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Our Mission
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control strives to be the nationally recognized leader in fire services, delivering the highest quality, state of the art, and most comprehensive training, response, and technical assistance programs and services to emergency responders, local entities, and the citizens of New York State. The Office's programs enable: the state's fire service to become the best trained, well prepared and most effective professional emergency response force in the nation; New York State's colleges, universities, state properties and its citizens, to be the safest in regard to fire prevention and awareness; and the state to maintain arson related fires at the lowest per capita within the United States.
Our Vision
The Office of Fire Prevention and Control will deliver a wide breadth of services to firefighters, emergency responders, state and local government agencies, public and private colleges, and the citizens of New York. The Office advances public safety through firefighter training, education, fire prevention, investigative, special operations and technical rescue programs. The timely delivery of these essential services enables the Office to make significant contributions to the safety of all of New York State.
Informational Bulletins
- February 11, 2019 - Civil Service Law Amended to Require Minimum Qualifications for Career Fire Chiefs
- January 2019 - Accidental Road Flare Ignition
- October 17, 2018 - Volunteer Firefighter Enhanced Cancer Disability Benefits Program
- May 16, 2018 - NATIONAL FIRE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NFIRS) Change Notification
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Safety Alerts and Recalls
- February 20, 2019 - Consumer Flamethrowers (Printable PDF)
- February 19, 2019 - Academy Sports + Outdoors Recalls Turkey Fryer Due to Fire Hazard
- February 14, 2019 - CVB Recalls LUCID Folding Mattress-Sofas Due to Violation of Federal Mattress Flammability Standard
- February 14, 2019 - PurpleAir Recalls Power Supply Units for Air Sensors Due to Fire and Burn Hazards
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