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Table Of Contents

	A Thankful Year
	Send Holiday Greetings Overseas
	Feinstein Introduces Fire Bills
	IAFC Pushes for Traffic Safety
	Virginia, Illinois Get New Fire Chiefs
	Cochran Hired as Atlanta's New Fire Chief
	Kick Number Two in Greenwich
	The Story Inside
	Brick by Brick
	It Takes a Village
	Slow Burn
	Full Calendar at FireChief.com

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From Janet's Notebook

A Thankful Year

By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

I hope you find a quiet moment tomorrow to count the blessings in your life. Family and friends are as important as the air we breathe and the food we eat — life would be difficult without them. We should be thankful for each person in our life's circle.

You in the fire and emergency services frequently meet people in the bad moments of their lives. Those moments sometimes stay with you and hopefully make you more aware of the blessings in your own lives. Your thanksgivings are probably more frequent than the rest of the population.

When I thought back on this year, I found many things to be thankful for within the fire service. Click Here for More ...

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Top Story

Send Holiday Greetings Overseas

During this holiday season, many American firefighters are doing double-duty for their country, serving as soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and in other nations abroad. Command Post readers have contributed the names of the soldiers on this list; these are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, colleagues and friends, fathers and mothers in the fire service family. Click Here for More ...

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In the News

Feinstein Introduces Fire Bills

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced four bills to encourage state and local governments to improve fire-prevention efforts in areas prone to wildfires, to increase federal recovery aid to victims of major disasters, and to require states to create databases to keep track of criminal arsonists. Click Here for More ...

IAFC Pushes for Traffic Safety

The International Association of Fire Chiefs was one of 19 national organizations that launched the National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management, in which the leading national responder organizations pledged to work together to improve communication and coordination at crash scenes to minimize factors that can delay road clearance. Click Here for More ...

Virginia, Illinois Get New Fire Chiefs

Kevin McGee was sworn in as chief of the Prince William County (Va.) Department of Fire and Rescue. And in Pontiac, Ill., John Cummins was selected out of more than 50 applicants to lead that city's fire department. Click Here for More ...

Cochran Hired as Atlanta's New Fire Chief

Shreveport (La.) Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran is leaving his position to take over as chief in Atlanta. His last official day on the job is Dec. 31 and his first day as Atlanta's fire chief is Jan. 2. Click Here for More ...

Kick Number Two in Greenwich

Robert Kick has been sworn in as the Greenwich (Conn.) Fire Department's new assistant chief. He was promoted from deputy chief and has worked for the department for 15 years. Click Here for More ...

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From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog

The Story Inside

By Rick Markley, Editor

In some ways, stories are like Russian dolls; each contains a smaller story inside. Often, these smaller stories go untold. Click Here for More ...

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As Seen in FIRE CHIEF

Brick by Brick

By Kirk Van Cleave

It is more than a building to the firefighters who work there, so get involved early in station planning to meet everyone's needs. Click Here for More ...

It Takes a Village

By Rick Markley, Editor

Building the granddaddy of all safety villages takes more than deep pockets. Click Here for More ...

Slow Burn

By Rick Markley, Editor

An expert in slow-repetition training tells how to stock a fitness room and how to get the most from the equipment. Click Here for More ...

Upcoming Events

Full Calendar at FireChief.com

Do you have an upcoming event to share with our readers? Please send information to Lisa Allegretti, Managing Editor, at lisa@firechief.com.

NOVEMBER 2007

TEEX 40-Hour NFPA 1081 Industrial Exterior Fire Brigade Certification
26-30, College Station, Texas
Contact: TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute, 866-878-8900; www.teex.org/fire

DoD Personal Protective Equipment Conference
28-30, Fort. Lauderdale, Fla.
Contact: www.tswg.gov

DECEMBER 2007

TEEX 16-Hour NFPA 1081 Leadership
3-4, College Station, Texas
Contact: TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute, 866-878-8900; www.teex.org/fire

TEEX Basic Marine Firefighting
3-4, College Station, Texas
Contact: TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute, 866-878-8900; www.teex.org/fire

TEEX 32-Hour Advanced Tactical Leadership
10-13, College Station, Texas
Contact: TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute, 866-878-8900; www.teex.org/fire

TEEX Combined (Basic & Advanced) Marine Firefighting
10-14, College Station, Texas
Contact: TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute, 866-878-8900; www.teex.org/fire

TEEX Advanced Marine Firefighting
11-14, College Station, Texas
Contact: TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute, 866-878-8900; www.teex.org/fire