The Fayette County Department

of Fire and Emergency Services recently received its national accreditation

from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI).

The department became the first such agency in Georgia to achieve the

status, which involves a grueling self-assessment process. Fayette County

is one of 38 accredited agencies recognized by CFAI.

Fire Chief Jack Krakeel accepted the award on behalf of the department

at the CFAI's meeting in Dallas, Tex. on August 24.

The accreditation process provides agencies with improvement models to

assess their service delivery and performance internally before working

with a team of peers from other agencies to evaluate the self assessment

they had completed.

The department will be recognized at an upcoming Board of Commissioners

meeting to honor its work toward meeting the goal.