At their semi-annual meeting held in conjunction with FRI 2001, the Commission on Fire Accreditation International awarded accredited agency status to nine agencies. The agencies are:

• Charlottesville (Va.) Fire Department, Chief Julian Taliaferro.
• Geneva (Ill.) Fire Department, Chief Stephen Olsen.
• Mesa (Ariz.) Fire Department, Chief Dennis Compton.
• Mount Pleasant (S.C.) Fire Department, Chief Frederick Tetor.
• Park Ridge (Ill.) Fire Department, Chief Edward Dubowski.
• Virginia Beach (Va.) Fire Department, Chief Gregory Cade.
• Westmont (Ill.) Fire Department, Chief Frank Trout.
• Wilmette (Ill.) Fire Department, Chief Steven Dumovich.
• Winter Park (Fla.) Fire Department, Chief Dennis Sargent.

The Commission on Chief Fire Officer Designation conferred the professional designation of CFO upon 22 chief fire officers at FRI. The 22 designees are:

• James Angle, Palm Harbor, Fla.
• Steve Beleau, Rochester, Minn.
• Nick Caputo, Henrico County, Va.
• Robert Carnahan, Milwaukie, Ore.
• Donald Cox, West Des Moines, Iowa.
• Gary Curmode, Wichita, Kan.
• Robert Edwards, Jr., Bloomsbury, N.J.
• Richard Gasaway, Roseville, Minn.
• Robert Giorgio, Cherry Hill, N.J.
• Craig Gjelsten, Park Ridge, Ill.
• Jeffrey Johnson, Aloha, Ore.
• James Kefalas, Milwaukie, Ore.
• Cortez Lawrence, Auburn, Ala.
• Thaddeus Lowden, Evesham, N.J.
• Pat Marlatt, Clarksville, Md.
• Robert Nelson, La Habra Heights, Calif.
• William Nesmith, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Fla.
• Gerald Robinson, Pataskala, Ohio.
• Phillip Vorlander, DeForest, Wis.
• Thomas Weber, Manchester, Conn.
• Gary Weiss, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.
• Nyle Zikmund, Spring Lake Park, Minn.