Committed to building and increasing the sustainable capacity of fire departments in developing communities.
Message from our Founder and Executive Director, Dave Moore
Fall Mission Trip Update - deadline extended

We are closely monitoring the safety and logistics of travel to Zambia, as well as
Kenya for the November teams. We are working with our local partners on the ground and well as our embassies and travel agents regularly to stay informed on the changes
as they happen.

At this time, the Zambia and Kenya trips are still moving forward as scheduled. It is our sincere desire that it will be safe and logistically possible for our teams to travel and work and train along side our African partners. They are laboring though this crisis just as we all are and are doing so without even the limited safety net we are afforded here in the west. 

We have extended the application deadline to June 28.
By José – AFM Fire Safety Advocate, Kenya

Firefighters in many parts of Africa are disrespected by their communities. Community members don’t understand them and will often throw stones at the firefighters when they arrive on fire and rescue scenes. Firefighters are frequently injured and equipment severely damaged. Yet firefighters continue to respond to serve their communities. In Kenya, firefighters have been working hard to educate their communities about how to prevent fires and how to respond to fires (things like knowing to call the fire brigade and knowing the number to call).

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic a group of career and volunteer firefighters decided to celebrate International Firefighters Day (May 4th) by reaching out to a slum community - their goal was to build relationships between the firefighters and the community.

On May 9, 2020, a group of 18 firefighters and 12 community volunteers (from Jiamini Self Help group) collaborated with the Kiambu Fire Brigade in Thika to fumigate the Kiandutu slums with COVID eradication solution and spray bedbug eradication solution in homes.  The firefighters and volunteers reached 15,000 people and were able to share life saving fire safety information!   Read Full Story
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