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Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education Program
Be sure to check out the new look for the model curriculum in its print-/handout-ready format. While there, view the new FESHE bachelor’s courses outlines that reflect the new Web-based formats delivered by the Degrees at a Distance Program schools. You can also download under the “Tools and Resources” section the new FESHE brochure in its DHS/FEMA configuration or take the same marketing piece without our logo and customize it with your own logo and content. You can also download the artwork for a FESHE tabletop display for conferences and classroom buildings which, again, is in both formats.
Visit the new page at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/higher_ed/index.shtm.
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To enroll in NFAOnline, visit www.nfaonline.dhs.gov and browse the course catalog through the ‘New Students’ option.
Go to NFAOnline to see the complete COURSE CATALOG
Additional courses are now available on NFA Online:
Q494 – NFIRS Course
Q123 – Applied Research Course
ICS Simulation Courses: Ranch House, Mansion, Nursing Home, Town House, Wildland, and Strip Mall
Emergency Medical Services Courses
EMS Operations at Multi Casualty Incidents
Emergency Response to Terrorism Courses
Emergency Response to Terrorism: Self-Study
Fire Prevention Courses
Alternative Water Supply: Planning and Implementing Programs
Testing and Evaluation of Water Supplies for Fire Protection
Self-Study Course for Community Safety Educators
Incident Management Courses
ICS-100, Introduction to ICS for Operational First Responders
ICS-200, Basic NIMS ICS for Operational First Responders
ICS-300 Intermediate All-Hazard NIMS ICS Review for Expanding Incidents
Awareness of Command and Control Decision Making at Multiple Alarm Incidents
ICS-400: Fundamentals Review for Command and General Staff
Management Science Courses
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS
Temporary Appointment as Acting Deputy
On behalf of
Effective January 20, 2009, Dr. Denis G. Onieal will be temporarily appointed as the Acting Deputy U. S. Fire Administrator.
Dr. Onieal will serve in this capacity to provide the necessary continuity for the
I would ask that you support Denis is this temporary role as the U. S. Fire Administration continues its mission.
Gregory B. Cade
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The Incident Management Systems Integration (IMSI) Division just announced the following updates:
1. The finalized NIMS has been released and can be accessed at: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/index.shtm
2. The Credentialing Guideline has been posted to the Federal Register and can be accessed at: http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064807e68fa
3. The Intelligence/Investigation Function Guide has been posted to the Federal Register and can be accessed at: http:// www.regulations.gov.
These links have also been posted to the NIMS Working Groups Team Sites.
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#1
I am looking for guidelines on personal issue regulators.
Thank you
Alan Brody
Rama Fire
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#2
The Grand Island Fire Department is seeking condition of employment agreements related to no tobacco use by all newly hired employees. If your agency has new employees sign an agreement related to the non-use of tobacco products, I would be very interest in obtaining a copy. I would also be interested in any policies related to tobacco use by on duty personnel. Please email me at thughes@grand-island.com.
Troy Hughes
Fire Chief
(308) 385-5444 ext. 229 office
thughes@grand-island.com
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#3
I am looking for SOP’s and information that fire departments use to deal with structure fires in buildings that utilize solar panels. I know that these panels can present a significant danger to firefighters. Thanks for your time and assistance.
Lieutenant George L. Thomas IV
Safety/Special Operations
Office - (301) - 600 - 9331
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#4
Our fire department is currently in the process of updating and adding new SOP/SOG's. We are currently looking for the following SOG's or Policies: firefighter injury, accident, civilian injury, civilian death, administrative incident report, air monitoring, monitoring equipment maintenance, and a request for training application and training after action report format.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Joseph M. Heim
Fire Chief
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#5
I am currently in the process of finishing up with my last Applied Research Project for the Executive Fire Officer Program and would like your help in answering a short survey in reference to how your department handles the vehicle maintenance of your apparatus, ambulances and other vehicles. The survey also includes a couple of questions about your department.
Below is the link to this questionnaire.
Again, I would like to thank you in advance for your time, and be safe in this coming year.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UFtmZzfFyZurTXSepq6wPQ_3d_3d
Steve Leatherman
Bureau Chief, Logistics & Finance
301-600-2073 (Office)
240-674-4249 (Cell)
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#6
Our department is looking for a program and/or lesson plans for initial Awareness Level Technical Rescue. We currently have some personnel that are Rope and Confined Space technicians, but are lacking a way to teach Awareness Level for the multiple disciplines called out in NFPA 1670.
Thank you,
Mark Hill, Captain
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2009
2008 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 114 LODD’s
Visit FIREFIGHTERNEARMISS.COM and check out the Report of the Week(ROTW) for an incident description followed by review questions designed to spark discussion. We can all learn from these.
