*****PRESS RELEASE*****
CITY OF BRENTWOOD
FIRE AND RESCUE
From: Chief Brian Goss
Date: August 15, 2014
Subject: Press Release: International Accreditation
THE BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT AWARDED INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION STATUS
The Brentwood Fire & Rescue Department has received Accredited Agency status
with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) for meeting the
criteria established through the CPSE's voluntary self-assessment and
accreditation program. The fire and rescue department is one of 200 agencies
worldwide to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the CFAI and
the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE).
Brentwood Fire & Rescue is only the fifth department in Tennessee to have obtained accredited status. The others are Kingsport, Alcoa, Maryville, and Nashville. The department began laying the groundwork for the accreditation process in early 2010.
CFAI 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 enhancement of service deliveries 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.
Our achievement of Accredited Agency status demonstrates the commitment of the department to provide the highest quality of service to our community. We have been able to use the Commission on Fire Accreditation International's process as a proactive mechanism to plan for the future of this organization and identify areas where we can improve on the quality of the services we provide.
While nearly every member of the department has their fingerprints on some part of this process, I would particularly like to thank Accreditation Managers Lt. Derek Hyde and Captain Brian Collins for their dedication and determination in helping make this a reality.
The accreditation term is for a period of five (5) years during which the fire and rescue department will be required to file annual compliance reports. The agency must then re-apply and be re-assessed for Accredited Agency status at the end of the five-year term.
Brentwood Fire & Rescue is only the fifth department in Tennessee to have obtained accredited status. The others are Kingsport, Alcoa, Maryville, and Nashville. The department began laying the groundwork for the accreditation process in early 2010.
CFAI 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 enhancement of service deliveries 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.
Our achievement of Accredited Agency status demonstrates the commitment of the department to provide the highest quality of service to our community. We have been able to use the Commission on Fire Accreditation International's process as a proactive mechanism to plan for the future of this organization and identify areas where we can improve on the quality of the services we provide.
While nearly every member of the department has their fingerprints on some part of this process, I would particularly like to thank Accreditation Managers Lt. Derek Hyde and Captain Brian Collins for their dedication and determination in helping make this a reality.
The accreditation term is for a period of five (5) years during which the fire and rescue department will be required to file annual compliance reports. The agency must then re-apply and be re-assessed for Accredited Agency status at the end of the five-year term.
L to R: Allan Cain (CFAI Commission Chairman), Engineer John Russ, Lt. Neal
Menanno, Lt. Cody Johnson, City Manager Kirk Bednar, Fire a Chief Brian Goss,
Lt. Derek Hyde, Asst. Chief David Windrow, Lt. John LoPiccolo, Lt. Jim Roman,
and Chief Randy Bruegman (CPSE President)