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DHS Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) This review will establish the strategic foundation for homeland security activities over the next 4 years.  DHS is soliciting input from the first-responder community among others as part of a national dialogue on the QHSR. First-responders are invited to participate in 1 or more of the week-long online collaboration sessions that will be held on www.homelandsecuritydialogue.org: August 3 – 9 August 31 – September 6 September 28 – October 4 IAFC On Scene: DHS Wants Your Input: Quadrennial Homeland Security Review National Dialogue August 1, 2009 IAFC Comments on the QHSR (pdf) Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C (pdf)

Leading Fire Service Groups Urge President-Elect Obama to Leave FEMA in DHS (pdf)
January 7, 2009
     Letter to President-Elect Obama (pdf)
     December 22, 2008

Congress Passes FY 2009 Homeland Security Appropriations: Includes Increased Funding for FIRE and SAFER Grant Programs and the USFA
September 29, 2008

Congress Passes Legislation to Reauthorize the U.S. Fire Administration
September 25, 2008

IAFC Delivers Nuclear Terrorism Response Recommendations at U.S. Senate Hearing
Testimony to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate: Nuclear Terrorism: Providing Medical Care and Meeting Basic Needs in the Aftermath – the Federal Response (pdf)
Statement by Chief James H. Schwartz
June 26, 2008

Two Federal Updates - Top Level USFA Vacancy & CEDAP Application Period
June 6, 2008

House Passes U.S. Fire Administration Reauthorization Bill
April 8, 2008

National Homeland Security Consortium white paper
Protecting Americans in the 21st Century: Imperatives for the Homeland
April 8, 2008

President Bush Proposes Budget for FY09
February 5, 2008

DHS Announces Application Guidance for Over $3 Billion in Federal Grant Programs
February 1, 2008... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the Fiscal Year 2008 application guidance and eligibility for 14 federal grant programs including the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP), the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), the Infrastructure Protection Program (IPP), and the Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG).

DHS Releases New National Response Framework Guiding Domestic-Incident Response
January 22, 2008
Additional information on the National Response Framework

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