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Additional courses are now available on NFA Online:
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EMS Operations at Multi Casualty Incidents
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Emergency Response to Terrorism: Self-Study
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Alternative Water Supply: Planning and Implementing Programs
Testing and Evaluation of Water Supplies for Fire Protection
Self-Study Course for Community Safety Educators
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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
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Fire Service Supervision
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS
National Fire Academy Announcements
The National Fire Academy has changed the application period/open enrollment period starting with the next application period. The new application/open enrollment dates are: April 15 - June 15 (instead of May 1-June 30) for courses to be held October through March and October 15 - December 15 (instead of November 1-December 31) for courses to be held April through September.
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FROM: Nancy Ward
Acting Administrator
SUBJECT: Deputy Assistant Administrator for the United States Fire Administration
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Glenn A. Gaines, a 37 year veteran of the Fairfax, Virginia Fire Department, to the position of Deputy Assistant Administrator for the United States Fire Administration (USFA); he will also immediately begin serving as the Acting U.S. Fire Administrator. Glenn brings to USFA a unique set of skills and experiences that fit extremely well with the missions of both FEMA and the USFA.
Having started as a volunteer firefighter and fire officer, Chief Gaines rose through the various ranks to become Fire Chief of a metropolitan community serving a population of over one million people. Along the way he served in key roles in the areas of training, prevention, and operations, as well as overseeing a nationally recognized Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team that was deployed many times both within the United States and internationally.
Chief Gaines holds a degree in Fire Administration, has authored several texts and articles on fire service issues, and has served as an instructor at USFA’s National Fire Academy.
A well respected member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and its Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Section, Chief Gaines has spent the past eight years as a principal architect and manager of both the Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program and SAFER grant programs. As such, he has a keen understanding of the needs of career, combination, and volunteer fire departments and the issues affecting them during these unique times in our Nation’s history.
We appreciate Chief Gaines’ willingness to serve in this critical position and welcome what we know will be his positive contributions to both USFA and FEMA as we go about fulfilling our responsibilities to the American public.
I would also like to take this opportunity to personally thank National Fire Academy Superintendent, Dr. Denis Onieal for his leadership of the USFA during this period of transition and for his dedication to the success of the USFA in the countless meetings and activities he has been involved in, while still leading the efforts of the National Fire Academy.
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#1
We are going to be implementing annual FF and Fire Officer job performance requirements (JPR’s). I’m looking for information on other programs out there concerning JPR’s. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You Stay Safe
Bill Hartman Jr.
Lieutenant
Bellevue Fire Department
hartman@bellevueboro.com
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#2
Two unrelated questions:
1) Does anyone know of a "training" 4-gas meter? What I am looking for is a 4-gas meter that can have phantom values programmed into it or sent to it by a remote device. This would be similar to a AED Trainer. I want crews to perform monitoring and "detect" hazardous values. I would like to do this for both haz mat and confined space drills.
2) I am looking for an SOP/SOG on "staging for police." We have increase the number of calls where we await police arrival before entering. This is done under the umbrella of responder safety. However, we do not have any SOP/SOG for it and it seems we are adding to the list of "hostile or potentially hostile" scenes we will not enter. Before someone dies at a scene that we are told to "stage" for and the arm-chair quarterbacks second-guess us I want to develop such a guideline.
Thanks.
Drew Smith
Deputy Chief
Prospect Heights Fire Protection District
10 East Camp McDonald Road
Prospect Heights, IL 60070
847-253-8060
dsmith@prospectheightsfire.com
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#3
What is recognized as the safest, most efficient method of loading (reloading) 4" / 5" fire hose back onto hose beds of fire apparatus?
I presume mechanical means of loading are the safest, most efficient.
Besides mechanical means of loading, what is next best as far as "manhandling" the hose?
Lieutenant Ray Wachsmann
City of Waco, Texas Fire & Rescue
r.wachsmann@sbcglobal.net
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#4
The Las Cruces Fire Department is exploring the possibility of implementing a policy covering the prohibition of using smokeless tobacco during meetings, classes, training, in public, on calls etc. We would still allow its use during “residential” times/hours. Any policies, guidelines, etc. anyone is willing to share would be greatly appreciated.
