International Association of Fire Chiefs
Model Procedures for Response of Emergency Vehicles During Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

This guide provides guidance to chief officers to establish a policy for response before, during and after hurricanes and coastal storms to:

  • Minimize the risk to fire/EMS personnel.
  • Protect the human, physical and cyber infrastructure critical to safeguard a community. 

This guidance provides a common framework departments may use to build a local protocol tailored to a specific community.

  • Topics:
    • Hurricanes
    • Volunteer & Workforce Solutions
    • Strategic Planning
    • Safety & Health
    • Operations
    • Natural Disasters
    • Mutual Aid
    • Large-Scale Response
    • Featured Large Scale Response
    • Department Administration
  • Resource Type:
    • Guide/ toolkit/ template
  • Organizational Author:
    • IAFC

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