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Download Fire Service Deployment: Assessing Community Vulnerability (PDF, 1 MB), a report on fire safety released by the Urban Fire Forum, an educational group representing metropolitan fire departments.
Metro Chiefs clothing order form
Metro Business Meetng Minutes (PDF, 40 KB) - January 14, 2012
Metro Fire Chiefs resolution on DHS funding proposal (PDF, 259 KB)
NFPA hosts Urban Fire Forum
Fire service-based EMS electronic tool kit
Memorandum of Understanding with FirstLink (PDF, 196 KB)
Position on the 700 MHz "D" Block (PDF, 496 KB)
Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes Web site
Memorandum of Understanding with Federal Laboratory Consortium and Center for Technology Consortium (PDF, 87 KB)
CTIF and Metropolitan Fire Chiefs - A new partnership (PDF, 41 PDF)
Metro Chiefs strategic plan & implementation strategies (PDF, 43 PDF)
Memorandum of Understanding with the Comite' Technique International De Prevention Et D'Extinction Du Feu (PDF, 54 KB)
Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Laboratory Consortium and the United States Fire Administration (PDF, 79 KB)
Resources for Section members

2011 Urban Fire Forum presentations
All presentations are in Powerpoint format unless otherwise noted.

Risk Reduction for Citizens and Fire Department Members in Urban Communities (3 MB), Glenn A. Gaines, Deputy Fire Administrator
Overview of NFPA: Current Legislation on the Hill and Regulations at Federal Agencies (1 MB), Gregory B. Cade, Division Director, Government Affairs, NFPA
Operation Care (474 KB), Baltimore HealthCare Access, Inc., Baltimore City Fire Department
LFB - Responding in an Uncertain World (6 MB), Ron Dobson, CBE QFSM FIFireE - London Fire Commissioner
Fire Protection Research Foundation Update (2 MB), Casey Grant, PE, NFPA
NFPA Urban Fire Safety Project (3 MB), Sharon Gamache, Program Director High-Risk Outreach Programs, NFPA
IAFC Moving Forward: Lead. Educate. Serve (644 KB), Mary Beth Michos, Chief Administrative and Operations Officer, IAFC
Everyone Goes Home - Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program (2 MB), Chief Kelvin Cochran, Chief, Atlanta Fire Department
Fireground Injuries: An International Evaluation of Causes and best Practices (428 KB), Jeff Burgess, MD MS MPH University of Arizona, and Mike Duncan, Northwest Fire District
Strategies to Enhance Diversity (226 KB), Chief Larry Few, CFO, Fulton County Fire and Rescue
Fire Service Deployment: Assessing Community Vulnerability (16 MB)
Trends in On-Duty Firefighter Deaths and Injuries (PDF, 777 KB), Rita Fahy, NFPA
April's Fury - Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Response to the Birmingham-Tuscaloosa Tornado (24 MB), Chief Ivor Brooks

2011 Metro Chiefs Conference presentations, Charlotte, NC
All presentations are in Powerpoint format.

United States Fire Administration (ppt, 4 MB), Glenn A. Gaines
Latest Development in Rescue and Fire Safety in the Hong Kong Fire Services Department (ppt, 12 MB), Gregory Lo, FSDSM, FIFireE, FHKIE
Risk Reduction Through Youth Engagement (ppt, 5 MB), Paul M. Fuller
Tough Times, Tough Choices (ppt, 196 KB), Kelvin J. Cochran
NFPA Conference & Expo (pptx, 17 MB), James Shannon
International Association of Fire Chiefs (ppt, 6 MB), Chief Jack Parow
Meaningful Fire Service Research: A Role for Metro Chiefs (ppt, 707 KB), Bruce Moeller, PhD and Raj Nagaraj, PhD
EMS Update (ppt, 2 MB), Lori Moore-Merrell, DrPH, MPH, EMT-P
High Rise Field Experiments (ppt, 371 KB), Lori Moore-Merrell, DrPH, MPH, EMT-P
Multiphase Study on Fire Fighter Safety and the Deployment of Resources (ppt, 2 MB), Lori Moore-Merrell, DrPH, MPH, EMT-P
Cardiac Arrest in Kansas City, Missouri (ppt, 7 MB), Chief Richard A. Dyer
Impact of Ventilation on Fire Behavior (ppt, 16 MB), Steve Kerber, PE
Electric Vehicle Safety Training for Emergency Responders (ppt, 6 MB), Casey C. Grant, PE
Building an ICS Organization During the Deepwater Horizon Response (ppt, 6 MB), Captain Meredith Austin
Oil Spill (ppt, 208 KB), Captain Meredith Austin
700 MHZ Broadband (ppt, 569 KB), Bill McCammon
City of Philadelphia (ppt, 8 MB)
Formation of a Sert-Surgical Emergency Response Team (ppt, 25 MB), Dr. David Keseg, MD, FACEP

Resources for Section members

National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System Note: To sign up for the Report of the Week, please send an e-mail with “Subscribe” in the subject line. You can also download the program kit (zip file, 19 MB).
Metropolitan Fire Chiefs bylaws (PDF, 29 KB)
Metropolitan Fire Chiefs – Policy Manual (PDF, 97 KB)
Metropolitan Fire Chiefs – Conference Planning Manual (PDF, 103 KB)
Summary of the Emergency Site Management System (PDF, 136 KB)
NFPA homeland security information and resources
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