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Fire Department Exchange (FDX) is Accepting Applications
Fire Department Exchange (FDX) is now accepting applications for the upcoming in-person exchange in Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 18-22, 2021.
As part of IAFC Wildland Fire Programs, FDX provides in-person and online exchange platforms for fi…
Heart Safe Communities Honored at Fire-Rescue Med
Chesapeake and Harrisonburg, Virginia, Recognized for Innovative Emergency Cardiac Responses
Fairfax, Va. – At Fire-Rescue Med 2021, the IAFC EMS Section the IAFC and the PulsePoint Foundation honored t…
IAFC Recognizes Michael Metro with James O. Page EMS Achievement Award
Chief Michael Metro, Ret., was named the 2021 recipient of the James O. Page EMS Achievement Award.
Chief Michael Metro, Ret., was named the 2021 recipient of the James O. Page EMS Achievement Award. The annual award is presented to …
OSHA Issues Emergency COVID Standard for Fire and EMS Agencies
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released an emergency temporary standard (ETS) this week to protect healthcare workers from exposures to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its ensuing illness, COVID-19. OSHA’s latest ETS applies to healthcare…
FCC Stays 4.9 GHz Spectrum Order
On May 27, the FCC stayed the Sixth Report and Order (R&O) relating to the 4.9 GHz spectrum. The Sixth R&O was adopted in September 2020 and permits “one statewide 4.9 GHz band licensee per state to lease some or all of its spectrum rights to t…
Pascrell Legislation Would Authorize $1B Fire Station Construction Grant Program
On June 4, Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced legislation (H.R. 3728) to spend $1 billion to upgrade, rebuild or build fire or EMS facilities. The bill was cosponsored by Representatives Mike Bost (R-IL); Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA); John…
Pascrell Legislation Would Authorize $1B Fire Station Construction Grant Program
On June 4, Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced legislation (H.R. 3728) to spend $1 billion to upgrade, rebuild or build fire or EMS facilities. The bill was cosponsored by Representatives Mike Bost (R-IL); Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA); John…
President Biden’s FY 2022 Budget Includes Increases for Federal Fire Programs
On May 28, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget request. Congress will now spend the summer deliberating the FY 2022 appropriations bills with the aim of passing them before the October 1 start of the fiscal ye…
Message from Non-federal Members of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council
As a member of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC), the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) representative Chief (Ret.) Erik Litzenberg provides this intergovernmental committee with the challenges faced by local fire service leader…