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Two Fire/EMS Departments to Receive Heart Safe Community Awards at 2024 Fire-Rescue Med Conference

April 30, 2024

City of Madison and Dothan, Alabama fire departments recognized for their exceptional efforts toward cardiac safety & education. read more

Two Fire/EMS Departments to Receive Heart Safe Community Awards at 2024 Fire-Rescue Med Conference

April 30, 2024

City of Madison and Dothan, Alabama fire departments recognized for their exceptional efforts toward cardiac safety & education. read more
IAFC's EMS Section Names Chief J. Robert Brown, Jr. (Ret.) Recipient of the 2024 James O. Page EMS Achievement Award

April 26, 2024

IAFC Honors Chief Rob Brown with Prestigious Award read more
FRM 2024: Why You Can't Afford to Miss It!

January 18, 2024

FRM, for leaders to gather key information and build better situational awareness, leading to better decision-making read more

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Passed in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is bringing substantial changes to the fire service as both healthcare providers and employers.

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A Prepared and Resilient Fire and Emergency Medical Services - Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2024-2027

Strategic Plan to address the fire related challenges facing our nation

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Program-based Strategies for Opioid Diversion in the Fire and Emergency Services

Learn about emerging best practices from fire and EMS program-based strategies for opioid diversion

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Report of EMS Section Liaison to the NAEMT EMS Economics Committee

The report of Chief Chris Shimer from the September meeting of the EMS Economics Committee.”

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Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Professionals on Suspected Cases of Monkeypox

This resource provides guidance for EMS professionals encountering patients suspected of having human monkeypox

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CDC Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Delta Variant

Top 5 Things To Know About Covid-19 And Delta Variant

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Community Risk Reduction Leadership Conference 2024

May 14 - 16, 2024

Glendale, AZ

The CRR Leadership Conference is all new. Sponsored by the IAFC's Fire and Life Safety Section, the CRR Leadership Conference tackles CRR from the leadership perspective, highlighting best practices from concept to implementation to outcomes. Presentations will highlight the latest and greatest in CRR research.

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Fire-Rescue International - 2024
August 14 - 16, 2024

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Fire-Rescue International - 2025
August 13 - 16, 2025

Orlando, FL

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The IAFC EMS topic area focuses on fire-based EMS issues and policy, emergency response to epidemics/emerging diseases, firefighter rehab and more. The majority of our work is done by the EMS Section, which also hosts the annual Fire-Rescue Med conference to address a wide-variety of in-the-news and ongoing EMS issues.

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