Metropolitan Fire Chiefs

Latest news

• Metro Chiefs Annual Business Meeting Minutes - August 16, 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.
• Fire Service Deployment: Accessing Community Vulnerability (PDF, 2 MB) (2nd Edition High-Rise Implementation Guide)
• UFF Active Shooter Position Statement (PDF, 33 KB)

2013 Urban Fire Forum

NEWS RELEASE Fire chiefs endorse documents on active shooter response, community risk assessment - NFPA hosts Urban Fire Forum

• Rescue Task Force (PDF, 15 MB)
• Multiphase Study on Firefighter Safety and the Deployment of Resources (PPT, 6 MB)
• PPACA Brief Overview (PPT, 488 KB)
• Active Shooter - A National Perspective (PPT, 3 MB)
• A new Consensus Approach to Firefighter Behavioral Health (PPT, 3.6 MB)
• Metrolink Train 111 Collision/Derailment September 12, 2008 (PDF, 14 MB)
• Rising to New Challenges (PDF, 2 MB)
• Active Shooter Response (PPT, 6.3 MB)
• Fire Protection Research Foundation Update (PPT, 3 MB)
• IAFF/IAFC Wellness Fitness Initiative Behavioral Health Update (PPT, 577 KB)

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, 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)
• Metro Chiefs clothing order form (PDF, 679 KB)
•  Fire service-based EMS electronic tool kit
• NFPA homeland security information and resources
• View high-rise fire safety and evacuation procedures