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Accreditation
2018 Re-accreditation Presentation |
ACCREDITATION DEFINED
An all-hazard, quality improvement model based on risk analysis and self-assessment that promotes the establishment of community-adopted performance targets for fire and emergency service agencies.
In March 2013, the department achieved accreditation through the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI), becoming the third in Tennessee and the second in Blount County to achieve this distinct honor. The department achieved re-accreditation in March 2018. Currently, there are 284 accredited agencies internationally and six in the state of Tennessee. Eleven percent of the U.S. population is protected by accredited agencies.
The accreditation process has forced us to become a better department, it's forced us to truly become data-driven, it's forced us to do things in a way that we can now document how we're doing it and why we do it. We have truly become a better department because of it.
Being an accredited agency shows the community that we are constantly looking to improve and we are good stewards of their resources.
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Blaine Howell
Fire Captain - Accreditation ManagerPhone: 865-380-4999
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Fire Department
Physical Address
City of Alcoa Public Safety Building
2010 N Wright Road
Alcoa, TN 37701
Phone: 865-380-4999Fax: 865-380-4989Emergency Phone: 911
Alternate Phone: 865-981-4142
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.