The RI Southern Firefighters League presented their Chief Frederick A. Stanley Dedicated Service Award to Chief Scott Kettelle at their annual Presidents Steak Fry. The Steak Fry, held on June 23rd, was well attended by league members as well as leaders of the RIAFC in support of Chief Kettelle. Assistant Chief and league secretary Chris Koretski presented the award with league president and vice ... (Full Story & Photos)

A great collaborative effort on June 7th between the RIAFC Foundation and its SAFER Grant, along with the RI Firefighters Southern League to bring in Jeremy Donch of National Fire Radio, for a dynamic R & R workshop and his "Bridgeing the Gap Program". The event video has been published on Youtube in two parts. We have also published the introductions and RIAFC Foundation SAFER Grant information portion ... (Full Story & Photos)

The RIAFC Foundation had perfect weather for its golf tournament at Kirkbrae Country Club on June 2nd. The day tuned out to be a resounding success, with 100 golfers enjoying a cookout style lunch, 18 holes of golf on one of the most beautiful golf courses in our region, and a steak dinner/open bar to top off the day. Golfers also received a can cooler bag as well as free raffle & drink tickets.

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The RI House of Representatives has awarded a $6,000 Legislative Grant to the RI Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. The grant will be used to take veterans to Washington DC to see the memorials dedicated to their service. The grant was sponsored by Representative Sam Azzinaro, Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi made the presentation along with Chairman Azzinaro ... (Full Story & Photos)

The annual RI Firefighters Celebration of Service was held on May 10, 2025 at the RI Firefighters Memorial. The Memorial is located at the RI Fire Training Academy. The ceremony had to be brought indoors due to rain showers. An overflow crowd filled the apparatus shed building as all 155 names, plus the 15 newly engraved names, on the Line of Duty Death Wall were read.

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After serving 49 years in the fire service in RI, Chief Frank Brown has called it a career on March 21, 2025. He served the Hopkins Hill Fire Department as its chief for 32 years, joining that department as a volunteer when he was a 16 year old high school student. He was accepted into the Providence Fire Department and also became a career firefighter with the North Kingstown Fire Depatment before ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Friday, March 21st, the RI Fire Training Academy broke ground for their much needed expansion. The project includes two new classrooms, an auditorium, and a five bay fire station. The fire station will be the new home for the RI Fire Chiefs Physical Performance Assessment (PPA) testing.

Fire Marshal Tim McLaughlin welcomed the crowd of fire chiefs, fire & state officials and other friends of ... (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)