Friday, May 16, 2008
NVFC Backs Incentive Program Changes
The incentive program will drop from four one-week course offerings per year to three. In 2008, NFA will increase the number of week-long classes that are available on the campus from four to 15. ...
NVFC Executive Committee Discusses Strategy, AFG
On the agenda was a review of the organization’s five-year strategic plan and a discussion of the delay in the Assistance to Firefighters grant program application periods and the role that EMS plays in the fire service....
Delegation of Chiefs Visits Israel
The policy discussions will allow the American and Israeli fire and first responder officials to share their experiences relating to information sharing, search-and-rescue techniques, private sector involvement, and national emergency and mass-casualty incident response. ...
DHS Establishes Advisory Council
The council will focus attention in the development and revision of the national preparedness goal, the national preparedness system, the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies. ...
Bush Proposes Fire Service Grant Cuts
Bush is requesting $300 million for the FIRE Grant program, a 2.4% increase from his FY 2007 request. However, no money was requested for the SAFER grants. These proposed funding levels represent a significant decrease from the $547 million for FIRE and $115 million for SAFER that Congress appropriated for FY 2007....
NVFC Launches Online Grant Resource Center
The site includes copies of narratives from successful past grant applications and a DHS grant-writing guide....
IAFC Award Deadlines Draw Near
Nominations for the Heart Safe Community Award are due March 9, and nominations for the Safety, Health & Survival Awards are due March 31. ...
Is Your Department Worth Its Salt?
By Ronny J. Coleman
A long time ago, people weren't compensated with dollars and cents. The concept of money was preceded by the idea of value. In early societies, those...
Speed of Ideas
By Ronny J. Coleman
Technology can’t be avoided and instead should be embraced for the opportunities it offers...
Take Small Steps with Young Recruits
By Ken Farmer
In November, this column discussed the stages of life and identified how each of those stages resembled the stages in a firefighter's career. I'd like...
FAMA President Turner Dies
Phil Turner, OEM sales manager for Command Light (SuperVac), passed away suddenly this week. Turner has been involved with the fire industry for a long time and was well-known for his commitment to the fire service....
IFE to Expand Ranks
A new agreement between the Institution of Fire Engineers and the Center for Public Safety Excellence will allow Chief Fire Officer designees to be recognized as IFE members. ...
Kimbell to Succeed Retiring Bosworth at Forest Service
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected Abigail Kimbell as the 16th chief of the Forest Service. Kimbell succeeds Chief Dale Bosworth, who is retiring on Feb. 2 after 41 years with the Forest Service. ...
NVFC Extends Prevention Award Deadline
Nominations to honor a volunteer firefighter who exemplifies the philosophy of fire prevention are due Feb. 1....
NFPA Establishes Engineering Scholarship
A minimum of one Alfred E. Cote scholarship per year of at least $5,000 will be awarded to one or more undergraduate students enrolled in fire protection engineering programs in either the United States or Canada. ...
New Congress Highlights Firefighter Issues
The 110th Congress is placing firefighter issues at the forefront of its agenda, including HR 1, a proposal to fully implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission that the House of Representatives passed Jan. 9 in a 299–128 vote. ...
Lee Tapped as Interim D.C. Chief
Twenty-year Washington (D.C.) Fire and EMS veteran Brian Lee has been appointed interim chief of the department by Mayor Adrian Fenty. Lee succeeds Chief Adrian H. Thompson who recently retired...
CFSI Seeks Nominations for Leadership Award
The Congressional Fire Services Institute has announced it is accepting nominations for the 2007 CFSI/Motorola Mason Lankford Fire Service Leadership Award. The award is given annually to a fire service leader for exemplary efforts in promoting and supporting fire/emergency service and life safety issues at the local, state and national levels...
Too Little or Too Much, It's All a Balancing Act
By Ronny J. Coleman
How do you know when you've added enough of an ingredient to some soup? How much seasoning do you have to add to get just the right taste? What happens...
CPSE Promotes Designation Process
Randy R. Bruegman, President CPSE Board of Directors
To encourage fire chiefs to consider the designation process both for themselves and their departments, the Center for Public Safety Excellence will be...
Firefighters Don't Have to Forfeit Free Speech
By Philip Stittleburg
Unfortunately, First Amendment freedom of speech cases are becoming more common in the fire service. Another one was recently decided in Habel, et al,...
Still on a Slippery Slope
Dick Mangan knows wildland fire. A retired member of the U.S. Forest Service in fire management, he now runs a private fire consulting company, Blackbull...
Farmington Hills Honored by Fire Inspectors Society
The Farmington Hills Fire Department was recently honored by the Metro Detroit Fire Inspectors Society with the MDFIS’s Fire Inspector of the Year award...
IAFC Releases FLSA Guide
To date, fire chiefs managing volunteer and combination departments have struggled with conflicting interpretations about how to implement Fair Labor Standards Act rules. A resource to assist chiefs in that effort is now available in the form of a new publication from the International Association of Fire Chiefs: Managing Volunteer Firefighters for FLSA Compliance...
DHS Releases 11th Round of AFG Awards, 12th Round of SAFER Grants
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released the 11th round of Assistance to Firefighters Grant program awards for FY '06, naming 63 departments and districts throughout the United States as recipients. The grants total more than $7 million. The 12th round of FY '06 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grants awarded nearly $7.9 million to 27 agencies...
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