To commemorate the start of Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shares with the Traffic Incident Management (TIM) community messages, testimonials, and strategies to promote the safety of traffic incident responder…

The fire service is challenged with a never-ending, changing fire environment. We know that many many in the fire service are responding to events involving electric vehicles.  The Safety, Health and Survival Section along with the Fire and Life…

Through a partnership that started in 2013, the IAFC and TC Energy have provided training to US first responders and communities on how to prepare for and handle pipeline incidents. In March 2019, the IAFC was asked to expand the program to specific St…

On October 21, the FCC issued a public notice partially lifting the freeze on 4.9 GHz licenses, allowing existing 4.9 GHz band licensees to modify their licenses, and allowing existing 4.9 GHz band licensees to apply for new permanent fixed sites withi…

On Monday, October 18, the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced “PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021 to 2014.” This roadmap lays out a three-year multi-agency strategy describing specific regulations …

The International Code Council has opened the Online Governmental Consensus Voting as part of the 2024 Group A Code Development process. The fire service provides a key vote in the code development process, and the FLSS encourages our organizations t…

The International Association of Fire Chiefs’ (IAFC) Industrial Fire & Safety (IF&S) Section has established a scholarship to participate in Fire, Safety and Emergency Response training.
Scholarship applications are available at. Winners will b…

The document discusses questions such as whether businesses or individuals can ask customers or clients about their COVID-19 vaccine status or whether an employer can require an employee to disclose vaccination …

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced revisions to its Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. This program cancels the student debt of Americans who spend ten years in public service jobs, including firefighters and EMS personnel…