International Public Safety Data Institute

10/05/2026

You finish decon, shower, and go back in service. Months later, someone asks about that hazmat call.

What was the product? Which zone were you working? Was decon wet or dry?

Our latest Insight covers why hazmat details are so easy to lose, a quick checklist of what to log before your shift ends, and how the IPSDI Exposure Tracker™ app gives firefighters a private place to document exposures while the details are fresh.

Read the full Insight:

Decon closes out a hazmat call, but the details are what you carry forward. Here's what to document while you still remember it. FireRescue1's Hazmat Week 2026

09/10/2026

Every U.S. firefighter can enroll in the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer (NFR) — career or volunteer, active or retired, with or without a diagnosis — and the researchers need all of it. If you're already tracking exposures in the IPSDI Exposure Tracker™, you can also opt in to share your exposure data with the NFR so the science can keep up with what you're actually facing as a firefighter today. Either way, start here: nfr.cdc.gov
Learn more about the Exposure Tracker app. Download it for free: https://i-psdi.org/exposure?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=partner_share&utm_content=frce_nfr

🚒 Answer the Call. Join the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer.

Every firefighter has a role to play in helping us better understand and reduce cancer in the fire service.

The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer, administered by CDC/NIOSH, is open to ALL U.S. firefighters — career or volunteer, active or retired, with or without a cancer diagnosis. (CDC)

🔥 Why sign up? Your participation can help researchers:
✅ Better understand the connection between firefighting and cancer
✅ Identify occupational cancer risk factors
✅ Improve cancer prevention efforts
✅ Help protect current and future generations of firefighters

You do NOT need to have cancer to participate. In fact, participation from firefighters both with and without a cancer diagnosis is critical to the research. (CDC)

It only takes about 5–10 minutes to get started, and you can save your progress and come back to finish the full questionnaire later. (CDC)

📲 Join the NFR today:
nfr.cdc.gov

Your service has already made a difference. Your participation in the NFR can help make a difference for the firefighters who come after you.

Together we are Stronger 💪

09/03/2026

💙 Supporting Our Own: September is National Recovery & Su***de Prevention Month—a time to reaffirm that behavioral health, recovery, and su***de prevention are fundamental to firefighter safety, health, and survival.

Know your people. Check on your people. Support your people.

🔗 Read more about supporting firefighter behavioral health: https://www.iafc.org/blogs/blog/iafc/2026/08/25/national-recovery-su***de-prevention-month-supporting-firefighter-behavioral-health

08/24/2026

Every crew should have a plan before violence happens, not during.

Part of that plan is recognition. Dr. Jim Augustine makes the point that not every combative patient is a criminal one. Hypoglycemia and dementia both present as uncontrolled behavior, and safely managing that patient is still our job. Knowing the difference changes what happens next for everyone on scene.

The other part is process. A code word your dispatchers recognize, radio discipline your crews have practiced, defensive posture that is trained rather than improvised.

Worth watching with your crew.

08/24/2026

Get evidence-based EV battery fire response tactics covering thermal runaway, toxic exposure, and reignition risks.

08/20/2026

⏱️ Deadline approaching: IPSDI is seeking a vendor to define what it takes to extend the IPSDI Exposure Tracker into disaster response — which incident types to address, which exposure data points matter, how to model them, and what privacy and security safeguards the data demands for disaster response.

Responses due 8/24/26.

IPSDI has issued a Request for Quotation to extend the IPSDI Exposure Tracker to support disaster response.

The Exposure Tracker currently empowers firefighters to record their occupational exposure history. We continue to improve the app so it supports the reality firefighters face, including disaster response and extended deployments such as mass-casualty events and large-scale multi-agency response that goes beyond day-to-day exposures.

We are looking for a vendor to help define what tracking these responses requires: which incident types to address, what exposure data points matter, how to model them, and what privacy and security safeguards disaster-response data demands.

Quotations are due August 24, 2026. 🔗 Link to RFQ in the comments.

08/20/2026

More than 1,300 firefighters answered FireRescue1's fifth annual survey. This year the subject was , and the results say something most of the already suspected.

The motivation is there. Nine out of ten respondents earned a certification in the past five years. The system around that drive is where it breaks down — scheduling, staffing, facilities, and no consistent way to tell whether the drill actually made anyone better.

Every training officer who has stood in front of a budget committee knows how hard it is to fund a feeling. It's much easier to fund a number.

Bring this report to your next funding request. 🔗Link in the comments.

08/14/2026

IPSDI has issued a Request for Quotation to extend the IPSDI Exposure Tracker to support disaster response.

The Exposure Tracker currently empowers firefighters to record their occupational exposure history. We continue to improve the app so it supports the reality firefighters face, including disaster response and extended deployments such as mass-casualty events and large-scale multi-agency response that goes beyond day-to-day exposures.

We are looking for a vendor to help define what tracking these responses requires: which incident types to address, what exposure data points matter, how to model them, and what privacy and security safeguards disaster-response data demands.

Quotations are due August 24, 2026. 🔗 Link to RFQ in the comments.

08/11/2026

: We are seeking qualified vendors to assess the integration of wearable data into the IPSDI Exposure Tracker, to help firefighters build a more complete record of their occupational exposure to carcinogens and hazardous conditions. Scope includes an environmental landscape, technical feasibility, data modeling, and privacy/HIPAA considerations.

Questions due: Aug 14, 2026
Quotations due: Aug 24, 2026
Project target: Sept 1 – Nov 13, 2026

If you​ have experience with consumer wearables, health-adjacent data pipelines, or public safety/occupational health work, this could be a great fit!

Full RFQ: https://i-psdi.org/rfq/wearable-technology-exposure-tracker?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wearable_rfq