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Metropolitan Fire Chiefs

Metro Business meeting minutes (PDF, 54 KB), Phoenix, Arizona - April 8-10, 2013
Metro Executive Board meeting minutes (PDF, 32 KB) - April 6, 2013
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.
2012 Metro Chiefs clothing order form (PDF, 679 KB)
Metro Fire Chiefs resolution on DHS funding proposal (PDF, 259 KB)
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)
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

2012 Metro Chiefs Conference presentations, Louisville, KY
All presentations are in Powerpoint unless otherwise noted.

Fire Spread in Buildings (19 MB)
The Leadership Challenge: What's Next? (11 MB)
Overview of the NFA National System for Training (2 MB)
Multiphase Study on Firefighter Safety and the Deployment of Resources (29 MB)
Fire Department-Based Emergency Medical Services: Opportunities and Threats (194 KB)
The Fire Service and the EMS Medical Director (17 MB)
Fire Service Deployment: NFPA Standard 1710 (10 MB)
Louisville Division of Fire Host Chief Presentation (22 MB)
2012 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (1 MB)
United States Fire Administration: Who We Are – Where We Stand (7 MB)
Wildfire? Wildfire! An Emerging Challenge for Metro Departments (17 MB)
Title VI – Public Safety Communications and Electromagnetic Spectrum Auction (91 KB)
Hoarding Issues and Solutions in Fairfax, VA (2 MB)
FA18D Jet Crash in Virginia Beach, VA (9 MB)
Labor Management; Fire Chiefs in Trouble (3 MB)

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
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

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
View high-rise fire safety and evacuation procedures

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