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90th Missile Wing Public Affairs
3/25/2014 - F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. -- The
90th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services received
Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation
International for meeting the criteria established through the CFAI's
voluntary self-assessment and accreditation program.
F.E. Warren's fire department is one of 150 agencies to achieve
Internationally Accredited Agency status with the CFAI and the Center
for Public Safety Excellence, Inc. Out of the of the 30,125 registered
with the United States Fire Administration, 150 fire departments have
the accredited status with the CFAI . The 90th CES fire department is
the ninth Air Force fire & emergency services flight to receive this
status, the first in Air Force Global Strike Command and the first in
Wyoming.
The CFAI assists fire and emergency service agencies throughout the
world to help them achieve excellence through self-assessment and
accreditation in order to provide continuous quality improvement and
enhanced service delivery to their communities.
Accreditation is voluntary and provides an agency with an improvement
model to assess their delivery and performance internally. The agency
works with a team of peers from other agencies to evaluate their
completed self-assessment.
The department completed the self-assessment consisting of 258 different
performance criteria in the past three years. Additionally, a
four-person peer team visited the department in early December 2013, to
validate the documents and data previously presented, as well as confirm
performance measures met established industry standards.
The commission convened in Henderson, Nev., March 10 and 11, and
agencies recommended for accredited status appeared before the
commission to answer questions and defend their respective documents and
data. The commission voted unanimously to award F.E. Warren's fire
department the status.
"The achievement of Accredited Agency status demonstrates the commitment
of our department to provide the highest quality of service to F.E.
Warren Air Force Base," said John McDougall, 90th CES fire chief. "I am
very proud of our department for this achievement."
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
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