Press Releases
USFA Press Releases: 2003
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- Round Twenty-Seven Of The Assistance To Firefighters Grants To Aid America's Fire Departments Is Announced (12/19/03)
- FEMA Review Of Deadly Alligator Alley Multiple Vehicle Accident Provides Insight Into Lessons Learned (12/17/03)
- FEMA On-Line Course To Help Community Emergency Response Teams Get - And Stay - Trained (12/17/03)
- FEMA Supports CPSC Release of Carbon Monoxide Guidelines for First Responders (12/16/03)
- U.S. Fire Administration Hosts First Parade Conference (12/15/03)
- Round Twenty-Six Of The Assistance To Firefighters Grants To Aid America's Fire Departments Is Announced (12/12/03)
- Round Twenty-Five Of The Assistance To Firefighters Grants To Aid America's Fire Departments Is Announced (12/05/03)
- To Reduce Holiday Fires, The U.S. Fire Administration Offers Tips on Using Christmas Trees, Candles and Decorations (12/04/03)
- Training Course To Help Safeguard Seniors And People With Disabilities Being Distributed By FEMA (12/01/03)
- FEMA Offers Multihazard Building Design Summer Institute For College And University Faculty (12/01/03)
- Round Twenty-Four Of The Assistance To Firefighters Grants To Aid America's Fire Departments Is The Largest Announced (11/28/03)
- Round Twenty-Three of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants to Aid America's Fire Departments Announced by Homeland Security and FEMA (11/21/03)
- FEMA Announces Application Procedures for 2004 Harvard Fire Executive Fellowship Program (11/17/03)
- Round Twenty-Two Of The Assistance To Firefighters Grants To Aid America's Fire Departments Announced By FEMA (11/14/03)
- FEMA Review Of Deadly Texas A&M Bonfire Collapse Provides Insight Into Lessons Learned (11/10/03)
- Round Twenty-One of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants to Aid America's Fire Departments Announced by FEMA (11/07/03)
- The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General Completes Assessment of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (11/06/03)
- FEMA Special Review Of Firefighter Training Uncovers Ways To Reduce The Risk Of Tragic Outcomes (11/05/03)
- National Fire Academy Announces Second Semester Enrollment Period Is Now Open (11/01/03)
- FEMA Announces Twentieth Round of Grants to Aid America's Firefighters (10/31/03)
- FEMA Announces Nineteenth Round of Grants to Aid America's Firefighters (10/24/03)
- Americans Can Use Their "Extra Hour" On Sunday To Reduce Their Risk of Dying In a House Fire by 50 Percent (10/23/03)
- Op-Ed: Turning Clocks Back Is A Reminder To Change Smoke Alarm Batteries (10/23/03)
- FEMA Review of Pennsylvania Explosion Shows Need for Hazardous Materials Training for Emergency Responders (10/23/03)
- FEMA Review of Amtrak Derailment Shows Relevance of 'All-Hazards' Training and Planning (10/22/03)
- FEMA Announces Opening of Application Period for 2003 Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (10/14/03)
- FEMA Announces New Fire Safety Resource to Enhance Fire Safety (10/10/03)
- FEMA Announces Eighteenth Round of Grants to Aid America's Firefighters (10/10/03)
- U.S. Fire Chief Named Fire Protection Person of the Year (10/09/03)
- Preventing Losses to Business Community Focus of New FEMA Course (10/09/03)
- BP Donation Allows FEMA To Help Promote Readiness And Response In America's Communities (10/06/03)
- FEMA Announces Support for 2003 Fire Prevention Week (10/06/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (10/03/03)
- Firefighter Fatality Report Shows 100 On-Duty Deaths in 2002, Including Nearly a Quarter Related to Wildfires (09/30/03)
- 2003 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Candlelight and National Memorial Services to be Broadcast Live October 4-5 (09/30/03)
- Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to Lead National Remembrance for 105 Fallen Firefighters (09/30/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (09/26/03)
- First Responders Urged Not To Respond To Hurricane Impact Areas Unless Dispatched By State, Local Authorities (09/19/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (09/19/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (09/12/03)
- FEMA Reviews Two Major Apartment Fires That Affected Elderly Residents for Lessons Learned (09/11/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (09/05/03)
- FEMA Review of Deadly Stockton, Calif., House Fire Provides Insight Into Lessons Learned (09/02/03)
- FEMA Review of Deadly 1999 Worcester, Mass. Fire, Provides Insight Into Lessons Learned (09/02/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (08/29/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (08/22/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (08/15/03)
- FEMA Kicks Off Public Safety Campaign to Reduce Fire Deaths of Babies and Toddlers (08/13/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (08/08/03)
