Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$4,883,391

Total expenses

$4,849,688

Contributions and grants received

$3,317,802

Grants paid

$171,375

Program service revenue

$1,484,662

Investment income

$8,365

Other revenue

$72,562

Total assets, end of year

$3,120,408

Total liabilities, end of year

$982,447

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,137,961

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,880,064

Management and general expenses

$969,624

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,880,064

Program services were 80.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES FOR THE PROMOTION, RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CODES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND EXTINGUISHING FIRES.

  Expenses $2,031,318 · Revenue $321,383

• THE PUBLIC SAFETY CLOUD IS BEING DEVELOPED TO ALLOW ALL CONNECTED PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS TO LEVERAGE SHARED, TRUSTED AND TIMELY INFORMATION.

  Expenses $753,571

• DAILY DISPATCH - COMPILED AND DISTRIBUTED A FREE SUBSCRIPTION-BASED, STATE-SPECIFIC ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER TO OVER 75,000 FIRE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE MEMBERS EACH WEEKDAY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATED TO MEMBER SUPPORT, AND RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FIRE PREVENTION CODES.

  Expenses $353,593 · Revenue $383,837

• FIRE RESCUE GROUP PURCHASING ORGANIZATION - A NATIONAL GROUP PURCHASING PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO ALL 50 STATES WHICH BRINGS COST SAVINGS TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ROYALTIES GIVE BACK TO THE STATES AND DIVISIONS TOTALED $9,375 IN 2024.

  Expenses $347,845 · Grants $118,975 · Revenue $535,715

• RAPID, SCALABLE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR MACHINE LEARNINGS BASED MAPPING OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PRE-PLANS: WFCA'S PROJECT WILL TEST AND VALIDATE THE APPLICATION OF GEOCAM VISUAL MAPPING SYSTEM TO PROVE ITS FEASIBILITY TO AUTOMATE CITY-SCALE FIRE PRE-PLAN MAPS ACROSS COMPLEX OUTDOOR AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. THEY WILL DEVELOP A MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED PRODUCT AND SERVICE THAT WILL PROVIDE GEO-LOCATED IMAGERY OUTDOORS AND INDOORS, SUPPORTING REMOTE AND FREQUENT VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PRE-PLANS ON CRITICAL STRUCTURES WITHIN A CITY. IT WILL ALSO ENABLE PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS TO OBTAIN NEW INFORMATION ABOUT STRUCTURAL CHANGES ON A REGULAR BASIS TO IMPROVE ON-DEMAND PREPLANNING.

  Expenses $175,022 · Revenue $179,622

• THE ORGANIZATION ALSO INVESTED IN CREATING A FIRE MAP FOR THE PUBLIC AVAILABLE AT THEIR SITE: WWW.WFCA/FIRE-MAP. THE WESTERN FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION (WFCA) FIRE MAP DEPICTS ACTIVE AND RECENT WILDLAND FIRES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND ALASKA. THE FIRE MAP DRAWS NEAR REAL-TIME 911 DISPATCH CALL DATA FROM PULSEPOINT. EMERGING AND ONGOING WILDLAND FIRE LOCATION AND BOUNDARY DATA ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER IRWIN FEEDS. FIRIS (CALIFORNIA ONLY) PROVIDES EARLY FIRE PERIMETER AND 3 HOUR FORECASTING MODELS. FIRE DISPATCH AND LOCATION DATA ARE APPROXIMATE AND NO WARRANTY IS GIVEN AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE DATA.

  Expenses $112,992 · Revenue $25,000

• MULTI-STATE ALIGNMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY ON PARCEL AND COMMUNITY LEVEL MITIGATIONS IN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE(WUI): THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ESTABLISH KEY STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT IN FOUR WESTERN STATES ON PARCEL AND COMMUNITY LEVEL MITIGATIONS THAT MATTER IN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE (WUI). THOSE KEY STAKEHOLDERS ARE THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL (OR WARDEN), THE STATE INSURANCE REGULATORY OFFICE, THE STATE/REGIONAL INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND THE STATE FIRE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION.

