FIPI Founding Director, Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, was invited to celebrate the signing of the Biden-Harris administration’s new executive orders to reduce firearm-related harms in the U.S. at the White House. The announcement outlining the executive actions also highlighted two FIPI efforts: our Pause to Protect program and the Colorado Gun Storage map.
The FIPI team was awarded the 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium Outstanding Research Accomplishment Team Award for the initiative’s dedication to collaboratively using evidence-based approaches in finding solutions to prevent firearm injuries and deaths, with a specific focus on suicide in the military. for the initiative’s dedication to collaboratively using evidence-based approaches in finding solutions to prevent firearm injuries and deaths, with a specific focus on suicide in the military. The annual award recognizes outstanding research contributions by a team with a focus on significant accomplishments of high impact achieved during the conference year.
Browse through our first annual report, which details our accomplishments in research, education, and collaboration from the past year.
Join FIPI for virtual office hours hosted by firearm industry partners and experienced secure storage program facilitators. These sessions are open to any firearm business (shooting ranges, retailers, instructors, etc.) interested in secure storage and/or suicide prevention education or services (on-site storage, distributing devices).
These sessions occur monthly:
Advanced registration is requested, RSVP online.