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Firefighter Families Visit Washington DC to Advocate for PSOB Benefits

Ask Congress to Pass the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act (H.R. 1719/S. 930)

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Adopts Final Rule to Amend Real-Time Train Consist Information Requirements

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule altering the Hazardous Materials Regulations found in 49 C.F.R. §§171—180

New Standards Development Activity on Battery Safety

NFPA is seeking comments regarding New Standards Development Activity on Battery Safety

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Fire-Rescue International - 2024

August 14 - 16, 2024 | Dallas, TX
FRI, the IAFC's annual conference and expo, provides senior-level leadership training for chiefs and officer development education for chief and company officers, new ways to connect with vendors and colleagues, and the latest solutions to today's toughest challenges.
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Community Risk Reduction Leadership Conference 2025

May 13 - 15, 2025 | Glendale, AZ
The CRR Leadership Conference is all new. Sponsored by the IAFC's Fire and Life Safety Section, the CRR Leadership Conference tackles CRR from the leadership perspective, highlighting best practices from concept to implementation to outcomes. Presentations will highlight the latest and greatest in CRR research.
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Online Training

IAFC Academy

Online Hazmat Training

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Hazmat courses offered on the IAFC Academy
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Ethanol Emergency Response

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Online course on ethanol fuels incident response including the use, characteristics, transportation modes, transfer operations, basics of foam, tactics and strategies, and environmental issues

Mission: Enhance hazmat responder safety and improve decision-making for responding to hazmat incidents.

Resources

Responding to Propane / Flammable Gas Incidents Bulletin

Responding to Propane / Flammable Gas Incidents Bulletin

This resource is to help the fire service respond to flammable gas leaks in structures in a safe, efficient, and coordinated manner
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Current Practices: Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Systems

This resource provides lessons learned and suggested next steps as EVs, charging stations, and ESS become more prevalent across the US
Considerations for Fire Service Response to Residential Battery Energy Storage System Incidents

Considerations for Fire Service Response to Residential Battery Energy Storage System Incidents

New data on how lithium fires ignite and spread and urges support for further research toward limiting these fires