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August 17, 2023
The IAFC and Motorola are proud to honor Hilton Head Island Fire Department with the Ben Franklin Award for Valor
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September 30, 2013
Firefighter arson—this predicament certainly isn``t new to the fire service, but it has huge potential to damage a department``s reputation. ...
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December 11, 2012
After more than 30 years in the fire service, one of the most common clichés I hear is, "It isn``t ...
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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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March 20, 2023
IAFC’s EVMS and Underwriters’ Laboratory (UL), proudly announces the recipient of the 2021
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March 3, 2023
Update on legislation to reauthorize funding for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program
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February 27, 2023
We are now accepting submissions for a WUI subject matter expert contractors for the Fireworks Awareness Resources Project .
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