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Since 1909, the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) united fire service leaders, associates and their provincial/territorial and national level affiliate organizations. Joining the CAFC is the best way advance safe, effective, and sustainable fire and emergency service and to unite with Canada's fire and emergency leaders in service of public health and safety. This year the CAFC has more membership benefits to offer than ever before. Scroll down for a glimpse into 2022. To view our membership categories, please click here.

2022 Individual (voting) and Affiliate (non-voting) membership benefits

• Ask The Lawyers: Free sessions with a Lawyer focussed on Human Resources and Labour Relations Laws
• Awards: Fire Chief of the Year Awards eligibility
• Blue Book: RPAS BVLOS guide book (once developed)
• Discount on Beyond Helmets and Hoses: Instruction for incoming chiefs (when available)
• CAFC Committees: Access to CAFC Committees as resources or as participants
• Census: Yearly census to collect data on Canadian Fire Departments.
• Chiefs Chat Room: A national network of colleagues accessible through Chiefs Chat Room
• Comments on Codes: a series of papers on the position of the Building Codes committee on key issues
• Daily Clippings: Daily media clippings through Fire Press Everyday including Twitter
• Data: Access to the NFID and the next phase of data development
• Donations: Donations from CAFC donors when they are available i.e. Duracell, Kidde, Gillette
• Diversity and Inclusion: products and service to support D&I initiatives
• ECFO: Eligibility for the ECFO or the ECFO Aspire Program and Maintenance of Certification
• Facilitated access: facilitated access to cost deferred program opportunities i.e. R2MR
  
• FRC and webinars: Free access to webinar series covering a range of training & education
  
• Government relations: training and development
• Green Book: CAFC Policy Manual which will contain position statements
• Influence policy: Ability to influence CAFC policy proposals to federal government
• Information priority: on federal programs and partner opportunities i.e. funding, training etc.
• Insurance: Discount on the Personal insurance
• Monthly newsletter: Monthly updates from the CAFC
• Professional Development: Opportunity for development through leadership training.
• Quarterly magazine: Canadian Fire Chiefs Magazine
• Rapid Response in D&I: Implementation of the Women Chief Action Plan
• Recruitment support: Answer the Call campaign materials for volunteer firefighters
• Recruitment centre: Discounted career centre postings for recruitment
• Red Book: A copy of the second edition of the Red Book, a selection of Best Practices Guidelines
• Reports: Ability to shape and access reports (Redefining Fire, A Fire Service for All, Census Report.)
• Research: Access to Fire Research Roster
• Support for challenges: Support for key policy challenges i.e. diversity and inclusion, sprinklers
• The Fire Chiefs Ask: Selection of Fire Prevention messages and graphics to share with your communities
• Thought leadership: The opportunity through conversation and committee to bring thought leadership to bare on the national set of practices
• Yearly directory: CAFC Annual Directory

2022 CAFC Business and Researcher Affiliate (non-voting) membership benefits

• Yearly directory: CAFC Printed Annual Directory
• Quarterly magazine: Canadian Fire Chiefs Magazine
• Monthly e-newsletter: Monthly updates from the CAFC
• Research: Access to Fire Research Roster
• FRC and webinar: Free access to webinar series covering a range of training & education
• Data: Access to the NFID and the next phase of data development
• Red Book: A copy of the Red Book
• Reports: Ability to access reports (i.e. Redefining Fire, A Fire Service for All.)

Interested in becoming a member of the CAFC? Take a look at our membership categories here, or get in touch with our Manager of Membership Services, Ms. Anabel Therrien at atherrien@cafc.ca, or by phone at 1-800-775-5189 x2.