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VIRTUAL TRADING POST
If you find the Virtual TRADEing Post useful, please send an email to Nashid Hasan mhasan1@lsu.edu. Nash is the mastermind behind the structure of the Virtual TRADEing Post. So, please let Nash know how much you appreciate the availability of this material and how useful you find it.
Several people have experienced difficulty accessing the TRADE's Virtual TRADEing Post through the address published and have contacted me for suggestions. The system was unavailable for a short time but is back up and running. Go to Louisiana State University Fire and Emergency Training Institute's NFA TRADE page: http://feti.lsu.edu/municipal/NFA/TRADE/ and access it there. Look for improvement on how the material is organized very soon.
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LESSONS LEARNED INFORMATION SHARING
LLIS.gov Partners with US Fire Administration
As part of its continual effort to improve information sharing across the emergency response and homeland security communities, LLIS.gov launched a new partnership with the US Fire Administration (USFA). The USFA strives to provide national leadership to local fire and emergency services departments. To highlight the new partnership, LLIS.gov has created a new USFA Resource Page where members can access USFA technical and special reports, related LLIS.gov original content, featured documents, and valuable links. To access the resource page, log onto LLIS.gov and click on US Fire Administration under LLIS.GOV PARTNERS.
The LLIS.gov Team continues to post new Lessons Learned, Best Practices, Practice Notes, and Good Stories to the system on a regular basis. Weekly updates about new original content can be found in the NEW LLIS.GOV CONTENT box on the homepage of LLIS.gov. LLIS.gov recently posted the following original content documents drawn from USFA Technical Reports:
Lessons Learned
- Fire Operations: Determining if Local Water Systems Can Meet Demand during Major Fires (Reno, NV Twelve-Fatality Hotel Arson, 2006)
Fire departments’ pre-planning processes should determine if local water systems are capable of meeting the demand necessary for fighting major fires. - Incident Management: Locating Public Information Operations Close to the Command Area (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should consider locating public information operations in close proximity to the command area. - Emergency Management: Updating Incident Action Plans Throughout an Incident’s Response (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should consider having incident action plans routinely updated during extended response activities. - Fire Operations: Training Personnel in Specialized Tactics for Incidents at Power Plants (Rhea County, TN Watts Bar Hydroelectric Plant Fire, 2002)
Fire departments that have power plants located within their area of operations should ensure that their personnel are trained in the appropriate specialized tactics. This will enable the departments to respond successfully to incidents at the plants. - Incident Command: Appointing a Public Information Officer (Ardent Sentry Full-Scale Exercise, 2007)
Incident command should ensure that an appropriately trained individual serves as public information officer during an incident response. This individual should understand his or her media management responsibilities and should be able to interface with the emergency operations center and joint information center. - Incident Management: Identifying Remote Staging Areas (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should identify potential remote staging areas for use during response operations when resources may be exposed to unacceptable hazards. This enables incident commanders to relocate and protect resources from potential exposures. - Mass Evacuation: Planning for the Evacuation of Special Needs Populations (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Emergency managers should develop clear, concise plans that address the evacuation of their special needs populations in the event of an incident. - Pre-Incident Site Planning: Acquiring Diagrams and Plans for Power Plants and Industrial Facilities (Rhea County, TN
Fire departments should acquire diagrams and pre-plans for local power plants and other industrial facilities in their area. It is critical that these facilities provide fire departments with all information necessary to respond to an incident on their premises.
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LLIS.gov has partnered with the Emergency Management and Response – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) to provide LLIS.gov members access to the EMR-ISAC’s free, critical infrastructure protection (CIP) information. Located at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD, the EMR-ISAC was developed to collect, analyze, and disseminate timely, consequential information to assist in the practice of critical infrastructure protection by the leaders, owners, and operators of the nation’s Emergency Services Sector.
The EMR-ISAC, a no-cost information sharing program within the Department of Homeland Security, specifically provides information necessary to protect local internal critical infrastructures (i.e., personnel, physical assets, and communication/cyber systems that must be intact and operational 24 x 7) against all hazards, from natural disasters to terrorist activities. The program’s main focus is ensuring that emergency response leadership, their organizations, and local policy leaders have both the internal and external support and resources to aid in disaster protection, prevention, and response to enhance survivability, continuity of operations, and mission success.
The EMR-ISAC can be contacted at emr-isac@dhs.gov or 301-447-1325. To view the EMR-ISAC page on LLIS.gov, please click here or login to LLIS.gov and click on the EMR-ISAC link on the homepage. To subscribe for the free critical infrastructure protection (CIP) information disseminated by the Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC), please click on the following link: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/subjects/emr-isac/infograms/index.shtm.
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