Andrew Bencomo
Deputy Chief of Operations
Las Cruces (NM) Fire Department
(575) 528-3473
(575) 528-4082 (FAX)
abencomo@las-cruces.org
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#5
I am seeking information regarding physical ability testing at the rank of battalion/district chief. Specifically, are there any departments who administer an annual test (combat/CPAT/etc) type test for their line people and a separate style/type of test to account for differences in the knowledge, skills, and abilities of a command officer? Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
Michael West- Training Chief
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority
mike.west@southmetro.org
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2009 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 22 LODD’s
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 Watts Bar Hydroelectric Plant Fire, 2002)
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.
Job Announcements
EMS SPECIALIST
The Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council ( PEHSC) is seeking an independent thinking, highly motivated individual with knowledge in emergency medical service systems. PEHSC serves the Commonwealth as the state advisory council to the PA Department of Health. The individual selected will be responsible for writing technical reports, recommendations and policy guidelines as well as interpreting statistical data to assist in the planning of statewide EMS-related projects. Bachelor's degree, preferably in a health-related field or equivalent, and field experience as a Pennsylvania prehospital provider is required. Candidate should have excellent verbal and written skills as well as specialty education in a specific EMS component or technical area.
EOE.
Please send your resume and your salary requirements to the address below or via email to pehsc@pehsc.org.
No phone calls will be accepted. Deadline to apply is April 10, 2009.
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THREE NEW OPENINGS
The interested party should send resume to
Ms. Toni Just
Director of Human Resources
Transportation Technology center Inc,
P.O Box 11130
Pueblo, CO 81001
toni_just@aar.com
Title of Position: Instructor - SERTC
Posting Date: 03/25/2009
Closing Date: 04/03/2009
Primary Duties: This position will provide instructor lead training to emergency responders, law enforcement officers, contract responders, chemical manufacturers, railroad personnel, and public and private employees involved in emergency response, management and planning. In addition to delivery of training courses, instructors are tasked with reviewing and revising curriculum, development of presentation materials (Power Point Presentations and other visual training aides) and assist in designing field exercises and response scenarios to enhance and complement specific courses of instruction. Instructors will be familiar with all training props and teaching aids and may assist in modification and maintenance. This position reports to the SERTC Manager - Operations and will schedule and coordinate activities through the Lead, Instructor and/or SERTC Manager - Operations. No subordinates report to this position. Instructors are responsible for the safety and well being of all students in their assigned class.
Minimum Qualifications: High School Diploma or equivalent with excellent reading, writing and oral communication skills. Hazardous Materials Technician Certification required. Five years working knowledge of emergency response to hazardous materials transportation emergencies with experience specific to railroad, highway, and intermodal transportation. Two (2) years public speaking and/or instruction experience required, specifically related to hazardous materials training as detailed in OSHA 1910.120, and NFPA 472. Prior railroad and / or highway transportation experience is a plus. In depth knowledge of regulations and standards such as CFR 29, CFR 49, and NFPA 472 is a plus. Demonstrated skills in the use of MS Office software. In addition, applicants must have thorough knowledge of the following software: Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Applicant must be able to perform in and teach all O.S.H.A. levels of chemical protective clothing including full-face canister breathing and SCBA applications and pass appropriate physical examinations. Must be willing to travel off site to deliver training.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS IN ADDITION TO MINIMUM: Bachelors Degree in Education, Public Safety, Fire Science, or Chemistry or other related degree with technical field or equivalent work related experience in transportation of Hazardous Materials and response in surface transportation. 10 years experience responding to transportation related hazardous materials incidents. Ten year teaching and instruction experience. Hazardous Materials Technician / Specialist Certification. Two years experience in adult learning course and program development. Colorado explosives permit.
Minimum Salary: $58,350
Grade: 06
Title of Position: Lead Instructor – SERTC
Posting Date: 03/25/2009
Closing Date: 04/03/2009
Primary Duties: Position serves as a subject matter expert, primary instructor, training scenario supervisor and lesson plan developer for hazardous materials emergency response and management. Has responsibility for all new and updated lesson plans, teaching aides and materials for delivery of instructor lead training to emergency responders, law enforcement personnel, contract personnel, chemical manufacturers, railroad personnel, and public sector employees involved in emergency response, management and planning. Participates in the planning, analysis, and decision making processes for the development and delivery of training courses. Plans and develops lesson plans and uses effective instructional methods in order to present emergency response subjects in classrooms and during practical field application sessions. As Lead Instructor, incumbent will be assigned primary oversight and delivery responsibility for Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC) curriculum courses. Must possess advanced knowledge of issues involving surface transportation of hazardous and/or dangerous goods and emergency response protocols for each. In addition to delivery of training courses, instructors are tasked with reviewing and revising curriculum, development of presentation materials (Power Point presentations and other visual training aides) and assist in designing field exercises and response scenarios to enhance and complement specific courses of instruction. Lead Instructors will be familiar with all training props and teaching aids and may suggest and assist in modification and development.
