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For Immediate Release: September 13, 2006
Contact: Bob Acker, Interim Chief
Plano Fire Department
Phone: (972) 941-7148
Plano Fire Department Receives CFAI Accreditation
Plano Fire-Rescue has received Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) for meeting the criteria established through the CFAI’s voluntary self-assessment and accreditation program. Plano Fire-Rescue is one of 116 agencies to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the CFAI and the Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc. (CPSE)
The Commission on Fire Accreditation International is dedicated to assisting the fire and emergency service agencies throughout the world in achieving excellence through self-assessment and accreditation in order 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.
Interim Fire Chief Bob Acker stated the Plano Fire-Rescue’s achievement of Accredited Agency status “demonstrates the commitment of the fire department to provide the highest quality of service to our community. Acker added, “We have also been able to use the Commission on Fire Accreditation International’s process as a proactive mechanism to plan for the future of this agency and locate areas where we can improve on the quality of the services we provide.”
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