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FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES HIGHER EDUCATION
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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#1
Our department is looking at a way we can reduce/eliminate the need for leaving our EMS Supervisor’s vehicle idling when out of their main station. Currently we have to leave the vehicle idling in order to maintain the temperature controlled cabinet for our drug boxes. If we cut this unit off, the cabinet will start to drain down the vehicle battery. This question is in part due to several recent citizen complaints about an unstaffed vehicle idling for long periods of time. Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Robert S. Ryalls, BA, EFO, NREMT-P
District Chief - Support Services Division (EMS & Training)
James City County Fire Department
Williamsburg, VA
Fire Administration: (757) 220-0626
Direct Line: (757) 565-7603
Fax: (757) 220-9125
Pager: (757) 886-4158
bryalls@james-city.va.us
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#2
My department was recently awarded a Scott Pak Tracker Firefighter Locator System. We are attempting to put together some type of power-point presentation to assist with training our firefighters in the use of this device. If your department has any type of power-point presentation or other visual-aid that could be used by our department we would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Randy Simpson
Firefighter
Mendota Fire Department
Mendota, IL
(815) 539-3434
randy@mendotafire.com
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#3
I am the assistant training officer with two Illinois fire departments with limited training resources. Any updated training is up to me to produce, and as you know the training budgets are the first to be cut. Any information to aid me is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Below are my departments and contact information.
George Taylor
Firefighter
Westchester fire Department
Westchester, IL
gtaylor@westchester-il.org
George Taylor
Captain
Richmond Township Fire Protection District
Richmond, IL
gtaylor@richmondfire.com
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#4
I am a Training Officer in a large combination fire department. Like many jurisdiction we are looking into implementing new educations standards, attaining COA Accreditation, and Recruiting and Retaining Paramedics. I am seeking information on the following:
1. How Fire Academy Based Paramedic programs are planning on implementing the new EMS Education Standards and gaining COAEMSP accreditation?
2. How do your students attend their initial paramedic training program i.e. jurisdiction pays employee to attend on duty, mirrored program on employees off duty time, contract with local college, hire paramedics already trained, or others?
3. Will any Academy based programs forego accreditation and collaborate with a local college? If so, what challenges have you faced and how did you deal with them? I would really like any successful models currently being used.
4. How are you dealing with recruitment and retention of Paramedics?
EMS Lt. Rich Schenning
ALS Training Administrator
Baltimore County Fire Department
410-887-4860
rschenning@baltimorecountymd.gov
or
pmff54@comcast.net
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#5
I moderate a Yahoo Group for Fire Marshals across the U.S. and we are trying to find people who may have knowledge of centralized information sharing about fire and life safety outside of the U.S. More specifically we want to identify web sites, social networks, email groups, list serves, etc. in Europe and Asia that identify best practices and in general, news about fire and life safety. There is evidence that in the UK, Japan, Sweden and many parts of the world innovative processes and ideas are used to promote fire safety. We want to find these news streams and be able to join or at least monitor them to learn more about how to make the United State more fire safe. If you are aware of any centralized information sources that are dynamic and provide on-going information please contact me by email with information about how to obtain this information. My email is michael.love@montgomerycountymd.gov
Thanks
Mike
Chief Michael Love
Fire Marshal
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service
Division of Community Risk Reduction Services
Rockville, MD
Voice: (240) 777-2439
Fax: (240) 777-2415
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2010 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 15 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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VIRTUAL TRADING POST
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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.
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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