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Traffic Incident Awareness Month: Are Your Responders Ready for Roadway Incidents?

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Below are a few resources to get you started: Traffic Incident Management Certificate Responder Safety Learning Network Federal Highway Administration Other Online Training: NVFC Course: Electric Vehicle Safety: An Awareness Level Training NVFC Webinar: Roadway Safety – Beyond the Basics of Traffic Incident Management NVFC Webinar: Roadway Incident (..)

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Serving the Whole Community: Older Residents

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It’s critical that fire and EMS departments take this large population into consideration when planning fire and life safety community education – and recruitment and retention initiatives. Fire Administration and NFPA provide graphics, messaging, handouts, and other tools to educate older adults in your community.

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Is Volunteerism Dying Or Has Your Marketing Flatlined?

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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reported that in 2020, there were 676,900 volunteer firefighters in the U.S. This is compared to 897,750 in 1984, the first year the NFPA began tracking this number. The NFPA Fire Department Profile for 2020 found that 50% of all firefighters are between the ages of 30 and 49 years old.

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Does your department’s response performance stack up?

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In both fire and EMS services, response time is obviously a crucial part to a successful resolution of an incident. For fire and EMS responses, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has set guidelines for 4 minutes or less for travel time, 80 seconds for fire turnout time, and 60 seconds for EMS turnout time.

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Fire Departments in KY, VT Awarded Turnouts and Helmets through MSA and DuPont’s Globe Gear Giveaway

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The department only has two sets of gear that are NFPA compliant. About the NVFC The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) is the leading nonprofit membership association representing the interests of the volunteer fire, EMS, and rescue services.

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APOT: Why It Matters and How To Cut Down on It

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Ambulance Patient Offload Time (APOT) is a new metric introduced in the 2024 ESO EMS Index that measures the duration from when an ambulance arrives at the hospital to the transfer of patient care to hospital personnel. They not only add friction to the patient care continuum, but they also tax already limited EMS and hospital resources.

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Register Now for the 2025 NVFC Training Summit

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This signature conference provides an opportunity for firefighters and EMS providers to participate in valuable classroom training, idea sharing, and networking. About the NVFC The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) is the leading nonprofit membership association representing the interests of the volunteer fire, EMS, and rescue services.

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