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July 29, 2024
Submit your presentation idea as part of the 2025 Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Leadership Conference today
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April 7, 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic, it is critical that departments evaluate their communications posture and take steps to ensure the right resources, mitigation strategies, and tools are in place.
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March 24, 2020
Since the earliest days the COVID-19 pandemic, the IAFC has been working around the clock providing fire and emergency service leaders with the information and resources they need to protect first responders and serve their communities.
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March 18, 2020
The IAFC and other public safety oganizations wrote to congressional leaders urging action on repealing the T-Band auction mandate as part of any coronavirus emergency stimulus package.
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March 10, 2020
Fire Departments Must have Access to Interoperable Communications, Namely on the T-Band.
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February 2020
How good are you at listening to people?
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December 12, 2019
The IAFC has been advocating for the FCC to establish a tight vertical standard for 911 calls.
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November 20, 2019
The IAFC recommends that fire chiefs review the actions described in the Cyber Essentials to protect your fire department from cyber-attacks.
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November 6, 2019
A three meter z-axis metric provides emergency responders with actionable location information, and gives the public greater assurance that when they dial 9-1-1 from their cell phones, emergency responders can find them more quickly.
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October 29, 2019
FCC order would help first responders locate people who call 911 from wireless phones in multi-story buildings.
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October 25, 2019
The four tenets of critical messaging, short, concise, accurate, and timely, should be used as a guidepost to develop messaging during significant events.
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October 18, 2024
Listen in as Chief Josh Waldo shares his journey to becoming Chief of Bozeman and President of the IAFC.
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October 17, 2024
The Hilton is open at full capacity, with amenities open or soon to be open (pool, bars, etc.), with no structural or utility damage.
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October 10, 2024
This toolkit provides multimedia resources quickly available for you to be able to share messaging to your community after Hurricane Milton.
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