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Funding and Grants

Budget cuts will have lasting impact on residents and responders

When the frequency of an occurrence is drastically increased,  the exposure is prolonged or when the magnitude and impact of an incident are quite significant, people impacted tend to adjust and become desensitized after a while.

It has a numbing impact, and right, wrong, or indifferent, we just get used to it. Maybe not at first, but then gradually.

With the increased frequency of occurrence of an event, people simply adjust their norms and accept it as a non-event...

Recent Podcasts

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 14:07

Several members of the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) team up to provide tips and information for preparing a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant application and narrative.

Guests include Chief Jeff Cash, NVFC First Vice Chair Jack Carriger, NVFC Massachussetts Alternate Director Joe Maruca, and Jason Wofford of the Cherryville Fire Department.

Friday, June 26, 2009 - 10:10
Firehouse.com Grants Contributor Brian Vickers talks with Tommy Abercrombie of Abercrombie Design, about the Fire Station Construction grant (FSC) program that has provided $210 million in funding. This podcast focuses on the construction and technical aspects of station redesigns and new construction standards. Please send any questions, suggestions or comments for this podcast to: podcast@firehouse.com. Related Links
 

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Blogs

Chase (JP Morgan-Chase to be official I guess) is holding a contest through Facebook with people voting for funding to go to their favorite charities. The prizes are donations to the winning charities ranging from $25,000 up...

 

Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

Webcast presenter

Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

 

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