NAEFO News - May 2024 - National Association of Emergency and Fire Officials

NAEFO News - May 2024

Hello!

Welcome to the NAEFO Newsletter for May 2024. It’s our first run at a regular newsletter for NAEFO’s members.

In our May newsletter:

Advocacy Alert: Fire Grants and Safety Act to be considered week of May 6
Advocacy Alert: Support the Special District Grant Accessibility Act
Meet NAEFO’s new Executive Director.

But first – We want to hear from you! Please take about 10 minutes to provide your feedback in our NAEFO membership survey. Your perspectives will help us craft NAEFO programs in the time ahead.

Click here to access the survey (Microsoft Forms). You could get some coffee for your time!

AND! Save the date - June 15 for a live NAEFO webinar covering the latest federal trends and issues for the nation's emergency service boards.

This newsletter contains external resources for your advocacy. Read more about them in our articles below and download NAEFO toolkits for each at the bottom of this newsletter.

For questions, please contact Cole Arreola-Karr, NAEFO Executive Director.

Thank you!

Cole Arreola-Karr
Executive Director
National Association of Emergency and Fire Officials
cole@naefo.org

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NAEFO Supports Fire Grants & Safety Act, Call In Your Support to Congress

The National Association of Emergency and Fire Officials (NAEFO) supports the Fire Grants and Safety Act to reauthorize the federal emergency services…

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Nation’s Emergency Services Districts Support Bipartisan ‘Special District Grant Accessibility Act’

The National Association of Emergency and Fire Officials (NAEFO) strongly supports landmark legislation to federally define “special district,” and to…

Arreola-Karr Selected to Serve as NAEFO Executive Director

The National Association of Emergency and Fire Officials (NAEFO) has tapped Cole Arreola-Karr to lead the Association as its Executive Director.

NAEFO Advocacy: Special District Grant Accessibility Act

Follow the link below for full NAEFO resources on H.R. 7525, the Special District Grant Accessibility Act.

NAEFO Advocacy: Fire Grants and Safety Act

Follow the links below for NAEFO Advocacy resources on S. 870, the Fire Grants and Safety Act

Complete the NAEFO Membership Survey

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If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at 253-905-5284

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

National Association of Emergency and Fire Officials has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, National Association of Emergency and Fire Officials regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 253-905-5284.

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