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=== Modernization and Expansion (1967-2000) ===

The Fire Service received new direction and by extension, new life in 1967. A significant drought in Northlea Governorate resulted in the outbreak of an initially small wildfire 150km from Presdale. However, fast-moving winds and a significant amount of dead foliage and dry underbrush meant that this quickly turned into what would be categorized later as the first Category 5-fire. Multiple towns were caught in the firestorm, and dozens of Arcer citizens were burned to death. The Fire Service deployed almost all of its available manpower, most arriving by Arcer National Railway Service coaches, and over the course of three weeks, fought the 1967 Wildfire to a standstill 14km from Presdale, saving the booming Arcer Heartland town from burning down.

This prompted quick action from the Confederate Parliament, who lauded the on-scene commander, then-Captain John Francis Frederickson. Frederickson, born in a middle-class suburb outside of Chester-on-Moore to a father who was a career firefighter, and his grandfather a member of a small-boat rescue team had joined the Fire Service as an ordinary fireman shortly after the Second Great War, upon his return in the early 1950s. Over twenty-five years of firefighting, he had served most of his time in the Easthampton Fire Department, only transferring to Dalfearn Fire Department a few months before the 1967 Wildfires. Frederickson's overall command and control of the wildfires, using control lines, burnouts, and knock down dirt tracks to effectively combat the fire. These techniques would become wildfire-combatting standard operating procedures over the next fifty years.

[[File:1960s Arcer Firefighters.jpg|thumb|1980 reunion of Presdale Fire Department firemen, most of whom served during the 1967 Wildfires. John Francis Federickson, then Fire Commissioner in the front row, second from right. ]]

Frederickson was promoted to Fire Commissioner, where he would also oversee a large amount of change to the Fire Service. He outlined a four-point approach to the improvement of the Fire Service in a 1968 Memo:

* Increased funding for support services such as communications, training, and infrastructure;

* Procurement of new vehicles, equipment, and systems for the Fire Service;

* Restructuring of the Fire Service;

* Public Affairs blitz to increase recruitment and ease manning shortfalls.

The increased funding was approved by a worried Parliament who say the 1967 Wildfire as the first of many, and narrowly avoided the loss of a major Heartland city. They correctly assumed, as several other Category 5 fires would occur not only in 1967, but in the years following there was a rising trend. The funding Frederickson secured was then used to improve 'soft' support systems such as pay, compensation, and training. The Royal Arcerion Fire Institute was turned into a museum at its original location, and a new training centre was set up in Dalfearn, as well as the first runway and helipads for Fire Service aircraft.

[[File:1990s Firefighter.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A member of Dalfearn Fire Department's Fire Team 2 during wildfire operations in 1995. ]]

New firefighting vehicles, aimed at wildfire operations and support to emergency and natural disaster response were procured and developed, which augmented legacy equipment (such as axes unchanged since the 1920s) being life cycled out in favour of newer equipment such as chainsaws, radios, and modern re-breathing equipment. As well, the Maritime Search and Rescue services received a massive influx of funding to start their rescue swimmer program, including the first maritime search and rescue helicopters operated by a civilian service in Crona. A massive restructuring of the Fire Service also occurred, which aligned it almost exactly to modern standards, the only changes made since this restructure was the addition of HAZMAT training programs and research teams with the Emergency Services Act of 2000.

Frederickson's revolutionary leadership and response to the changing face of emergency services in Arcerion would cement his legacy as one of the greatest civil servants in Arcer history. He retired in 1984, after thirty three years in the fire service, passing away in 1998, shortly before the passing of landmark legislation from Confederate Parliament to further institutionalize and solidify the changes and gains he had pioneered with over a decade of leading the Fire Service.

=== Emergency Services Act (2000) ===

The increased funding was approved by a worried Parliament who say the 1967 Wildfire as the first of many, and narrowly avoided the loss of a major Heartland city. They correctly assumed, as several other Category 5 fires would occur not only in 1967, but in the years following there was a rising trend. The funding Frederickson secured was then used to improve 'soft' support systems such as pay, compensation, and training. The Royal Arcerion Fire Institute was turned into a museum at its original location, and a new training centre was set up in Dalfearn,

~~Frederickson was the revolutionary, dragged the RAFS out of irrelevancy (died 1999ish)~~

