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AFM is proud to serve communities across Africa. Here we have the latest updates about our work, ways you can support or get involved, and information about our previous and upcoming trips!
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AFM is proud to serve communities across Africa. Here we have the latest updates about our work, ways you can support or get involved, and information about our previous and upcoming trips!
We would like to recognize the different award winners from this year’s symposium to highlight the ever-growing fire service in Africa and the determination of first responders in Kenya and beyond.
In November, the AFM team travelled to Mombasa, Kenya, for this year’s annual EMS & Fire Symposium and Competition. During this week long event, over five hundred participants from Kenya and neighboring countries gathered for hands-on training, fellowship, and first responder competitions.
“The 2025 Fire and EMS Symposium at Bandari Academy in Mombasa provided an excellent platform for counties across Kenya to strengthen their emergency response capacity. As an instructor in the leadership class, I witnessed the dedication of Kenya’s firefighters and paramedics first-hand and saw the critical need for strong, ethical, and modern leadership within the sector.”
Suleiman Adan Issack, Chief Fire Officer of Mandera County, writes about his experience at the 2025 Kenya Symposium
We are pleased to announce that Africa Fire Mission has received a grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions. Through the grant, Africa Fire Mission will continue training efforts across Africa through impactful training events.
Africa Fire Mission is excited to announce we have received the Waste Reduction Innovation Grant from Hamilton County ReSource! This grant will provide financial support for our operations assisting AFM’s efforts in reducing firefighter PPE and supply waste, as well as using gently used firefighter PPE to support firefighters in Africa.
During this year’s Chama, we are proud to recognize Metzcor as our 2025 Mission Partner.
During this year’s Chama, we are proud to recognize Brian Anderson as our Instructor of the Year and Dr. Kiki Henley as our Volunteer of the Year.
Africa Fire Mission is excited to announce our partnership with the Delft University of Technology, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University, Leiden University, and GRO6 Fire Network on a global research project, titled Co-creating Fire Safety Innovations for Domestic Fires with Grassroots Organizations in Informal Settlements in Kenya.
In 2025, a team of firefighters from the US and Kenya traveled to Malawi for firefighter instruction and fire safety training. During this trip, three AFM team members had the unique opportunity to present fire evacuation trainings to a group of deaf and blind students in Mzuzu, Malawi. This school has not participated in any modern fire evacuation trainings or drills until this year when the AFM team visited. These drills sparked curiosity and excitement about fire safety in the students and their teachers which quickly spread to the wider community.