2022 | Q2 It has been an exciting quarter at the Western Fire Chiefs Association, including the recent activity of two WFCA members taking on important, national-level roles. First, a huge thank you to our membership for supporting our board member from Montana, Chief Josh Waldo, who was elected as the next IAFC Second VP. …
A Busy Start to 2022 The WFCA Board is proud to announce the endorsement of Josh Waldo for IAFC 2nd VP. Chief Waldo is WFCA’s Montana Director and we are very excited about his platform and goals for the future of the IAFC. In March, the WFCA Wildfire Policy Committee held a one day meeting …
WFCA wrapped up 2021 with the Annual Presidents’ Forum in beautiful Arizona. The conference was well attended and we enjoyed being able to network with our colleagues in person! We are looking forward to a busy and successful 2022, with new initiatives along the way. We appreciate our members, colleagues, partners, and hope for more …
WFCA Participates in a Senate Hearing on Building Resilient Networks U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), the Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, convened a hearing titled “Building Resilient Networks” at the end of Q2. The hearing examined ways in which the federal government can support deployment of resilient, redundant, and secure …
Annual Membership Meeting WFCA has experienced an exciting and busy second quarter! Unfortunately because the pandemic is still looming, WFCA is providing the membership with a virtual option for the annual membership meeting. We have presentations from our key officers with an overview of the association activity and finances. If you have questions after viewing, …
New Partnership Western Fire Chiefs Association is proud to announce a partnership with Gallagher to provide their Gallagher HealthInvest HRA to our members.* The Gallagher HRA is a tax-advantaged spending account for out-of-pocket medical care expenses that can help make your employee benefits program work better. The HRA includes help for post-employment medical insurance premiums, …
As a wrap up to 2020, the Wildfire Initiative, a program of the Western Fire Chiefs Association, announced the generous donation of $150,000 made by FM Global to help with immediate relief and long-term support of the fire service responding to wildfires across Washington, Oregon, and California. Jeff Johnson, WFCA CEO, expressed gratitude for the generosity of this …
We are pleased to welcome newly elected WFCA Board President Chief Scott Miller and Vice President Chief Mark Niemeyer to their 2020-2022 terms. Both are excited to serve in these new roles and look forward to serving the WFCA membership. To inform and educate virtually while all are socially distancing, WFCA teamed up with Intterra …
WFCA has been busy adapting to changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and as many of you know, 2020 events have either been cancelled or postponed. Due to the recent cancellation of Fire-Rescue International, the WFCA Annual Membership Meeting will be held on August 5, 2020 at 10:00 am PDT via Zoom. At this meeting …
