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Protecting Mental Health of First Responders
May 31, 2022
Behavioral health resources available for the mental health needs of responders.
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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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Safety and Health: Helping the Masses Tame the Danger
December 2017
In the fire service, safety is now a way of life. It hasn’t always been that way, as our occupation can be resistant to change. It prides itself on the ability to take on danger and tame it.
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Fighting Fire with the Tax Code
December 5, 2017
Tax cut bill: What's in it for fire and EMS
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Thanks for Making Your Voice Heard on Capitol Hill for FIRE/SAFER Grants
November 30, 2017
152 members of Congress ask House leadership to pass FIRE/SAFER reauthorization.
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Did Your U.S. Representative Sign the FIRE/SAFER Grant Letter?
November 28, 2017
Contact your House representative by Wednesday, Nov. 29.
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Safety & Health: “Be Nice”
October 31, 2017
With the news of Chief Brunacini’s passing, I’ve thought about how his contributions relate to the safety, health and survival of firefighters. I keep coming back to one of his simple yet impactful innovations. He told his firefighters to “Be nice.”
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The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit: A Resource for Fire Departments
September 2017
Exposure to the trauma of others is an occupational challenge for first responders. Organ-izations can mitigate the negative impacts of vicarious trauma—and it’s their duty and responsibility to do so. The VTT was designed to help.
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House Passes Firefighter Cancer Bill with IAFC Support
September 12, 2017
Bill will help researchers better understand the link between firefighting and cancer.
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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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Executive Officer Leadership: Firefighters and the Cancer Threat
June 15, 2017
Occupational cancer among firefighters is on the rise at a rate that is far above the norms for the general population: Reports shows that firefighters are 2.2 times more likely to develop occupational cancer.
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Members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Honor Guard helped lead Monday morning’s remembrance
September 12, 2022
IAFC 1st VP and Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department Chief John Butler attended this morning’s bell-ringing and moment of silence.
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Symposium in the Sun Scholarship and Award Nominations Due Sept. 29
September 9, 2022
Apply for a scholarship to the Symposium in the Sun.
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FRI 2022 A Success Thousands "Recharge" at Annual Conference
August 30, 2022
IAFC wishes to thank all of the FRI 2022 attendees, presenters and sponsors for an extremely successful event in San Antonio
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