Lightweight Construction
• Health and Fitness Programs for Every Department
• Assignment of Portable Radios/Two-Way Communications Devices to Every Firefighter on the Fireground
• Seatbelt Usage
• PASS Devices and NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigations 
• IAFC/IAFF Fire Service Joint Labor Management Wellness-Fitness Initiative
• IAFC/IAFF Candidate Physical Ability Test
• Firefighter Safety and Prevention of Firefighter Injuries and Deaths

Wildland/Urban Interface

• Recommended Wildland Fire Mitigation Practices for Property Owners and Guidelines for Use of Private Resources
• Wildland Fire

Association

• Code of Ethics For Fire Chiefs
• Royalty Agreements
• Consistency of Message to Federal Government