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Senate Reauthorizes USFA and Fire Service Grant Progams

The Senate has unanimously approved an amendment to S. 3254, the National Defense Authorization Act, that reauthorizes the AFG and SAFER grant programs, as well as the United States Fire Administration.
(Friday, November 30, 2012) read
Tags: CFSI, FIRE Act, Grants, SAFER, USFA, Funding and Budgets
Management And Leadership
Regional Collaboration in the Fire Service

Collaborating with other departments to form a regional partnership is quickly becoming a necessary tool in helping many departments stay afloat. But as Thomas Jenkins discusses, there are many challenges to regional collaboration that departments must remain aware of and plan ahead for, and he provides one case study to illustrate his points and tips.
(Wednesday, November 14, 2012) read
Tags: Northwest Arkansas Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team, regional collaboration, regional effort, working together, Funding and Budgets, Professional Development
Firefighter Safety and Health
Required PPE Tests Push Up Costs—But Also Ensure Firefighter Safety

Personal protective equipment often seems unnecessarily expensive. F.I.E.R.O. staff break down what’s behind these high costs.
(Saturday, October 6, 2012) read
Tags: F.I.E.R.O., personal protective equipment, PPE, testing, third-party testing, Funding and Budgets
Management And Leadership
Why Fire Departments Need Key Performance Indicators

Athletes track every possible aspect of their performance, seeking to squeeze out improvements wherever they can. FireRescue editor-in-chief Tim Sendelbach argues that the fire service needs to do the same.
(Thursday, September 27, 2012) read
Tags: budget, performance indicators, Politics, response time, turnout time, Funding and Budgets
Technology
Using Technology to Reduce Response Times

Response times are a critical and much-scrutinized quality measure for fire departments, but too often the focus for reducing them is on driving to the incident. In this article, Jake Rhoades and Tom Jenkins look at some technological solutions that can shave seconds off response without encouraging poor driving practices.
(Saturday, September 22, 2012) read
Tags: automatic vehicle location, CAD, computer-aided dispatch, dispatch time, driving safety, response time, travel time, turnout time, Funding and Budgets, Firefighter Safety

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