- Press Release Boilerplate for 2003 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program is Now Available (08/04/03)
- Wildfire Warnings Throughout the Pacific Northwest (08/04/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (08/01/03)
- FEMA Announces Largest Number of Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards to Aid America's Firefighters (07/24/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (07/17/03)
- Report on National Residential Fire Sprinkler Initiative Available (07/15/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (07/11/03)
- USFA Releases Two Technical Reports - Watts Bar Hydroelectric Plant Fire and Fireboats: Then and Now (07/03/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (07/03/03)
- U.S. Fire Administrator to Appear on NBC Today Show (07/03/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards Announced to Aid America's Firefighters (06/25/03)
- Press Schedule for the Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge for Thursday, June 26, 2003 (06/25/03)
- USFA and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers Join Together to Protect Firefighters and Evaluate Fire and Life Safety Issues (06/24/03)
- Homeland Security Tops $20 Million in Direct Assistance to Fire Departments During the Last Two Weeks (06/19/03)
- U. S. Fire Administrator Develops National Residential Sprinkler Strategy to Save Lives (06/18/03)
- Homeland Security Announces First $13.3 Million of More Than $750 Million in Grants to Fire Departments (06/12/03)
- USFA Staff Member Receives National-Level Hazmat Award from IAFC (06/05/03)
- New Manual on Safe Operations of Fire Tankers Now Available from USFA (05/20/03)
- USFA Announces New Independent Study Program: Livestock In Disasters (05/14/03)
- USFA Training Back on Schedule (05/07/03)
- 100 Attend USFA Incident Command Course (05/07/03)
- Eight Fire Officials Selected for Harvard Senior Executives in State & Local Government Program (05/02/03)
- National Fire Academy Announces First Semester Enrollment Period (05/01/03)
- USFA Announces New Program to Prevent Home Injury and Death (05/01/03)
- 2003 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Application Preliminary Data (04/29/03)
- FEMA And USFA Announce Second Round of Special Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (04/15/03)
- Fire Academy Selects Outstanding Research Award Winners (04/09/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Advisory: Important Grant Announcement (04/04/03)
- FEMA Announces the Completion of an Audit of the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), Version 5.0. (04/01/03)
- USFA Assistance to Firefighters Grant Congressional Briefing Summary (03/31/03)
- USFA Posts Data from the Second Phase of the National Fire Department Census (03/31/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Advisory: Status Update (03/31/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Advisory: Facility Modifications (03/28/03)
- FEMA and USFA Announce First Round of Special Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (03/25/03)
- USFA Announces Change to Help Desk Hours of Operation (03/25/03)
- United States Fire Administration Opens the 2003 Grant Applications Period: March 10, 2003 (03/10/03)
- Department of Homeland Security Announces Opening of Grant Application Process for Firefighter Assistance Grants (03/10/03)
- Message from Secretary Tom Ridge to Our Nation's Fire Service (03/10/03)
- USFA Posts Data From the First Phase of the National Fire Department Census (03/05/03)
- Benefits to Fire and EMS Departments from Citizen Assistance (03/04/03)
- USFA to Delay Opening of the Assistance to Firefighters 2003 Grant Program (03/03/03)
- USFA Announces Joint Partnership with the American Forest & Paper Association (02/28/03)
- USFA Preparing to Open the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Application Process for 2003 (02/25/03)
- USFA Administrator to Discuss Emergency Preparedness and Safety on The History Channel (02/26/03)
- Opportunity for Citizen Support For America's Fire and Emergency Medical Services Through The Citizen Corps Initiative (02/24/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Program Guidance Document is Now Available (02/21/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Award Round Thirteen Announcement (01/28/03)
- FEMA, USFA And NFPA National Study Identifies Service Gaps in America's Fire Departments (01/22/03)
- FEMA and USFA Announce Webposting of 2003 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (01/16/03)
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Award Round Twelve Announcement (01/15/03)
- 102 United States Firefighter Fatalities in 2002 (01/09/03)
Last Updated: June 23, 2004 01:39 PM
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