Chantilly, VA – The International Association of Fire Chiefs Foundation (IAFCF), committed to strengthening future leaders through higher education, announces its 2020 Scholarship award recipients. The Foundation is pleased to award forty-two (42) scho…

In today’s complicated world, that surrounds COVID-19 isolation requirements, the fire service in this country has a great, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reach out and educate our citizens, especially school-age children, on risk reduction measures…

Innovation, change agents, modernization, relevancy—all words that can often bring weariness to the listener. These words become almost clichés and lose their value and importance. However, now is not the time to give up on these concepts. Many things …

Model code NFPA 72 requires newly constructed homes to have hardwired, interconnected smoke alarms on each floor, in hallways and inside of all sleeping areas. However, more than 84 million homes – most built prior to 1993 – only have isolated battery-…

The Situation (Industry Issues):
The number of fire-related deaths in U.S. homes has plateaued over the last decade. During this period, there has been no significant change to smoke alarm code or technology.
According to the National Fire Protection A…

IAFC’s Career Center is the #1 job site for fire service leaders and the best way to reach qualified candidates. This recently updated platform provides a modernized and user friendly job search experience which includes results and selected returns …

Healthcare innovation is happening at a pace never before seen; technologies that were once science fiction are now a reality. A Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate video series produced in 2016 included a 15-years in the…

Healthcare innovation is happening at a pace never before seen; technologies that were once science fiction are now a reality. A Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate video series produced in 2016 included a 15-years in the…

The opioid epidemic was declared a National Public Health Emergency in October 2017. In recent months, COVID-19 has become the primary focus of our country, while at the same time, the lethality of and impact of the opioid epidemic on overdoses in our …

August marked the 10th anniversary of the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ (IAFC) adoption of the Rules of Engagement to improve firefighter safety and survival on the fireground at the August FRI conference in Chicago, 2010.
The IAFC’s Safety…