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August 17, 2023
The IAFC and Motorola are proud to honor Hilton Head Island Fire Department with the Ben Franklin Award for Valor
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June 30, 2017
Many think that all a company officer needs to do is apply the SOGs/SOPs and discipline those who don’t abide by them. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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June 30, 2017
Understanding your department’s internal personality will help you understand how its external image is perceived. Bad attitudes, poor morale, sloppy attire: If you don’t recognize it, others quickly will.
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June 15, 2017
In the midst of discussions of brotherhood, courage, honor and self-sacrifice, the revelation that a firefighter committed suicide as a reaction to cyberbullying was for some eye opening, for others validation of their lived experience.
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June 15, 2017
The fire service is integral to homeland security, and chiefs must know the hot issues. To help, the T&HS Committee offers an in-depth look at the issues as well as the resources available from the IAFC. This is the fifth article in the series.
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June 1, 2017
There are many untapped, talented people who would be ready to play on our team and work for our mission if we would just prepare the workplace to recognize and harness their diverse and varied talents.
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May 16, 2017
As if fire-based EMS doesn’t have enough issues with its name brand of service delivery, I want to tell you about two new challenges.
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May 16, 2017
When considering risk-reduction programs, fire departments typically target the residential populations in their communities. There’s good reason for this approach.
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May 16, 2017
Performance metrics help to establish expected performance levels. Without them, organizations may drift along with no perception of quality performance. Without substantiating data, any perception they do have is ultimately just an opinion.
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May 4, 2017
When medical devices fail and death or serious injury occurs, your department is required to report it. This article tells you how.
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May 4, 2017
As you may know, Fields Consulting Group was purchased by Emergency Services Consulting International, the consulting arm of the IAFC. In doing so, we have expanded our services extensively.
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March 28, 2023
Please contact your Senators and ask them to vote for S. 870, the Fire Grants & Safety Act, without any amendments
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March 24, 2023
Join us March 27-31 as we partner with Lexipol to launch the first annual First Responder Wellness Week
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March 27, 2023
Presented annually at Fire-Rescue International (FRI) by the IAFC and Motorola Solutions, the award honors a firefighter(s) for their expert training, professional service and dedication to duty displayed in saving human life.
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