"Alberta's fire chiefs are the backbone of safe communities across this province. The AFCA exists to ensure that every one of them has the support, the voice, and the vision to lead boldly — today and into the future."

The AFCA has been a great organization over the years advocating on behalf of its members on issues affecting public safety, public education,  training, and operations.  The AFCA has been proud of all its relationships with government, stakeholders, and affiliate  organizations. Even through changes in government policy, social-economic challenges, and most recently public health; the AFCA has strength within its members’ collective passion to persevere in the delivery of exceptional public service in very tough times. 

It goes  without saying that being an efficient and effective organization given the challenges of our fulltime leadership roles and expectations is in no large part a tremendous barrier to deliver a broad spectrum of advocacy and service to you, our members, worthy of the dues you pay, and the expectations you have.  I believe the true purpose of the AFCA has always been to be a trusted resource for you.  Whether you are brand new to your role as a chief officer, or well-seasoned veteran, we all need a network to go to, to provide answers or to provide resources to your immediate needs.  Or to aid you as a collective voice to issues that concern you, as in most cases your immediate neighboring department, or the one “down south” have the same issues.

To do this you need a trusted and hardworking board member representing you and your region, a strong board member representing you as a rural or urban department, through to a great executive team to all stakeholders including the government. The association must have the strength of a strong administrative team dedicated to delivering on the day-to-day requirements of managing the affairs, each and all accountable to you.

To this end for the past year the AFCA Board of Directors charted a new course, reflecting on internal structure with an eye to progressive and accountable management within a governance model. First, by adopting a new Strategic Plan, which highlights four Key Priority Areas of the AFCA.