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November 17, 2017
Contact your U.S. House representative and urge reauthorization of FIRE/SAFER grant programs.
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June 2016
Fire chiefs should urge their residents to be prepared and download the free FEMA App on the App Store and Google Play.
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February 16, 2016
Technology continues to expand and elevate the capabilities for emergency responders. Most recently, one of those technology advancements for fire ...
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September 18, 2015
As vice chair of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board, I am pleased to provide this update to fire ...
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March 11, 2015
Fairfax, Va. - G. Keith Bryant, IAFC president and chairman of the board, today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee ...
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January 29, 2015
Fairfax, Va. - Fire Chief G. Keith Bryant, IAFC president and chairman of the board, today appeared before the Federal ...
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June 11, 2012
I was born in the 1950s; I won``t say exactly when, but Harry Truman was president. Commercial jet travel wasn``t ...
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April 10, 2012
Half of the title of this column could be "Your Government at Work" instead of "Taxes" and the other half ...
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November 14, 2011
There has been a lot of discussion about the D block in the fire service, and we have put forth ...
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November 4, 2011
With the first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System less than one week away, the leaders of the Federal ...
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June 8, 2011
LightSquared, which has spectrum in the 1.5 GHz band adjacent to the spectrum used by all global positioning system (GPS) ...
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September 21, 2018
Learn how one department in Texas rolled out a successful NFPA 1582 program.
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September 2018
In departments staffed by volunteers, morale is the most important aspect. While creating a course to help volunteer leaders learn more about the business of running a department, our team came up with the idea for a “Chief People Officer.”
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September 2018
Many of us are facing some of the stormiest, most demanding challenges we’ve ever seen, and our jobs are changing. We aren’t just firefighters anymore; we’re civil servants called upon to answer at a moment’s notice any call for assistance.
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