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FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES HIGHER EDUCATION
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#1
Do you have any Historic Buildings with Mixed Use Occupancies, namely Business / Restaurant and Residential? If so have they performed recent renovations that required sprinklers? What version of the Code do you enforce? If the Code stated that sprinklers were required but an alternative was allowed what was it?
John Clinton Browning
Fire Marshal/Chief Training Officer
Lockhart Fire Rescue
Lockhart, TX
(512) 398-2321 ext. 263
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#2
We are looking to help a small volunteer department in Vermont with an aerial apparatus training program. The department recently purchased a 1998 KME 75' AerialCat Quint. We are looking for any training programs or presentations that deal with the KME Aerial. (Specifically - capabilities, limitations, safe operation, emergency procedures, maintenance, etc). We are also interested in any aerial apparatus operator programs that may be valuable for a small rural department. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you and stay safe.
Fraternally,
Aaron J. Collette
Lieutenant
Burlington, Vermont Fire Department
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#3
Our hazardous materials team is looking for anyone who might have all of the science completed for the top 66 chemicals. If we are unable to find anyone that has this completed we are looking for anyone who would like to help take this task on. We feel that if we can split up the tasks we could complete all of the science and have that resource available in the event we have an incident involving one of these agents. I have attached some of the forms we have begun to develop. Any information would be greatly appreciated and if you are interested in assisting us with this task please send me an email with your contact information.
Attachments:
· TopSciAnswers.doc
· NIJAdendem.doc
· Top66JA.doc
David Piper
Lieutenant
Station 4 / Red Shift
Orland Fire Protection District
Orland Park IL
708-349-1050 - station
708-259-6300 - cell
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#4
My name is Bobby Tatum; I am a Battalion Chief in charge of the Fort Worth Fire Department Arson/Bomb Investigations Division. I am conducting a survey of what efforts fire departments are taking to prevent arson fires. The information compiled will be included in an Applied Research Paper (ARP) which I am writing as part of my participation in the National Fire Academy (NFA) Executive Fire Officer Program. I will be glad to share the results of this survey and any additional information regarding this very important topic at your request.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/arsonprevention
Bobby J.Tatum Jr.
Chief Fire Investigator
Fort Worth Fire Department
Investigations Division
Fort Worth, TX
817-392-6854 - office
817-350-3034 - cell
817-392-6855 - fax
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#5
I am researching the viability of instituting user fees in our department as part of a cost recovery program for my EFO project. Could you please have someone from your department complete this survey (accessed through the below link) before March 19th? Thank you.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6HF5XDF
Eric Hicks
Captain
DeKalb Fire Department
DeKalb, IL
(815) 748-8469 - office
(815) 748-0476 - cell
(815) 748-8497 - fax
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#5
As assistant to the training office of Promised Land VFA, I've been charged with determining the required training for each position in the company and what training requires annual refreshers. Is there a source where I can find list like this?
Thank you
Deb Crockett
Promised Land VFA
Pike County, PA
(570) 862-5153
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#6
1. We have begun to evaluate all Fire ground Operations SOG's we have to see where they may have gaps and areas for improvement. We are especially interested in how firefighter safety standards have been included in other department's fire ground operations guidelines. I would appreciate any and all SOG's for comparison. If you like what your department has as guidelines, could you send an email with a word doc, or a pdf?
2. I am working on developing a department Fire ground Communications SOG. I would appreciate any examples of SOG's as a starting point to create ours. If you like what your department has as guidelines, could you send an email with a word doc, or a pdf?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob Inouye
Captain
Cedar Falls Fire Rescue
Cedar Falls, IA
(319) 239-4348 - cell
(319) 273-8622 - office
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#7
Hello Brothers and Sisters!
For the past five years, I have been working with an organization called Outreach Emergency Services Program (www.oesp.net) We have been securing equipment for donation and sending it to cities in Colombia and then training them on its use as well as EMS and Fire Suppression activities. As we present materials or as they progress, the language barrier is an issue. Additionally, they are trying to create their own USAR Task Force. Any and all training materials that you may possess that are in Spanish would be greatly appreciated! This is an awesome way to support a non-profit organization.
Thank you for all of your time and energy towards this. Please send your responses to colombianfirefighters@gmail.com
Be safe,
Mike Stanley
Outreach Emergency Services Program
Elizabeth CO
colombianfirefighters@gmail.com
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#8
My department is building a training program to certify individuals as Acting Officers and to provide on-going training to Promoted Officers. My question is, do any departments require any training classes on a regular basis for Promoted Officers? This would be like a continuing education program where an Officer would have to record training in specific topics during a set period of time. As a follow-up, how many hours are required and what specific subjects are required?
John Gallup
Captain, Training Officer
City of SeaTac Fire Department
SeaTac, Washington
(206) 973-4509
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#9
With our cities current budget shortfalls, we are exploring many options and have two questions to pose to the group:
1. Does anyone have any experience in the integration of POC and Part-Time firefighters to a full time, mid-sized, urban department? We are specifically looking for SOPs, Polices, and Procedures.
2. Has anyone had a Fire based EMS ambulance service and transitioned to a Private Ambulance Provider or from a Private Ambulance Provider to a Fire Based EMS Service?
We are looking for all the pros and cons of Departments with experiences in both matters.
Thank you.
Please contact:
Matthew W. Knott, MS, CCEMT-P, CEM
Division Chief
Rockford Fire Department
Rockford, Illinois
(815) 987-5684 office
(815) 987-5737 fax
2010 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 14 LODD’s
2008 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 93 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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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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