Join us for a day of golf, fun, and fundraising!

Event Details
📍 Location: Kirkbrae Country Club, 197 Old River Road, Lincoln, RI
📅 Date: Monday, June 2, 2025
🕦 Registration & Lunch: 11:30 AM (American Cookout – Burgers, Hot Dogs & Fixings)
⛳ Shotgun Start: 1:00 PM
🥩 Steak Dinner: 6:00 PM

About the Event
The RIAFC Foundation Golf Tournament is an annual event supporting the Rhode Island Association ... (Full Story & Photos)

Over 1,300 members of the fire service from across the country, came together on February 13th in Washington DC to attend the CFSI National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner. Receiving the top award of the night, the 2025 CFSI/Motorola Solutions Mason Lankford Fire Service Leadership Award, was Rhode Island's own Deputy Chief Kevin Quinn of the Union Fire District of South Kingstown. Members of ... (Full Story & Photos)

The RI Southern Firefighters League held its annual Legislators Night on January 27, 2025. Over fifty fire & rescue chiefs, officers , EMT's and firefighters joined with eight members of the RI General Assembly to discuss important issues facing the fire & rescue service in RI. Items such as legislative bills of interest, the RI Fire Academy, the SAFER grant for recruitment and retention of volunteer ... (Full Story & Photos)

The following "About South County" column ran in The Independent on January 2, 2025

The Independent (RI)2 Jan 2025
Bill Seymour covers news and feature stories throughout Southern Rhode Island. The views expressed in “About South County” are his own. He can be reached at independent.southcountylife@gmail.com.
BY BILL SEYMOUR

He was the people’s man in the firehouse.
That’s the most fitting way ... (Full Story & Photos)

We have compiled a Year In Review video of places and events that the RIAFC held, was a part of, or participated in through the year. The video begins at the 2023 Christmas party, and moves through the year in order. There are also a few pictures from the December 19th RIAFC Christmas Party held at the East Greenwich Firemen's Club. We had just about 100 attendees.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ... (Full Story & Photos)

Where: The Cumberland Monastery, 1464 Diamond Hill Rd.

The demonstration showed the effects of a Christmas tree catching fire in a sprinklered and an un-sprinklered room. There were many Fire Service professionals on hand representing several organizations.
This presentation was sponsored by the:
Cumberland Fire Department
Rhode Island Residential Sprinkler Coalition
Rhode Island Association of Fire ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs is proud to report that one of our own, retired Deputy Chief Kevin Quinn of the Union Fire District of South Kingstown has been named as the 2025 CFSI/Motorola Solutions Mason Lankford Fire Service Leadership Award! A full release from the CFSI is below. Locally, Chief Quinn is still an active volunteer at UFD Station 3, a live fire instructor at UFD’s burn ... (Full Story & Photos)

New England Association of Fire Chiefs
Request for Proposals
SAFER Grant Writing and Management

DEADLINE: December 10, 2024 at 12:00pm

The New England Association of Fire Chiefs (NEAFC) is seeking proposals for individuals/companies to develop, write and submit a grant application for the FEMA SAFER grant and to manage the grant if it is awarded.
Information regarding the FEMA SAFER project ... (Full Story & Photos)