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Please Take Action: Ask the Senate to Protect the FIRE and SAFER Grant Programs!
March 3, 2023
Update on legislation to reauthorize funding for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program
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Grassroots Efforts Leads to Towns County WUI Success
Wildland fire in our own backyards is something most of us think will never happen, but it only takes one match, hot ashes dumped in the yard or a bonfire that we were sure was out to bring a disaster ...
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Ready, Set, Go: Behavioral Change and Those Who Make It Happen
For the Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS)—a Ready, Set, Go! (RSG) partner and a prominent force behind the effort to create behavioral change—part of behavioral change comes with understanding the term wildland fire. It's typically associated with wildland/urban interface (WUI) areas of moderate to heavy forest ...
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Ready, Set, Go: Continued Community Efforts
The IAFC's Ready, Set, Go! (RSG!) Program successfully continues to help fire departments educate residents about wildland-fire risk and what they can do to potentially reduce property damage and improve personal safety as well as the safety of emergency responders. ...
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Safety in the Wildland/Urban Interface: A Week to Remember, Reflect and Learn
This summer, the wildland fire community marks the 20-year anniversary of the South Canyon Fire accident and the one-year anniversary of the Yarnell Hill Fire accident. Though separated by 19 years, these accidents are bound together by several tragic commonalities. Both ...
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Emergency Medical Services: A New EMS Award Program – In the Wildland World!
As leaders, we know the importance of recognizing our personnel for a job well done. From a simple thank you to a departmental memo or press release to an actual award or medal, there are a variety of ways to ...
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When Community Education Leads to a Saved Life
On May 13, the City of Lompoc (Calif.) Fire Department responded to an early morning fire at an eight-unit apartment complex. Upon arrival, firefighters found a well-involved apartment unit with fire threatening to extend to adjacent apartments and the second ...
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Addressing Wildland-Fire Risk in the Built Environment: A Cohesive Strategy
In 2000, the Colorado Springs Fire Chief Manuel Navarro challenged staff to "never let the public tell me that they didn't know we lived with a wildfire risk." Since then, Colorado Springs has taken an interactive approach to addressing wildland-fire risk ...
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Senate Wildland Provision Will Add Planes to USFS's Fleet
In recent years, plane crashes have posed a major threat to the safety of wildland firefighters. This year alone, two crashes claimed the lives of six wildland firefighters. On Nov. 30, the U.S. Senate addressed this important issue by unanimously accepting ...
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Texas Learns About Wildland Fire’s Year-Round Challenges
There’s an old joke that Alaska, the largest state in the United States, was going to divide into three equal parts, thus making Texas the fourth largest state. Alaskans may be making a point in this example, but no one ...
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Wildland Fire Research: Mitigating the Effects of Ember Storm Conditions
Winter 2009
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) Research Center has the unique distinction of being the only facility capable of subjecting full-scale buildings to ember storm conditions like those experienced in an actual wildland fire. The facility is ...
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Important NIST Findings on Firefighter Gear: Understanding the Risks of PFAS
January 17, 2024
Are firefighters at risk of increased exposure to cancer-causing chemicals in their protective clothing?
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Lion, IAFC Proudly Partner for Saudi Aramco Cohort 24 International Fellowship Program Graduation
January 10, 2024
IAFC continues partnership to provide a host environment for the Fellowship Program.
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Statement from IAFC President, Chief John S. Butler
January 2, 2024
IAFC President, Chief John S. Butler announces appointments
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