The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) has announced their request for all Fire Chiefs and fire and emergency service leaders to call their Members of Congress and ask them to re-open the National Fire Academy.
As part of the drive, the IAFC has called for their members can contact local Senators and Representatives to ask them to re-open the NFA.
On March 7, the National Fire Academy was closed as part of a Trump Administration effort to evaluate its programs and align them with Administration programs.
The NFA is closed and all instructor led virtual training is canceled, only asynchronous virtual classes are still available.
Chief Josh Waldo, the IAFC’s President and Board Chair said: “The National Fire Academy is the nation’s premier fire and emergency service educational institution.
“Closing the NFA will risk the development of the nation’s next generation of fire and EMS leaders.
“This is akin to closing the Naval War College for the U.S. Navy or FBI Academy for law enforcement, and we need to re-open the NFA as soon as possible.”
As part of the drive, the IAFC has called for their members can contact local Senators and Representatives to ask them to re-open the NFA.
The IAFC has called for their members can contact local Senators and Representatives to ask them to re-open the NFA, amid the Trump administrations immediate closure of the Maryland campus.
