The IAFC's Volunteer & Combination Officers Section recently released designed to help fire departments navigate the insurance landscape and sustain operations after an emergency.

"An Insurance Planning Guide for Emergency Service Organizations: Preparing for When Bad Things Happen …To Us" focuses on understanding a fire department's potential insurance needs that support sustainability in the event of an emergency, be it natural, manufactured or administrative in nature. It addresses protection of all department assets, from buildings and vehicles to data and personnel.

The resource highlights:

• A basic understanding of insurance: what's available, how it works
• Unique insurance considerations of fire departments
• The relationship between insurance and risk-management principles and continuity-of-operations planning
• 40 potential threats to fire departments and how to insure against them
• Multiple tools to help assess departmental insurance needs
• A state-by-state breakdown on worker's compensation

Click here to download the report.