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What Every City Council Member Should Know About Community Risk Reduction Brent Faulkner, MAM, FO   Read Original Article May 26, 2026 Author Every year, in budget meetings across the country, elected officials make decisions about Community Risk Reduction funding without fully understanding what they are deciding. They are not making those decisions carelessly. They are making them with incomplete information — because the fire service has not always done a good job of explaining CRR in language that connects with how elected officials think, what they are accountable for, and what their constituents actually experience. This article is an attempt to close that gap. It is written for city council members, county supervisors, and elected officials who oversee fire department budgets. It is also written for fire chiefs and CRR professionals who want to help their elected officials understand what is actually at stake when prevention funding is on the table. You Are Not Just Funding ...

  53 rd Annual ARIZONA FIRE SCHOOL September 9 – 13, 2026   REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN @ ARIZONA FIRE SCHOOL INFO & REGISTRATION!       This year marks the 53 rd Annual Arizona Fire School offering over 35 educational training sessions from Basic Firefighter Skills Training, Fire Prevention & Investigation to Fire Leadership and is one of the best training experiences available at any venue in Arizona, providing education in the skills and knowledge a modern firefighter needs to be effective while remaining safe.   The Arizona Fire School is brought to you through the volunteer efforts and commitment of the Arizona State Fire Training Committee (ASFTC). Since the first Fire School in 1973, the goal has been to improve the safety of Arizona's firefighters by offering high quality training. Well trained and knowledgeable firefighters can better protect the citizens of their respective communities from the many hazards of daily life.   The Arizona...