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The Fire and Life Safety Section IAFC training has been rescheduled!
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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Company Officer Leadership: What Does Changing the Culture for Safety Mean?
June 4, 2018
Some hope to achieve a safety culture by admonishing their members to be safe or have a safety mindset and letting the rest figure itself out. What does it mean to be safe or have a safety mindset? Just exactly how do we achieve that?
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Ballistic Protection in the Fire-EMS World
May 2, 2018
With a long history of law enforcement in my background, I understood ballistic protection levels and the terms associated with them. The surprise is that I’m now having conversations about this protection with other fire chiefs.
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But Was That a Direct Hit?
May 2, 2018
The National Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System is a free, anonymous, nonpunitive reporting system. We strongly encourage firefighters to submit reports, whether the events led to injury or accident or something just almost happened.
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Safety, Health And Survival Section Spotlight: Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue
April 12, 2018
Learn how Ft. Lauderdale put a fitness initiative in motion to improve the safety and health of its firefighters.
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Safety Stand Down 2018 to Focus on Firefighter Medical/Physicals
April 3, 2018
Agencies are encouraged to suspend all non-emergency activities during the week of June 17-23
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FY 2017 FP&S Grant Application Period Opens Feb. 12
January 25, 2018
Begin Preparing Your FY 2017 FP&S Application Now.
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Safety and Health: Leadership and the Mob
January 2018
A group targets an individual with character assassination, humiliation, blame and criticism. They question the target’s knowledge, skill and ability. This is mobbing, AKA group bullying.
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Safety and Health: Helping the Masses Tame the Danger
December 2017
In the fire service, safety is now a way of life. It hasn’t always been that way, as our occupation can be resistant to change. It prides itself on the ability to take on danger and tame it.
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Fighting Fire with the Tax Code
December 5, 2017
Tax cut bill: What's in it for fire and EMS
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Safety & Health: “Be Nice”
October 31, 2017
With the news of Chief Brunacini’s passing, I’ve thought about how his contributions relate to the safety, health and survival of firefighters. I keep coming back to one of his simple yet impactful innovations. He told his firefighters to “Be nice.”
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Department of Labor seeks to expand, establish protections for today’s emergency response workers
December 22, 2023
Proposal to update standard and expand safety & health protections for emergency responders.
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Straight Talk about FirstNet: First Responder-Designed and First Responder-Led
December 20, 2023
FirstNet Authority is working to facilitate coordination of this spectrum amongst public safety representatives
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Help Improve the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Today!
November 3, 2023
The IAFC is conducting a study on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the US Fire and EMS.
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