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Heart Safe Communities Honored at Fire-Rescue Med 2023
May 23, 2023
Two fire departments were recognized for their success in improving cardiac arrest survival rates in their communities
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Six Things Fire Chiefs Need to Know About ET3
July 1, 2019
ET3 has the potential to revolutionize how the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimburses fire/EMS agencies.
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House Acts to Restore Volunteer Tax Protections
May 24, 2019
If passed by the Senate, it would allow volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel to receive property tax-based incentives and up to $600 per year.
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CMS Releases Updated ET3 Details
May 24, 2019
New reimbursement opportunities coming for fire/EMS agencies
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Visionary EMS Leadership: Our Fire Duty to EMS
April 11, 2019
The fire service owns EMS in the United States; it’s time to step up and provide our visionary leadership to EMS. The future of EMS depends on you.
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HHS Announces New EMS Reimbursement Model
February 14, 2019
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced Feb. 14 that they will begin testing a model policy in which CMMI reimburses fire departments for the cost of providing Medicare beneficiaries with treatment-without-transportation and transporting patients to alternative destinations.
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Visionary EMS Leadership: A New Format for Fire-Rescue Med
February 4, 2019
Many conferences offer multiple breakout sessions. Which session should you attend? Should you attend only one full session or session-jump and miss parts of each? FRM’s solution: the World Café model, also known as speed dating.
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EMS is Not Nursing!
January 17, 2019
As the debate over requiring a degree for paramedic education heats up, I want to clarify one thing: EMS is not the same as other health fields. Stop comparing EMS to any other form of medicine.
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Opposing Degree Requirements for Paramedic Certification
January 3, 2019
There's no evidence that requiring college degrees will help advance the EMS industry, yet this same requirement could create significant obstacles to caring for patients.
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Rural EMS and Wildland Fire Funding Survive Final Farm Bill
December 13, 2018
Final version of the Farm Bill contains Rural EMS funding, cross-boundary fuel removal grants, and preserves current fire-safe cigarette laws.
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Emergency Medical Service: Disruptive Innovation in the Fire and Emergency Service
October 15, 2018
What do Blockbuster, Borders, Yellow Cab and Kodak have in common? They never saw it coming.
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Submit Your Nomination for the 2024 IAFC Fire Chief of the Year Award
March 4, 2024
The IAFC is now accepting nominations for the IAFC Fire Chief of the Year Award through May 17. Since 1996, this prestigious award has recognized one volunteer and one career fire chief.
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International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Celebrates 106th Anniversary
March 1, 2024
Congratulations to the IAFF on their 106 years of service representing more than 343,000 career firefighters and paramedics.
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iDELP Chort 3 Announced
February 28, 2024
President John Butler announces the names of the individuals who have been accepted into the iDELP program as fellows in Cohort 3
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