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#1
Our department recently completed the “Project Impact” firefighter disorientation study and we are interested in results/data from other departments who have completed this study regardless of department size or location.
We would be happy to share our results as well.
Thank you.
Chris Walker
Division of Training & Development
Fort Wayne Fire Department
chris.walker@ci.ft-wayne.in.us
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#2
We are conducting a promotional exam for Driver Operator this year. The testing will be both written and practical. We are looking for static and drafting checklists for the examiners to use in the practical part. Any help would be appreciated.
Lt. Todd Hamm, Training Officer
Frankfort Station 3
Gold Shift
815-464-0333
815-671-9657 cell
hamm@frankfortfire.org
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#3
We are asking for some help from this group regarding Firefighter I and probationary training as it pertains to fire prevention and education. Our hope is to update both of these programs to offer more training to new firefighters. In addition, we are looking to update our company level training regarding the inspection process. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Thomas J. Maloney
Division Chief / Fire Marshal
Marysville Fire District
1635 Grove Street
Marysville, WA 98270
360 363-8500 Office
360-363-8506 Direct
360 659-1382 Fax
tmaloney@marysvillewa.gov
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#4
Dear Fire Service Professional:
I am currently enrolled in the Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP) at the National Fire Academy (NFA). As part of the curriculum an Applied Research Project (ARP) is required. The ARP is an assessment of my department’s rapid intervention operations. As part of the project, I need information on how other agencies are evaluating the performance of their rapid intervention operations. I need your help with this project.
Attached is a link that will take you to a short survey. It will only take a few minutes of your time to complete. Complete confidentially will be maintained with the information you provide. The final product will include a list of agencies that responded to the survey request; however, no department names will be associated with the information provided. I thank you for your help. Your assistance will hopefully contribute to the safety of firefighters not only here in Norfolk but throughout the fire service in general.
Survey link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3mAL6Xr0WvcZrBk5LhRIEA_3d_3d
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#5
I am looking for any SOP's/SOG's/recommendations you use for determining what takes an emergency vehicle out of service.
Thanks
Dean O'Nale, Lt/Paramedic
Oldsmar Fire Rescue
225 Pine Avenue North
Oldsmar, FL 34677
813.749.1200 Work
813.891.6814 Fax
727.642.2596 Cell
donale@ci.oldsmar.fl.us
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#6
I am looking for any available information regarding fire department assessment of structures prior to acquiring them for training purposes; guidelines, SOP's, or simply a list of conditions that must be met prior to a fire department taking possession of a structure for training purposes. I am not looking for liability releases, or live fire parameters. I am looking for guidelines to ensure firefighter safety prior to commencing training on a structure such as verifying that utilities have been properly secured. In addition, what steps do departments take to ensure the individual(s) offering the property have the authority to do so? For example, do departments require a copy of the demolition permit issued by the authority having jurisdiction, or is other documentation accepted by departments to ensure there are not other interests in the property in question prior to fire department operations?
Steve Mills, Captain
Ridge Road Fire District
1299 Long Pond Rd
Rochester, NY 14626
Office: (585) 227-2123
Fax: (585) 227-2020
smills@rrfd.org
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#7
I am BC LaRon Graham with Orange County Fire Rescue-(Training Div.) in Orlando Fla. I am looking for a canned Officer Development /Candidate Program. If you have any information or a packaged program please send it to me. Thanks in advance LaRon Graham.
LaRon S.Graham, Battalion Chief Paramedic
Orange County Fire Rescue Department
Training Division
Office: 407-254-9002
Cell:321-436-6676
Laron.Graham@ocfl.net
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#8
In areas that are prone to snow, do you permit the use of grass pavers as a base for Fire Department Access Roads? If so; have you experienced any problems identifying where these roads are located after they have been installed for a while especially during emergencies? Are they routinely cleared properly when it snows? I would appreciate any positive or negative feedback.
Salvatore Garafalo
sgarafalo@brookhaven.org
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2009 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 37 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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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.
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Job Announcement
The District Office Human Resources Department announced the following faculty position at Los Medanos College:
Fire Technology Assistant Professor
http://www.4cd.net/databases/jobline/files/Fire%20Tech%20Asst%20Prof%20050609.pdf
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