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Table Of Contents
135 Years
Nine Firefighters Die
Fitness Training Keys Balance and Movement
Weather Vane May Sell for Millions
N.C. Department Cited for Deaths
Volunteer Department Sells Naming Rights for Expansion
Multiband Promise Becomes a Reality
Out from Under
Play an Active Role in Mapping Evolution
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From Janet's Notebook
135 Years
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

In 1873, in response to fires that nearly destroyed Chicago, Portland and Boston, New York City Fire Chief Eli Bates invited a group of chief engineers to attend a demonstration of his department’s three new aerial ladders.

Over dinner, Chief John S. Damrell suggested the formation of a national association of fire department chiefs. Their mission would be to “bring forward an exchange of ideas and introduce new machinery that would facilitate the working of fire departments.” The result was the International Association of Fire Engineers, later renamed the International Association of Fire Chiefs.

Next week the IAFC celebrates its 135th anniversary at FRI in Denver. The mission of the association has expanded to meet the evolution of fire and emergency services, yet the original mission is still the heart of the IAFC: networking and education.

In the FRI Conference brochure, IAFC President Steve Westerman references the question continually asked of chiefs and officers, “Do you have what it takes?” While the answer to that question lies within you, as does education, there is also immeasurable value in sharing or networking with your peers.

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Top Story
Nine Firefighters Die
Of the 13 people on board, eight firefighters and a pilot are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a California wildfire. Click Here for More ...
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In the News
Fitness Training Keys Balance and Movement
John Metzger, a Sun City, Ariz., firefighter and the department's health and fitness coordinator, has made efforts to shift his department's traditional training from bulking up with weight machines and benches to a regime focused on balance and movement. Click Here for More ...
Weather Vane May Sell for Millions
Sotheby's will auction off a 6-foot-tall copper weather vane which sat atop a Winchester (N.Y.) Volunteer Fire Company for at least 137 years. Click Here for More ...
N.C. Department Cited for Deaths
The North Carolina Department of Labor cited Salisbury (N.C.) Fire Department for three state regulations violation that they allegedly allowed to occur in a fire on March 7 that resulted in two firefighters' deaths. Click Here for More ...
Volunteer Department Sells Naming Rights for Expansion
The Marshall Township (Pa.) Volunteer Fire Department is trying to raise $1.6 million for an expansion by selling the naming rights to a fire station and its trucks. Click Here for More ...
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From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog
Multiband Promise Becomes a Reality
By Donny Jackson

One of the longtime problems in public safety communications has been the fact that the frequencies used by first-responder agencies are dispersed throughout the spectrum chart. Click Here for More ...
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As Seen in FIRE CHIEF
Out from Under
By Carrie Cleaveland A South Carolina volunteer company learns valuable lessons after rescuing a child from under an overturned mobile home. Click Here for More ...
Play an Active Role in Mapping Evolution
By Ronny J. Coleman The state of the art in today’s mapping is vastly superior to turn-of-the-century technology. Yet it is troubling that so few departments have access to it. Click Here for More ...
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Upcoming Events
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AUGUST

Fast-Track 80 Confined-Space Rescue Certification
19-22 and 25-28, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
22, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Fire & Rescue 2008
27-29, Liverpool, England
Contact: Fire & Security Portfolio

SEPTEMBER

16-Hour Foam Operations & Applications
4-5, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
8, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Florida Firefighters Safety & Health Conference
8-10, Orlando, Fla.
Contact: Florida Fire Chiefs' Association, 386-676-2744

Rescue I-Plus
8-12, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Foam Operations
16, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Confined-Space Technician II
15-19, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

Rope Technician II
15-19, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
19, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

8-Hour Hazardous Material for First Responders-Awareness Level
19, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

16-Hour Incident Command System /Incident Management System Training
22-23, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

30-Hour Basic Industrial Exterior Fire Training
22-25, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Trench & Structural Collapse
22-27, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

20-Hour Basic Rope Rescue
25-26, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

Rescue from Fall Protection
29-30, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Pre-Emergency Planning for Industrial Facilities
30, Beaumont, Texas
Contact: Industrial Safety Training Council, Trisha Kelley, 409-833-2378 ext. 1134 or Jim Philp, 409-833-2378 ext. 1108; www.bestcomplex.com

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