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AFD and Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services shared the "Best Unsung Heroes" Award for the year 2002 by the Austin Chronicle. The Chronicle's readers vote on the awards. |
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AFD is an accredited agency as designated by the National Commission on Fire Accreditation International. That status placed AFD among an elite group of about 60 fire departments across the country that have earned that distinction. This process is designed to achieve excellence in the fire service through self-assessment and peer validation. |
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The Unity for Service National Exchange Club of Austin presented the Austin Fire Department with an Award of Appreciation in May 2002 . |
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AFD was recognized as the 2001 Outstanding Public Sector Partner of the Year by the Adopt-a-Park program in the City of Austin Parks and Recreation department. |
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On Nov. 13, 2000, the Austin Fire Department became the lone recipient of the 2000 Highest Achievement Award from the Greater Austin Quality Council. The GAQ award program, modeled after the prestigious national Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award, recognizes outstanding efforts to implement total quality management principles in business, industry, education, services,and government.
Sponsored by the Greater Austin Quality Council, a consortium of private industry, education and government professionals, the award is presented annually to organizations that demonstrate excellence in customer service and continuous improvement. |
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For the fifth year in a row, the Austin Fire Department was voted Best City Department in the annual Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Poll. |
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AFD received an Award of Excellence at the third annual Community Collaboration Awards in recognition of AFD’s partnership with Dell Computers in purchasing a new Fire Safety House. The Community Collaboration Awards recognize those individuals, organizations, government entities, schools and businesses that have collaborated to enhance the Central Texas Community as a place to live and work. |
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AFD was honored with the 1999 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) First Responder Award by the Texas Department of Health. The annual award was presented at the annual Texas EMS Conference on Nov. 1. It is presented to the first responder organization in the state that demonstrates the strongest leadership in EMS training and community awareness. |
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The Greater Austin Quality Award, modeled after the prestigious national Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award, recognizes outstanding efforts to implement total quality management principles in business, industry, education, services,and government.
In 1999, the Austin Fire Department was one of four winners of the Significant Merit Award (the second-highest award).
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For the fourth year in a row, the Austin Fire Department was voted Best City Department in the annual Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Poll. |
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The Austin Fire Department received the 1999 Austin Partners in Education Special Award for its Fire and Life Safety Day program directed at elementary students.
The Austin Partners in Education program, formerly known as Adopt-a School, is jointly run by AISD and the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. The Special Award was one of 16 awards presented on April 29,1999, at the annual Salute to Partners Banquet. AFD, one of 19 Special Award nominees, was honored for the Elementary category for its Fire and Life Safety Day program. The program reached all 68 AISD elementary schools this year. Approximately 400 firefighters made presentations for the Fire and Life Safety Day program, which is coordinated by AFD's Public Education Office. |
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The City of Austin earned a Class 2 rating from the Insurance Services Office (ISO), according to the organization’s Public Protection Classification (PPC) system. The rating, which was upgraded from a "3" in May of 1998, is the second-highest level on a scale of 1-10 and is recognized when home insurance rates are determined. It is based on such factors as water supply and distribution, fire department apparatus and equipment, distribution of fire companies, staffing and training of fire personnel, fire alarm processing, and fire prevention efforts |
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For the third year in a row, the Austin Fire Department was voted Best City Department in the annual Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Poll. See the Chronicle for more information.
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For the second year in a row, the Austin Fire Department was voted Best City Department in the annual Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Poll. See the Chronicle for more information.
In addition, the Department won Best Local Heroes in the Critics Poll. The Chronicle article said:
Fires are flat-out terrifying, and experiencing just one can make you a compulsive air sniffer for the rest of your life. It would be much more traumatic if it weren't for humane heroics of our city's firefighters. Courageous and compassionate, they quell fear as quickly as they quash conflagrations. Whether it's comforting terrified victims, giving a toy Dalmatian (with fire helmet) to a frightened child or providing sensible advice about what to do next, these heroes do much more than fight fires.
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The Austin Fire Department tied with Austin Parks & Recreation Department in the 1996 Austin Chronicle Reader's Poll for Best City Department.
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The Greater Austin Quality Award, modeled after the prestigious national Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award, recognizes outstanding efforts to implement total quality management principles in business, industry, education, services,and government.
Sponsored by the Greater Austin Quality Council, a consortium of private industry, education and government professionals, the award is presented annually to organizations that demonstrate excellence in customer service and continuous improvement.
In 1992, the Austin Fire Department earned the Greater Austin Quality Coucils Award for Highest Achievement, the competitions top honor |
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