NJ Fire & EMS Institute

25/08/2026

What happens when the shift ends?
The transition from work to home is an opportunity to pause, reset, and build resilience.

Life Safety Initiative #4: Mindful Resilience encourages firefighters to make mental wellness part of their daily routine. The new Work-to-Home Practice Guide offers a simple way to take a few minutes after your shift to breathe, refocus, and intentionally transition from work to home.
Take a few minutes. Leave work at work. Be present when you get home.

Learn more about Mindful Resilience:
https://www.firehero.org/fire-service-resources/until-everyone-goes-home/mindful-resilience/

05/08/2026

Join our partners for this interactive workshop to help raise your leadership skills and performance

🔥 Growing your leadership skills?
Join the New Jersey State Fire Chiefs Association in Wildwood for an interactive, high-impact morning of real-world tactical leadership! We’re proud to announce Battalion Chief John Hayowyk, Jr. (Passaic FD, ret.) as our featured speaker for the 2026 Leadership Seminar.
📖 Session Title: Leadership in Action: Shaping Today’s and Tomorrow’s Fire Service Leaders

📅 Date & Time: Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
📍 Location: Wildwood Convention Center
Whether you're a veteran chief officer or an ambitious entry-level firefighter, this interactive workshop builds your leadership skills for in the firehouse and on the streets.

25/07/2026

Join us for this noble cause

Our mission is to honor America's fallen fire heroes, support their families, colleagues, and organizations; and work to reduce preventable firefighter death and injury.

27/06/2026

The Prestigious Executive Fire Officer Program will start taking applications in August.

The Executive Fire Officer Program for fire service executive-level leaders is the flagship program of the National Fire Academy. Through coursework that fosters individual growth, development and an appreciation for lifelong learning, executive officers learn how to craft solutions that create prep...

11/06/2026

Today, Vice President Christopher Burnett and Treasurer Anthony Correia, along with Gail Burnett, are at the New Jersey Statehouse, Room 13 on the 4th floor, to establish relationships and discuss key issues with the New Jersey Assembly GOP and New Jersey Assembly Democrats. If you are at the Statehouse, please stop by to discuss the important issues facing New Jersey Fire and EMS. NJ Assembly GOP

04/06/2026

This years Fire Safety Standown is about YOU! The most important and functional piece of firefighting equipment is your body and brain. Not only do your have to take care of it, you have to also continue to hone it into a lean, mean firefighting machine. Use this the upcoming standown and tools it provides tune up your body and brain. If you never started, now is the time.

Fitness isn’t just about strength. It’s about staying ready to serve.

Safety Stand Down 2026 (June 14–20) breaks firefighter fitness into daily focus areas:
• Foundations
• Intentional
• Technique
• Nutrition
• Evaluation
• Sleep
• Strategies for Success

Use these topics to guide training, conversations, and long-term health in your department.
Get started: www.safetystanddown.org

19/05/2026

🚨 AFG, SAFER, and FP&S Grant Programs Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is POSTED!
📍 Deadline to Apply: June 22, 2026
❓ Questions: [email protected]

🔥 AFG: https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/362440
🔥 SAFER: https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/362438
🔥 FP&S: https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/362442

13/05/2026

After debate over safety and affordability, affordability wins as the D.C. Council approves the One Front Door Act. News4 I-Team reporter Ted Oberg breaks down the bill.

09/05/2026

Special Committee releases report on their analysis of FEMA.

On May 7th, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council finalized its report following its final council meeting. The recommendations included items related to a focus on shifting disaster response to the state and local level, staffing levels in FEMA, and the speed of federal disaster relief funds. View the Full Report at https://bit.ly/4u38IiX

08/05/2026

One of our valued partners, Battalion 1 Consultants, has a great upcoming CEU program on June 13 in Dover, NJ. Register today