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DFPA, a small 501c(3), nonprofit, research foundation and consulting firm, has actively and successfully assisted the armed services, federal agencies and the private sector improve safety, survivability, fire, blast and chemical biological & radiation (CBR) protection since its inception .

Over the years the Navy has suffered numerous serious fires on ships, one of which is depicted in the video Trial by Fire. This video describes a fire that began when an accidentally fired Zunni rocket struck a plane on an aircraft carrier flight deck preparing for launch. The pilot of the plane just happened to be now Senator John McCain. In response these fires, the Department of the Navy developed a Passive Fire Protection (PFP) Program. Participants in the Navy PFP Symposiums in 1984 and 1985 assisted in organizing DFPA. DFPA held its first symposium in 1987 in Annapolis, Maryland the week before the attack and subsequent devastating fires on the USS STARK in the Persian Gulf.

DFPA:

• Has successfully completed numerous seminars, conferences, workshops, contracts, and studies. Click here for specific examples of DFPA's work.
• Assist government agencies with planning and evaluations of equipment, materials and systems, and assists companies with proposals, marketing and sales.
• Had been on the National Advisory Committee of the Congressional Fire Services Institute (CSFI) since its inception in 1988 until recently and normally conducted a workshop or hosted an event in conjunction with CFSI's Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner.
• In April, 2001 and 2002, planned and hosted live fire, firefighting training sessions on Capitol Hill for thirty Washington, DC metropolitan firefighters who would have been the first responders to planes that crashed accidentally or on purpose on Capitol Hill. They used a 40-foot Navy Mobile Aircraft Firefighting Trainer from the Norfolk Naval Air Station, shown below.  This photograph was taken four and a half months before September 11, 2009.

NAVY MOBILE AIRCRAFT FIREFIGHTING TRAINER
Used to Conduct Live Fire Training of Capitol Hill & White House First Responders
April 25, 2001 and April 30, 2002
Planned and hosted by DFPA

Almost every major fire protection equipment manufacturers like Task Force Tips, Elkhart Brass, Flameseal, etc. and chemical companies, Dupont, 3M, Dow Corning, etc. have been member companies of DFPA at one time or another.

DFPA no longer offers individual or company memberships.

In summary, DFPA has amassed an impressive track record and DFPA personnel have a detailed understanding of safety, survivability, fire, blast and CBR protection, damage mitigation, emergency response, homeland security, counter-terrorism, and emergency response programs and the individuals, companies and government organizations involved in these areas.

The principles of DFPA work closely with Veterans Sales and Services described at www.dfpa.org/vetsss.html.

Defense Fire Protection Association - DFPA
Email: DFPA@aol.com
Phone: 703-521-3926 - Fax: 703-521-0849
PO Box 1310, Falls Church, Virginia 22041-0310