Fire Corp
Fire Corp :
"launched last December [2004] with 13 local fire departments - today, there are more than 370 departments actively involved in 45 states and Guam?. Last December, you [IAFC] partnered with us to launch the Fire Corps initiative - a component of Citizen Corps designed to serve two strategic purposes. One by tapping citizens to provide administrative support, firefighters are free to focus on the specialized training and duties of your life-saving work. and two it engages citizens in the work of emergency preparedness, motivating them to address the safety of their homes and communities and spreading the message of shared responsibility to neighbors and friends". (DHS, Remarks by Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S. Department of Homeland Security at the International Association of Fire Chiefs Leadership Summit, November 4, 2005)
