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» posted on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 at 6:51 pm by admin
VFCA Co-Winners of the 2010 Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Service Safety Leadership Award
The Virginia Fire Chief’s Association is one of three organizations to win the 2010 Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Service Safety Leadership Award. VFCA shares the award with The National Volunteer Fire Council and the City of New York Fire Department.
The Virginia Fire Chiefs Association is being recognized for the Virginia Fire Officer Academy, a program VFCA established in 2007 to enforce the 16 life safety initiatives of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. To date, the program has graduated 120 students from all parts Virginia and other states. -firehouse.com.
More information can be found about the award here.
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»About The Academy
The Virginia Fire Officer Academy is an interactive, highly challenging, educational initiative of the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association. The academy provides modern, ethical leadership values while promoting best practices in fire and emergency services health and safety by providing fire and emergency service professionals a comprehensive certificate program designed to provide the key skills and techniques of exemplary leadership necessary to enhance firefighter safety and to advance a culture of leadership through ownership and safety in today's ever-changing fire and emergency services.
For more information, please email info@vfoa.us