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August 18, 2017
Guide provides steps for departments to start their own succession plans and includes a history of succession management in the fire-rescue service.
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October 25, 2017
It is imperative that firefighters take time to embrace the Human Dignity Statement developed and approved by the IAFC Board of Directors as a testament to how firefighters should treat each other.
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October 16, 2017
Though the trend in fire deaths has decreased for the older adult population, older adults still face the greatest relative risk of dying in a fire.
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October 16, 2017
Traditionally, intellectual capacity has been seen as a primary indicator of one’s ability to succeed. Emotional intelligence is now also considered a crucial element in individual and professional success.
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October 2, 2017
Fire service leaders should work together with law enforcement agencies at all levels of government on active shooter preparedness and training.
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September 29, 2017
Bill calls for the elimination of the sunset clause.
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September 26, 2017
Community education needs be at the forefront of our minds. If we can educate our communities in risk reduction, lives will be saved.
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September 2017
Many chief officers have prepared for and experienced many types of fireground situations. Countless lives have been saved based on quick, decisive actions. How do these processes transfer to administrative decisions these same officers must make?
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September 2017
Exposure to the trauma of others is an occupational challenge for first responders. Organ-izations can mitigate the negative impacts of vicarious trauma—and it’s their duty and responsibility to do so. The VTT was designed to help.
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August 30, 2017
In one Texas community, 80% of the local firefighters have lost their homes.
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August 28, 2017
In major disasters, such as Hurricane Harvey, the fire service needs to be disciplined in its response, ready and available.
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November 2, 2018
Diversity is about all of us in the fire service – it is who an organization is as well as who those in it are. But is the term becoming just an empty concept?
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November 1, 2018
What is your department’s mutual-aid plan for when the big one hits?
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October 31, 2018
IAFC Treasurer, Chief Richard, was among six public safety leaders appointed to serve on the board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).
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