The International Association of Fire Chiefs

Fire Service Leadership Issue National Calls

Jan. 7, 2009…
Need for Working Smoke Alarms
The IAFC, its Fire & Life Safety Section and several metro fire chiefs joined U.S. Fire Administrator Chief Greg Cade in asking all residents to install, maintain and test their smoke alarms. This national effort is a result of one of the deadliest holiday seasons in recent memory—since Thanksgiving 2008, there have been more than 158 fatal fires in the U.S., resulting in over 200 fire fatalities. Join us in this effort to prevent even more fatalities in 2009. View the press conference on IAFC TV.

Leave FEMA in DHS
The IAFC, IAFF and CFSI are urging President-Elect Barack Obama to leave FEMA in the Department of Homeland Security. To move FEMA out of DHS could endanger America’s emergency response capabilities, said the leaders of the 3 prominent fire and emergency service organizations in a letter December 22 to President-Elect Obama... (pdf) Letter to President-Elect Obama (pdf)

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