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May 10, 2019
As we approach the start of the 2019 Hurricane season, there is a new tool to help responders request assistance – the National Mutual Aid System.
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May 10, 2019
As we approach the start of the 2019 Hurricane season, there is a new tool to help responders request assistance – the National Mutual Aid System.
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April 9, 2019
IAFC tells Congress that the cost and intensity of climate-driven disasters is increasing.
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April 2, 2019
IAFC President Dan Eggleston today told a House of Representatives panel that an effective response to a pipeline/hazmat incident requires pipeline operators, local fire departments and other state and local officials to work together.
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December 14, 2018
If your department received this call, are your members and department trained, equipped and prepared to respond?
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December 12, 2018
As long as active-shooter incidents continue to take place, there will be a need to plan and train for a coordinated response.
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November 8, 2018
Hot, warm, and cold zones: what do these designations really mean?
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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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October 25, 2018
The IAFC strongly condemns the acts and affirms its intent to work tirelessly with our local and federal law-enforcement partners and other stakeholders in any response activities and in support of investigative activities during this crisis.
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October 15, 2018
Collectively, America has become more resilient and prepared, thanks to an emergency-response system that begins at the local level and is supported by state and federal resources.
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May 24, 2019
If passed by the Senate, it would allow volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel to receive property tax-based incentives and up to $600 per year.
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May 24, 2019
New reimbursement opportunities coming for fire/EMS agencies
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May 14, 2019
There is no question that we have a cancer problem in the fire service. We must do something differently or continue to lose our brother and sister firefighters—and possibly ourselves—to cancer.
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