Why is Cultural Change the first of the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives? Shouldn’t number one be cancer or mental health or any of the myriad other problems faced by firefighters on a regular basis? read more

Highest U.S. award honoring emergency-service officers, firefighters and law-enforcement officers. read more

Is your department ready to stand down? This year’s Safety Stand Down theme is "Be Aware – Get Checked." read more

We now know, and are learning more every day, that cancer is the most pervasive hazard to a firefighter. What more do we need to learn on this danger? What are our next steps to reduce our risk? read more

Some hope to achieve a safety culture by admonishing their members to be safe or have a safety mindset and letting the rest figure itself out. What does it mean to be safe or have a safety mindset? Just exactly how do we achieve that? read more

With a long history of law enforcement in my background, I understood ballistic protection levels and the terms associated with them. The surprise is that I’m now having conversations about this protection with other fire chiefs. read more

The National Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System is a free, anonymous, nonpunitive reporting system. We strongly encourage firefighters to submit reports, whether the events led to injury or accident or something just almost happened. read more

Learn how Ft. Lauderdale put a fitness initiative in motion to improve the safety and health of its firefighters. read more

Agencies are encouraged to suspend all non-emergency activities during the week of June 17-23 read more

Begin Preparing Your FY 2017 FP&S Application Now. read more

Complete a short survey to help us develop financial education and resources for fire chiefs. read more

Relevant hurricane/authoritative situational awareness resources for use by leaders in the fire/emergency services. read more

Celebrating Fire Prevention Week with a toolkit page with social media cards, templates, logos, and activities. read more