Our Values

Our Pillars for Success

• We make strategic investments in fire departments. These investments must build capacity, produce deliverables, and create social return.
• We build national awareness that empowers volunteer firefighters to better protect the public they serve.
• We work in partnership with fellow volunteer firefighters to identify and overcome challenges in the volunteer fire service.
• We drive change and advancement of the volunteer fire service.

Firefighters1st Values

• Live each day with courage
• Take pride in your work
• Always finish what you start
• Do what has to be done
• When you make a promise, keep it
• Know where to draw the line
• Everybody goes home
• Innovate like Edison. Serve like Mandela. Rock the world like Bono !!