March 07, 2023 Fire Accreditation Award 3prodamatiott
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Oreetingz:
WHEREAS, The Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) is dedicated to assisting the fire
and emergency service agencies throughout the world in achieving excellence through self-
assessment and accreditation to provide continuous quality improvement and the enhancement
of service delivery to their communities.The CFAI process is voluntary and provides an agency
with an improvement model to assess their service delivery and performance internally and then
works with a team of peers from other agencies to evaluate their completed self-assessment;and
WHEREAS, the Denton Fire Department entered CFAI applicant agency status completing a Community Risk
Assessment;Standards of Cover,5-year Strategic Plan and a Self-assessment manual utilizing data
compiled over a three-year period; and
WHEREAS, the Denton Fire Department welcomed a CFAI peer team of four assessors from across the
country, who evaluated the fire department in I I defined categories and 252 key performance
indicators that cover fire and emergency services operations focusing on the efficiency and
effectiveness of Denton Fire Department response forces;and
WHEREAS, on the final day of peer site visit the department was recommended to be confirmed as an
accredited agency with 20 opportunities for improvement provided from the peer team; and
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2023 in Orlando, FL, the Denton Fire Department along with Denton City
Manager's Office sat before the Commission on Fire Accreditation International to verify and
validate that the core competencies of the CFAI model have been met;and
WHEREAS, by unanimous vote of the Commission of Fire Accreditation International, the Denton Fire
Department has been awarded Accredited Agency Status; and
NOW,THEREFORE, 1,Gerard Hudspeth,Mayor of the City of Denton,Texas, do hereby Congratulate the Denton Fire
Department and its members on achieving such distinction obtained by only 12 percent of fire
departments within the United States and only l I Texas fire departments.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official
seal of the City of Denton,Texas to be affixed this the day of 2023.
GERARD SPETH,MAYOR
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS,CITY SECRETARY
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