Partners


Underwriters Laboratories Firefighter Safety Research Institute

Working in partnership with the fire service, research departments and agencies, FSRI executes cutting-edge firefighter research and makes the results widely available to the global fire community. With a team of pioneering experts and access to UL's leading infrastructure, equipment and vast knowledge and insights, FSRI conducts and disseminates cutting-edge research and training programs that focus on the changing dynamics of residential, commercial and industrial fires, and the impact they have on the fire service tactics and strategies.

http://ulfirefightersafety.com/


National Institute of Standards and Technology

The Fire Research Division develops, verifies, and utilizes measurements and predictive methods to quantify the behavior of fire and means to reduce the impact of fire on people, property, and the environment. This work involves integration of laboratory measurements, verified methods of prediction, and large-scale fire experiments to demonstrate the use and value of the research products.

https://www.nist.gov/el/fire-research-division-73300


Safety, Health and Survival Section

On behalf of the more than one thousand members of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Safety, Health, and Survival Section WELCOME to our website. The SHS Section has one clear mission: reduce the number of preventable line of duty deaths and injuries in our fire service. History should long remember that it was us in this time that did everything in our power to help bring our brother and sister firefighters home from every alarm.

http://iafcsafety.org/


Illinois Fire Service Institute

As the statutory fire academy for Illinois, the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) serves firefighters throughout Illinois and the world. World-class instructors deliver more than 14,000 class hours to students online, on campus and at regional training centers throughout the state.

The Champaign campus includes 28 acres of real-life training props and features one of the few locations in the U.S. that still uses live-fire structural burn training. The site includes training and educational props for hazardous materials, collapsed buildings, high-rise buildings, trenches and vehicle rescue. A streetscape structure mimics a real city block with a variety of store fronts and an area is dedicated to agricultural training.

The 21,000 square foot Learning Resource and Research Center houses the Firefighter Life Safety Research Center. IFSI's research is carried out by experienced scientists who conduct applied research that addresses real-world health and safety challenges facing first responders. The Center's research is enhanced by its affiliation with one of the premier research universities in the U.S. at the University of Illinois.

https://www.fsi.illinois.edu/


Volunteer & Combination Officers Section

On behalf of the more than one thousand members of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Safety, Health, and Survival Section WELCOME to our website. The SHS Section has one clear mission: reduce the number of preventable line of duty deaths and injuries in our fire service. History should long remember that it was us in this time that did everything in our power to help bring our brother and sister firefighters home from every alarm.

www.vcos.org/


International Partners

Chief Fire Officers Association

The Chief Fire Officers' Association (CFOA) brings together all fire and rescue services (FRSs) across the country to promote the effectiveness of the service as whole for the benefit of communities across the country.

CFOA is proud to be the professional voice of the UK FRS, representing the collective views of the profession at a national level through its unique relationship with senior management teams. Our structure, governance processes and communications are deliberately designed to support our ability to be the voice of the profession.

CFOA believes that FRSs make a major contribution to building safe and resilient communities and protecting people and places from harm, as well as playing a key role in the country's shared prosperity and creating conditions for economic growth. It is CFOA's role to channel the expertise across the country for the benefit of the profession as a whole and support the development of both fire and rescue services and employees.

http://www.cfoa.org.uk/