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Fire Service Certification & Technical Training

01 Fire Service Certification & Technical Training · 16 edit slice
6
orgs
16
activities
5
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 6 organizations and 16 activities — ARIZONA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, GREATER TUCSON FIRE FOUNDATION, PHOENIX FIRE FOUNDATION, ARIZONA STATE FIRE TRAINING and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Fire-Smart Building Advocacy", run by 1 orgs.
ARIZONA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION and GREATER TUCSON FIRE FOUNDATION hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
pull-quote · for funders
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 6 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 6

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 1
Government
Mountain Range CBD, LLC 1
Corporate
Thunderbirds Charities 1
Corporate
U.S. Department of Transportation 1
Government
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Fire-Smart Building Advocacy
1
Merchandise for Community Ties
3
Minimum Staffing Standards
1
Peer-Led Wellness Model
3
1
Prerequisite-Based Training
1
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

1 800 Board Up Partner
shared by 1 org
AFDA Partner
shared by 1 org
Adam D Creative Partner
shared by 1 org
Al Ring Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Center for Fire Service Excellence Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Daily Star Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA) Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Fire District Association Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Fire District Association (AFDA) Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Fire Services Institute (AFSI) Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona State University’s Bob Ramsey Executive Education Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Western College Partner
shared by 1 org
Austin, TX Local 975 Partner
shared by 1 org
Banner Health Partner
shared by 1 org
Bob Weber Partner
shared by 1 org
Boeing Partner
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.