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Elevate Your Leadership Skills with ODP - Leadership Development Certification Series Online Courses
February 12, 2024
IAFC and Columbia Southern University announce first series of online courses for Company Officers I – II – III
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Are You Using Your Equity Goggles?
January 4, 2019
At a public-education event, a young Asian boy said to me, “Wow, I didn’t know you could be a firefighter; could I be a firefighter too?” I'll never forget his words; this was the first time he had seen a firefighter who looked like him.
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Executive Officer Leadership: Are We Killing Our Own Diversity?
November 15, 2018
Every fire department has their notable firsts. Firsts are important to its history. What are your department’s firsts in terms of diversity and inclusion?
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I Stands for Inclusion
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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Statement: IAFC Board of Directors
August 6, 2018
To allow discrimination or unequal treatment breaks down our abilities to work together in delivering service to the communities we serve.
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Human Relations: Mutual Respect Starts with a Conversation
May 14, 2018
I often ask, “Why can’t everyone just get along?” Is inappropriate behavior and comments by firefighters a product of cultural, gender or social differences, or is it just that someone is being an insensitive and unprofessional jerk?
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Safety and Health: Leadership and the Mob
January 2018
A group targets an individual with character assassination, humiliation, blame and criticism. They question the target’s knowledge, skill and ability. This is mobbing, AKA group bullying.
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Emotional Intelligence, or Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
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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Women Fire Chiefs Council Supports Women Leaders
September 26, 2017
I attended FRI this year as I had before and looked forward to interesting ideas to implement in my department. But I’ll admit, each year I felt like the only woman chief present. This year marked a dramatic change in my outlook.
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Yes, Bullying, Harassment and Violence are Alive in the Firehouse
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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Inaugural IAFC Diversity Executive Leadership Program Fellows Selected
June 13, 2017
New program aims to foster a diverse and inclusive fire service workforce.
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Pierce and IAFC Celebrate Leadership with 2024 Fire Chief of the Year Awards
August 14, 2023
IAFC Fire Chief of the Year 2024” honorees at Fire-Rescue International (FRI) in Dallas, TX
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Join us at FRI and attend our Diversity Breakfast
August 5, 2024
Secure your Diversity Breakfast ticket during FRI registration or add it to your existing registration package, seats are limited
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Invest In Your Future, Elevate Your Career with the IAFC-CSU Officer Development Program (ODP)
August 1, 2024
Learn about the IAFC- Columbia Southern University Officer Development Program (ODP)
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