Late March 2022 was a momentous time for many in the wildland community. The 2022 IAFC Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) conference was the first time that many had been able to get together in person to share ideas, see old friends and make new connectio…

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As the fire service celebrates EMS Week May 15-21, 2022, this year’s theme, “Rising to the Challenge” could not be more appropriate. During the past year (and the year before), we provided COVID testing to hundreds of thousands of members of our commun…

Fire & EMS departments across USA should consider starting Pet Therapy “stress relief” visits. The model program in Southwestern Ohio / Northern Kentucky could easily be replicated. For example, on March 19, Fire Chief Kevin Hardwick, Glendale Fire…

The Emergency Responder Safety Institute (ERSI) has just launched a new nationwide platform that collects detailed information directly from first responders about incidents on the roadway where responders or their equipment were struck by a vehicle wh…

Homeland Security: President Biden’s budget recommends increases to fire service programs like the Assistance to Firefighters Grant and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants.
Other programs, such as the State Homeland Securit…

IAFC has received funding through a DHS/FEMA/AFG/FP&S grant to provide support for roadside and community chipping programs.   
A maximum of $20,000 per department is available to help RSG! members cover the cost of department staffing, e…

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that it will be allowing a minimum 90{5733dc4cfc0839ade73c8aa82086f5af6447ea4397c316dc5ed4a27a2232ec93} cost share for all federal emergency or major disaster declarations that were declared or had an incident period beginning between January 1, 2020, and…

Why focus on road corridors? In early December, Teton Area Wildfire Protection Coalition (TAWPC) had the good fortune of having the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) present to us on their Camp Fire Progression Study. The Camp Fire …

Early on Tuesday morning, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee released their Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 2471). 
The bill would cut both the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (also known as the “FIRE Grant”) an…