~~=== Emergency Services Act (2000) ===~~

=== Modern Period (2001-present) ===

== Organization ==

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 === Modernization and Expansion (1967-2000) ===
 The Fire Service received new direction and by extension, new life in 1967. A significant drought in Northlea Governorate resulted in the outbreak of an initially small wildfire 150km from Presdale. However, fast-moving winds and a significant amount of dead foliage and dry underbrush meant that this quickly turned into what would be categorized later as the first Category 5-fire. Multiple towns were caught in the firestorm, and dozens of Arcer citizens were burned to death. The Fire Service deployed almost all of its available manpower, most arriving by Arcer National Railway Service coaches, and over the course of three weeks, fought the 1967 Wildfire to a standstill 14km from Presdale, saving the booming Arcer Heartland town from burning down.
 This prompted quick action from the Confederate Parliament, who lauded the on-scene commander, then-Captain John Francis Frederickson. Frederickson, born in a middle-class suburb outside of Chester-on-Moore to a father who was a career firefighter, and his grandfather a member of a small-boat rescue team had joined the Fire Service as an ordinary fireman shortly after the Second Great War, upon his return in the early 1950s. Over twenty-five years of firefighting, he had served most of his time in the Easthampton Fire Department, only transferring to Dalfearn Fire Department a few months before the 1967 Wildfires. Frederickson's overall command and control of the wildfires, using control lines, burnouts, and knock down dirt tracks to effectively combat the fire. These techniques would become wildfire-combatting standard operating procedures over the next fifty years.
+[[File:1960s Arcer Firefighters.jpg|thumb|1980 reunion of Presdale Fire Department firemen, most of whom served during the 1967 Wildfires. John Francis Federickson, then Fire Commissioner in the front row, second from right. ]]
 Frederickson was promoted to Fire Commissioner, where he would also oversee a large amount of change to the Fire Service. He outlined a four-point approach to the improvement of the Fire Service in a 1968 Memo:
 * Increased funding for support services such as communications, training, and infrastructure;
 * Procurement of new vehicles, equipment, and systems for the Fire Service;
 * Restructuring of the Fire Service;
 * Public Affairs blitz to increase recruitment and ease manning shortfalls.
+The increased funding was approved by a worried Parliament who say the 1967 Wildfire as the first of many, and narrowly avoided the loss of a major Heartland city. They correctly assumed, as several other Category 5 fires would occur not only in 1967, but in the years following there was a rising trend. The funding Frederickson secured was then used to improve 'soft' support systems such as pay, compensation, and training. The Royal Arcerion Fire Institute was turned into a museum at its original location, and a new training centre was set up in Dalfearn, as well as the first runway and helipads for Fire Service aircraft.
+[[File:1990s Firefighter.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A member of Dalfearn Fire Department's Fire Team 2 during wildfire operations in 1995. ]]
+New firefighting vehicles, aimed at wildfire operations and support to emergency and natural disaster response were procured and developed, which augmented legacy equipment (such as axes unchanged since the 1920s) being life cycled out in favour of newer equipment such as chainsaws, radios, and modern re-breathing equipment. As well, the Maritime Search and Rescue services received a massive influx of funding to start their rescue swimmer program, including the first maritime search and rescue helicopters operated by a civilian service in Crona. A massive restructuring of the Fire Service also occurred, which aligned it almost exactly to modern standards, the only changes made since this restructure was the addition of HAZMAT training programs and research teams with the Emergency Services Act of 2000.
+Frederickson's revolutionary leadership and response to the changing face of emergency services in Arcerion would cement his legacy as one of the greatest civil servants in Arcer history. He retired in 1984, after thirty three years in the fire service, passing away in 1998, shortly before the passing of landmark legislation from Confederate Parliament to further institutionalize and solidify the changes and gains he had pioneered with over a decade of leading the Fire Service.
+=== Emergency Services Act (2000) ===
-The increased funding was approved by a worried Parliament who say the 1967 Wildfire as the first of many, and narrowly avoided the loss of a major Heartland city. They correctly assumed, as several other Category 5 fires would occur not only in 1967, but in the years following there was a rising trend. The funding Frederickson secured was then used to improve 'soft' support systems such as pay, compensation, and training. The Royal Arcerion Fire Institute was turned into a museum at its original location, and a new training centre was set up in Dalfearn,
-Frederickson was the revolutionary, dragged the RAFS out of irrelevancy (died 1999ish)
-=== Emergency Services Act (2000) ===
 === Modern Period (2001-present) ===
 == Organization ==

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