Minimum Qualifications: High School Diploma or equivalent with excellent reading, writing and oral communication skills. Hazardous Materials Technician Certification required. Ten years working knowledge of emergency response to hazardous materials transportation emergencies with experience specific to railroad, highway, and intermodal transportation. Five (5) years public speaking and/or instruction experience required, specifically related to hazardous materials training as detailed in OSHA 1910, 120, and NFPA 472. Prior railroad and/or highway transportation experience is a plus. In depth knowledge of regulations and standards such CFR 29, CFR 49, and NFPA 472 required. Demonstrated skills in the use MS Office software. In addition, applicants must have thorough knowledge of the following software: Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Applicant must be able to perform in and teach all OSHA levels of chemical protective clothing including full-face canister breathing and SCBA applications and pass appropriate physical examinations. Must be willing to travel off site to deliver training.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS IN ADDITION TO MINIMUM: Bachelors Degree in Education, Public Safety, Fire Science, or Chemistry or other related degree with technical field or equivalent work related experience in transportation of Hazardous Materials and response in surface transportation. 15 years experience responding to transportation related hazardous materials incidents. Ten year teaching and instruction experience. Hazardous Materials Technician/Specialist Certification. Five years experience in adult learning course and program development. Colorado explosives permit. Railroad incident response and railroad incident command highly desirable.
Minimum Salary: $65,189
Grade: 07
Title of Position: Manager III – SERTC Operations
Posting Date: 03/25/2009
Closing Date: 04/03/2009
Primary Duties: Provides the direction and supervision for day-to–day operation of the Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC). Reviews and participates in the planning, analysis, and decision making processes for the development, marketing and delivery of specialized emergency response training courses. Must possess advanced knowledge of issues involving surface transportation of hazardous and/or dangerous goods and emergency response protocols for each. Requires continuous course related research and extensive knowledge of all aspects of the hazardous materials training curriculum. Expertise in security and hazardous materials emergency response techniques for all surface transportation modes is necessary to insure that the course content and materials presented remain in touch with the realities of the environment in which students will be working and to maintain credibility. Coordinates and makes duty assignments for activities of instructor teams composed of SERTC Lead Instructors, Instructors and Logistical and Maintenance Technicians to complete schedules of classroom and field training activities. Prepare estimates for development and delivery of customized training for contract training customers. Provides reports and recommendations to the General Manager SERTC concerning training equipment, inventory, maintenance, budgetary and staffing needs.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Public Administration, Education or Graduate from an accredited Law Enforcement Academy. Response and/or training experience in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) / Weapons of Mass Effect (WME) and counter terrorism activities. At least 5 years supervisory and management experience with development and training of emergency response personnel. Knowledge and proficiency in curricula development for training programs that are fully compliant with all Federal, State, Association and International regulations and guidelines. These include but not limited to CFR, NRF, NIMS, ICS, OHSA, NFPA, and UN protocols. The focus of training is for security protection and response to emergencies involving hazardous materials in all aspects of freight and passenger transport carried by surface or subsurface modes: rail, highway or maritime, including factory, plant, intermodal and transfer station activity. Must be proficient with MS Office software and able to manipulate excel spreadsheets to produce monthly revenue and expense reports and to produce PowerPoint presentations. Must demonstrate experience in delivery of professional training and development of staff to perform classroom training as well as relevant field exercises.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS IN ADDITION TO MINIMUM: MBA or other graduate degree. Railroad experience in Mechanical, Track, or Operating Departments. Emergency response experience to surface transportation incidents, highway and Intermodal with environmental remediation. Security and threat assessment experience as it relates to security of surface transportation and the transportation of hazardous and dangerous goods. Security clearance to view and handle classified documents. Experience in the use of and training for use of explosives.
Minimum Salary: $72,399
Grade: 08
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