Accreditation Update

The Centre for Public Safety Excellence quality improvement through accreditation program is administered by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). This program supports the continuous quality improvement of fire protection services across the globe.

The Centre for Public Safety Excellence accreditation program is a comprehensive self-assessment and evaluation model that enables organizations to examine past, current, and future service levels and internal performance while comparing them to industry best practices.

Did you know?

• 291 accredited agencies across the globe.
• 12% of the U.S. population is protected by an accredited agency
• 18% of the Canadian population is protected by an accredited agency.

Kingston Fire & Rescue is reaching a significant milestone in the journey to become one of only nine accredited agencies in Canada.

A four person peer review team from across Canada will be attending Kingston Fire & Rescue ( KFR) from Dec. 4 to 9, 2021 to verify and validate KFR’s accreditation documents and references that were submitted in advance of the site visit.

The peer review team will be attending from three different fire services that include Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. The peer review team are specially trained to assess KFR’s documentation regarding the quality and delivery of its fire protection services and programs.

If the outcome is successful, a final report will be submitted to the Centre for Public Safety Excellence recommending accreditation status. Each year, an annual compliance report will be filed and shared across the area of responsibility with the results of KFR’s continuous quality service improvement initiatives.

Kingston Fire & Rescue is excited about this process as it provides a way to measure and constantly improve the local provisions of fire service programs delivered across Kingston on a continuous basis in accordance with the Fire Services Bylaw 2021-91.

The community and stakeholder feedback received through our most recent strategic planning process was used in part to complete KFR’s submission of the required documents.