National Safety Culture Change Initiative

Enlarge dashboard The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) consider the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to be a very serious public health threat. However, based on current information, the CDC and WHO have ...

Roadway emergency operations are the #1 traumatic risk firefighters and EMS responders face. Here’s how to minimize the risk: Dispatch the Appropriate Apparatus Make sure your response protocols establish ahead of time what fire apparatus will respond to highway incidents. ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Ready program equips citizens with simple steps to prepare for and respond to potential emergencies, including natural disasters.  For example, Ready asks individuals to do three key things: get an emergency supply kit, make a ...

There is no single road to chief in the volunteer fire service. You progress through the ranks, or you step in because nobody else wanted the job. You might have one or twenty years of fire service experience. No matter ...

This document was developed by the Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), in partnership with the Executive Fire Officers (EFO) Section of the IAFC, to provide guidance for a new or interim ...