The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking public feedback on 24 Fire Management and Suppression Resource Typing documents.  

These documents are important because they improve mutual aid a…

In Tennessee, a health crisis therapist came to talk to students about the emotional/mental side of emergency services. The talk prompted one student, Kira Jones, to write an essay, and it made it to the IAFC. We decided to publish it as a blog.&n…

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) by a vote of 220-213. This bill must now be considered in the U.S. Senate. 

The bill includes many provisions that may affect the fire and emergency service:…

EPA’s Homeland Security Research Program would like to hear from state and local emergency management and waste management professionals on their experiences and the needs of their community with on-the-ground decision-making regarding waste …

IAFC’s KnowledgeNet is now available via Higher Logic’s Connected Community mobile application available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store!
How to download the Connected Community mobile app.
 

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The IAFC’s Emergency Vehicle Management Section (EVMS), and Underwriters’ Laboratory (UL), proudly announce the recipient of the 2020 Boyd Cole Award, David Williams. This award recognizes an educator, trainer, or facilitator who effectually organizes …

As part of the effort to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to children between ages 5 and 11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said that it could reimburse expenses for vaccination programs. 
FEMA is using its Public Assistance (PA) p…

Last night the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF). This package was developed as a compromise following negotiations between the White Ho…

Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is opening the application period for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. The application period closes on December 17, 2021, at 5 PM ET. 
FEMA has $414 mi…

Many fire departments, regardless of size or shape, share at least several of these challenges:

We don’t always have enough people responding to calls
It’s getting harder to train the new recruits to be pump operators
Our pump operators ha…