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2026 Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grants

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  Not rendering correctly?  View this email as a web page     The Road to Zero Coalition wants to help make your vision for safer streets a reality. Applications are now open for the  2026 Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grants.  Funded by NHTSA, these grants support innovative and promising projects, programs and research to achieve our mission of zero traffic fatalities. Successful recipients will be funded for one year to complete a project that addresses one or more components of the Safe System Approach to traffic safety: Safer People, Safer Vehicles, Safer Speeds, Safer Roads and Post-Crash Care.     Apply Now»     “The Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grants help fund the development of innovative and effective safety programs, which will generate lessons learned that can be applied throughout the country. NHTSA is pleased to partner with the Road to Zero Coalition to support innovative programs to make our ro...

September NFPA Public Education Updates

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                                       Fall is a busy, and exciting time of year for fire and life safety educators across North America. As Fire Prevention Week (FPW) gets closer, I’d like to ask our network representatives to consider purchasing  official FPW materials . Created by NFPA subject matter experts, these trusted resources not only support your community outreach but also help fund NFPA public education initiatives, like the Network Program, EMAC, and Steps to Safety. We are so excited about Fire Prevention Week 2025 and can’t wait to see all the wonderful things happening in your states. Please share the following updates with your email lists. Thanks for all you do. Fire Prevention Week      FPW Supporters : A big “Thank You” to the organizations and business supporting FPW 2025.  Check out the organizations  that are helping to make this year’...

Leading Up Your Personal Life

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Leadership Tip of the Day Click here < https://action.growyourcaptai ns.com/c1.pl?5cf4870f764c1b864 50a67d6d522e6ae95d44d438ebedc2 b380d81d354919c92 >  to watch this 6-minute video. Click here < https://action.growyourcaptai ns.com/s2.pl?8a402f715f7145237 14bc81e02aaa26e5b5092723e57f8e 8 >  to rate the video and provide feedback. Leading Yourself Success = Wisdom + Courage + Discipline. KNOW what to do, be BRAVE enough to do it, and LEAD YOURSELF to doing it again and again. --Ryan Lilly A self-leader cries for no followers by himself. He does his thing and people get to know him, chase him and learn from him. --Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder How we lead ourselves in life impacts how we lead those around us. --Michael Hyatt, Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want A self-leader looks around for problems, and then thinks deep to devize solutions to them. --Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin ...

Discover new Firewise USA® information and resources

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    REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK TO PROPERTY THROUGH INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND TOOLS.  LEARN MORE . HELP SAFEGUARD YOUR COMMUNITY Help protect your family, neighbors, and community with our wildfire mitigation strategies and tools. Discover new Firewise USA ®  information, toolkits, and resources today and help safeguard your family and your community. Scroll below for wildfire education, videos, research, training, and more! Online Tutorial Our Community Wildfire Risk Assessment Tutorial provides an overview of the wildfire risk assessment process, a critical step in the Firewise USA ®  recognition process. Learn how to evaluate your community’s strengths and vulnerabilities to wildfire as well as how to use that knowledge to inform your assessment. Begin the Tutorial → Certified Wildfire Mitigation Specialist This gold-standard certification provides evidence of knowledge of hazard mitigation, planning and preparedness, public education, and fire science concepts as...