The 2017 Illness & Injury Prevention Award is a joint venture of the Volunteer & Combination Officers Section of the IAFC and VFIS. The award recognizes success and excellence in developing and implementing an injury, illness, or vehicle safety prevention program.
Award Criteria: Your department must have developed and implemented an Injury, Illness or Vehicle Safety Prevention program and/or experienced a significant and verifiable reduction in incidents during the period from June 1, 2016 – May 31, 2017. Typical of programs that may qualify include: physical and physical fitness, wellness, cancer prevention, and vehicle safety.
The organization selected as the winner of the award will have all transportation and hotel expenses paid by VFIS for one member of the organization to attend Symposium in the Sun and VCOS will pay for that member's conference registration.
Applications are due by August 31, 2017. You do NOT need to be an IAFC-VCOS member to apply.
The award will be presented at the 2017 IAFC-VCOS “Symposium in the Sun” November 9-12, 2017 in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Disclaimer: All information submitted becomes the property of VCOS and VFIS, to be used as they determine. By submitting this form and related information, you agree to allow the use of related information by VCOS/VFIS for use in the VCOS Vision project and related use for other fire/EMS agencies.