  Expenses $75,786 · Grants $50,000

• WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE RESPONSE RATING(FRR): BY DECEMBER 2024, A COMPREHENSIVE RATING METHODOLOGY OF A WUI COMMUNITY'S INITIAL RESPONSE CAPABILITY TO PREVENT CONFLAGRATION BY DISRUPTING FIRE SPREAD INTO A COMMUNITY FROM THE IMMEDIATE VEGETATIVE LANDSCAPE, AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FROM STRUCTURE TO STRUCTURE SPREAD, WILL HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND PILOTED AS A CATASTROPHE RISK AND GRAPH THEORY MODEL MITIGATION VARIABLE AGAINST PROPERTY LOSS.

  Expenses $29,937

• THE WILDFIRE INITIATIVE (CWR) IS DIRECTED BY THE WILDFIRE POLICY COMMITTEE TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT IMPROVE THE RESPONSE CAPABILITIES OF AMERICA'S FIRE SERVICE TO CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES. THIS IS DONE THROUGH TARGETED EVENTS, INFORMATION SHARING, AND HIGH-LEVEL SUPPORT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. THE PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED THROUGH A CONSULTING SERVICE THAT PROVIDES FIRE SERVICE INSIGHT TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMPANIES. RETIRED FIRE CHIEFS ARE HIRED TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AS CONTRACTORS.

  Revenue $39,105

• WILDFIRE DECISION AND DATA MAPPING: THE PROJECT WILL EXAMINE WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND INTERVENTIONS TO DEVELOP A DECISION MODEL IDENTIFYING WORKFLOW, DECISION POINTS, TIME NEEDS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DISCREET FIREFIGHTING POSITIONS AND TASKS. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A SCIENCE BASED DECISION MODEL ENABLING NASA AND THE WILDFIRE COMMUNITY TO ALIGN AND PRIORITIZE INVESTMENTS IN SENSORS AND SYSTEMS, DATA AND DATA ANALYTICS, RESILIENCE AND PRE-EVENT MITIGATION AND OPERATIONAL REDESIGN BASED ON DESIRED OUTCOMES.

• WILDFIRE SELF MITIGATION INCENTIVE RESEARCH: A PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY WILL CONDUCT FIELD RESEARCH WITHIN THE METHODS APPROVED BY THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE SELF-MITIGATION BY PROPERTY OWNERS IN OREGON.

  Grants $2,400

• WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE RESPONSE RATING(WRR)- TO SUPPORT AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR PRIORITIZING, IMPLEMENTING AND TRACKING SCIENCE BASED FIRE MITIGATIONS IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. BY JUNE 2025 NOVEL SOLUTIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS AT RISK COMMUNITIES TO BE ASSESSED TO IDENTIFY FIRE PATHWAYS, PROVIDED WITH SPECIFIC FUEL TREATMENTS INCLUSIVE OF LOCATION, PRESCRIPTION AND RETURN INTERVAL, AND GIVEN A MECHANISM TO REPORT PROGRESS, UNDERSTAND MITIGATION RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND VISUALIZE RESIDUAL RISK THROUGH A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREVENTION PLAN LINKED TO CATASTROPHIC RISK MODELS.

• JANUS - CREATE AN AR SYSTEM THAT WILL DISPLAY MITIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN WIDELY AVAILABLE AND USER-FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF AR INTERFACES.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• INTERNATIONAL AFC

  $51,500

  PASS-THRU OF FEES FRM VENDOR SALES

• CAL POLY CORPORATION

  $50,000

  PASS-THRU OF FEES FRM VENDOR SALES

• SOUTHEASTERN ASSC-FIRE CHIEFS

  $15,000

  PASS-THRU OF FEES FRM VENDOR SALES

• CALIFORNIA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOC

  $8,000

  PASS-THRU OF FEES FRM VENDOR SALES

• GREAT LAKES DIVISION

  $6,500

  PASS-THRU OF FEES FRM VENDOR SALES

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

17 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202543219349307869

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