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June 12, 2024
Check out the IAFC's new recruitment and retention app and fire camp guide.
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December 12, 2012
Public safety, in terms of funding, typically consumes more than 80% of a municipal operating budget. This high percentage reflects ...
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November 14, 2012
In the article Formula Helps Determine When to Repair, Replace Fire Apparatus, a Virginia department unveils a new approach ...
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October 30, 2012
"If you don``t like change, you``re going to like irrelevance even less."—General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army...
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October 11, 2012
Suspicious-activity reporting (SAR) is the basis of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security``s See Something, Say Something program. This program ...
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October 11, 2012
Preincident planning of commercial and industrial properties is an important function for the fire and emergency service. Planning for apparatus ...
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October 11, 2012
I recently surveyed several new fire chiefs, asking what was lacking in their education and preparation for becoming a fire ...
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November 25, 2015
When you’re finished changing, you’re finished. ~Ben Franklin In Fred McChesney’s Washington Post op-ed (9/4/2015), he advocates that because the ...
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June 27, 2013
A few years ago, Fire Chief and then IAFC President Jack Parow stated that the fire service saw 50 years ...
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May 14, 2013
Over the course of the past several years, the fire service has been subject to increasing scrutiny. Economic pressures, evolving ...
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July 29, 2013
When it comes to reducing operating costs for existing facilities, there is low hanging fruit to consider. Reductions can be ...
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September 18, 2023
Crash Responder Safety Week, observed November 13-17 this year
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September 15, 2023
IAFC President and Board Chair, John S. Butler, acted on several key appointments during the recent IAFC Board Meeting
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September 6, 2023
Join us on November 15th, 2023, and equip yourself with essential skills to ensure safety in any situation
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