chief critchley of the tucson fire department and the president of the western fire chief's associationuation. i am also a member of the international association of fire chiefs. that have taken place since the usf a was created. in 1978, 172 firefighters died in the line of duty. in 2011, we had 83 firefighters. in 1978, we have seen a number of civilian fire deaths also drop over 50% to a little ov ovover 3,000. through fire service training, public education and research. i would like to emphasize the national fire training academy to train more than half a million responders in 2007. through 2011. i am proud to be one of the 6,000 arizonans to have completed the class. this program is a gold standard for developing ready to deal with the nation's future challenges. as a local fire service instr t instructor provides education basis best practices to help train the next generation of fire service leaders. this training provides operaablety at the scene of many disasters. also provides excellent data to the national fire data center. the infers allows local fire departments to report incide