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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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May 16, 2017
As if fire-based EMS doesn’t have enough issues with its name brand of service delivery, I want to tell you about two new challenges.
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May 16, 2017
When considering risk-reduction programs, fire departments typically target the residential populations in their communities. There’s good reason for this approach.
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May 16, 2017
Performance metrics help to establish expected performance levels. Without them, organizations may drift along with no perception of quality performance. Without substantiating data, any perception they do have is ultimately just an opinion.
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May 4, 2017
When medical devices fail and death or serious injury occurs, your department is required to report it. This article tells you how.
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May 4, 2017
As you may know, Fields Consulting Group was purchased by Emergency Services Consulting International, the consulting arm of the IAFC. In doing so, we have expanded our services extensively.
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April 19, 2017
After years in the industry, I can tell you the companies serving the fire service are in fire houses, eagerly working with the fire service. But adopting technology in the fire service is a whole different animal.
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April 19, 2017
As chief officers, we must find innovative ways to involve our members that allow them to learn and be heard. New technology is out there and will continue to grow quickly, so we must embrace it.
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April 3, 2017
Fairfax County (Virginia) Fire and Rescue serves rural, suburban and urban environments, and with such varied needs, ensuring a highly trained and effective officer corps becomes even more critical.
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March 17, 2017
In today’s economy, we’re still working to make ends meet and stay within our budgets. It’s never been more critical to examine alternative funding streams to supplement existing budgets, support essential services and purchase new technology.
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March 1, 2017
It’s pretty easy talk to our crew and gather ideas on what we need, helping the department find the resources to purchase the items is another story altogether.
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February 12, 2024
IAFC and Columbia Southern University announce first series of online courses for Company Officers I – II – III
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January 29, 2024
Stephanie Holloman of Orange County Fire Authority appointed to IAFC HRC
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January 26, 2024
The use of portable fire extinguishers is a win-win situation for both life safety and environmental preservation
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