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2025 CPSE Excellence Conference
CFAI Hearings – March 31 – April 3, 2025
All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Monday, March 31, 2025

  • 1:15 – 1:30 pm CFAI Chair Greeting
  • 1:30  – 2:30 pm

    • Miami Beach Fire Department, Miami Beach, Florida

    • Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, Las Vegas, Nevada

    • Cheyenne Fire Rescue, Cheyenne, Wyoming

  • 2:45 – 3:45 pm

    • City of Fairfax Fire Department, Fairfax, Virginia

    • Surprise Fire-Medical Department, Surprise, Arizona

    • Cathedral City Fire and EMS, Cathedral City, California

  • 4:00 – 4:40 pm

    • Gilbert Fire & Rescue Department, Gilbert, Arizona

    • Sioux City Fire Rescue, Sioux City, Iowa

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 Tuesday, April 1, 2025

  • 9:45 am – CFAI Chair Greeting
  • 10:00 – 11:00 am 

    • Hartford Fire Department, Hartford, Vermont

    • Newport News Fire Department, Newport News, Virginia

    • Alexandria Fire Department, Alexandria, Virginia

  • 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

    • Fayetteville Fire Department, Fayetteville, Arkansas

    • Mount Dora Fire Department, Mount Dora, Florida

    • Boulder Fire-Rescue, Boulder, Colorado

  • 12:15 – 1:30 pm Lunch Break

  • 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

    • Brighton Fire Rescue District, Brighton, Colorado

    • Danville Fire Department, Danville, Virginia

    • City of DeLand Fire Department, DeLand, Florida

  • 2:45 – 3:45 pm

    • Indianapolis Fire Department, Indianapolis Indiana

    • Rincon Valley Fire District, Vail, Arizona

    • Bozeman Fire Department, Bozeman, Montana

  • 4:00 – 5:00 pm

    • Mountain View Fire Protection District, Longmont Colorado

    • Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada

    • St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1, Slidell, Louisiana

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Please Note: Department of Defense Agency Hearings on Wednesday will be virtual and will not be broadcast outside of the hearing room. There will be no public access to the hearing room on Wednesday.

  • 8:20 – 8:30 am CFAI Chair Greeting
  • 8:30 – 9:30 am

    • MCLB Albany Fire & Emergency Services, Albany, Georgia

    • DLA Richmond Fire and Emergency Services, Richmond, Virginia

    • Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Fire & Emergency Services, Beaufort, South Carolina

  • 9:40 – 10:40 am

    • Joint Base Charleston Fire & Emergency Services, Charleston, South Carolina

    • Shaw Fire and Emergency Services, Sumter, South Carolina

    • Joint Base San Antonio Fire & Emergency Services, San Antonio, Texas
  • 10:50 – 11:50 am

    • Offutt AFB Fire & Emergency Services, Offutt AFB, Nebraska

    • Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Fire and Emergency Services, Corpus Christi, Texas

    • Sheppard AFB Fire & Emergency Services, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas

  • 12:10 – 1:30 pm Lunch Break
  • 1:30 – 2:50 pm

    • Schriever Fire & Emergency Services, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado

    • Tinker Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma

    • Hill AFB Fire and Emergency Services, Hill AFB, Utah

  • 3:10 – 4:30 pm

    • Beale Fire & Emergency Services, Beale Air Force Base, California

    • Naval Base Ventura County Federal Fire Department, Point Mugu, California

    • Navy Region Hawaii Fire & Emergency Services, Federal Fire Department,

      Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

  • 8:30 – 8:40 am CFAI Chair Greeting
  • 8:40 – 9:40 am

    • Covington Fire Department, Covington, Georgia

    • City of Fort Myers Fire Department, Fort Myers, Florida

    • Asheville Fire Department, Asheville, North Carolina

  • 9:55 – 10:55 am

    • Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, Atlanta Georgia

    • Elk Grove Village Fire Department, Elk Grove Village, Illinois

    • Prescott Fire Department, Prescott, Arizona

  • 11:10 am – 12:10 pm

    • Southlake Fire Department, Southlake, Texas

    • Tamarac Fire Rescue, Tamarac, Florida

    • Delray Beach Fire Rescue, Delray Beach, Florida

  • 12:10 – 1:30 pm Lunch Break
  • 1:30 – 2:30 pm

    • North Metro Fire Rescue District, Colorado

    • Dayton Fire Department, Dayton, Ohio

    • Bellevue Fire Department, Bellevue, Washington

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About the Hearings
Sample Hearings

About CFAI Hearings

The Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) holds Candidate agency hearings twice annually. The peer team leader presents the recommendations and findings of the team during this hearing. Following comments from agency representatives and questions from the 13-member Commission, a vote is taken on the agency’s status. The Commission can choose to accredit, defer, or deny any agency.

Sample Accreditation Hearings Videos

Below are two sample accreditation hearing videos so your agency can become familiar with the CFAI hearing process.

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