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Table Of Contents
No Upset Here
Study Lists Best Practices for LODD Elimination
Fire Prevention Nominations Due
National Response Framework Released
IAFF: Bush Budget Threatens Safety
OSHA Seeks Advisory Committee Members
Veteran Ohio Fire Chief Dies
2008 Station Style Conference Registration Opens
Practice Makes Perfect
Full Calendar at FireChief.com
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From Janet's Notebook
No Upset Here
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

With no particular allegiance to either the Patriots or the Giants, I watched Super Bowl XLII. I did so after a year of weekly updates on the Glendale (Ariz.) Fire Department's four years of planning for the game from Asst. Chief Tom Shannon, who also wrote our January cover story.

Immediately after Glendale was awarded the game, Fire Chief Mark Burdick established a planning team to create a comprehensive fire service strategy for the game and all sanctioned events in surrounding communities. The plan established working groups of surrounding cities, and county and state agencies to plan and provide support services for the entire valley.

This plan needed public safety, public health, public works, transportation and environmental agencies within the region to partner for effective communications.

Did it work? According to FIRE CHIEF Associate Publisher Greg Toritto and West Coast Sales Manager Andy Van Sciver, who were onsite for the event, Glendale's game plan set a new precedent for safety and security support.

"The challenges that the public-safety sector was facing were amazing," Toritto said. "Going forward, there are huge challenges for future cities of Super Bowls and similar large-scale events."

Toritto and Van Sciver were invited to participate in the Public Safety External Liaison Group, which included representatives for the next three Super Bowl cities: Tampa, Fla.; Miami; and Arlington, Texas. Click Here for More ...

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Top Story
Study Lists Best Practices for LODD Elimination
Oklahoma State University has completed a study to find ways to reduce firefighter line-of-duty deaths and injuries. The goal of the research, which has evolved over the past two years, was to find ways to reduce firefighter line-of-duty deaths and injuries. Click Here for More ...
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In the News
Fire Prevention Nominations Due
The National Volunteer Fire Council is accepting nominations for Fire Prevention Award; the deadline is Feb. 15. Click Here for More ...
National Response Framework Released
The Department of Homeland Security has released the National Response Framework, successor to the National Response Plan. Click Here for More ...
IAFF: Bush Budget Threatens Safety
The International Association of Fire Fighters say President Bush's proposed FY 2009 budget short changes first responders. Cuts in grant funding prompted IAFF General President Harold A. Schaitberger to call the president no friend of firefighters. Click Here for More ...
OSHA Seeks Advisory Committee Members
The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting nominations to serve on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health. Click Here for More ...
Veteran Ohio Fire Chief Dies
Seventy-three-year-old Paul Swander died on Jan. 31, when he fell from a ladder in the firehouse. Swander, chief of the Ohio City (Ohio) Fire Department, had 55 years of service. He climbed the ladder to prepare the firehouses backup generator for an impending storm. Click Here for More ...
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Station Style Conference Preview
2008 Station Style Conference Registration Opens
FIRE CHIEF's third annual Station Style Conference will help attendees plan the most effective emergency response facility for their department and community. FIRE CHIEF's Station Style Conference will focus on the changing role of fire stations and emergency response facilities. The conference will be held April 26–29 in Phoenix. Click Here for More ...
From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog
Practice Makes Perfect
By Mark Chubb

For decades, American school children have practiced fire drills as often as monthly to ensure they react safely and swiftly in the event of fire. The fire code requirements mandating these exercises stemmed from disasters that claimed dozens of young lives and remain in effect despite — if not because of — the fact so few have perished in similar circumstances since they took effect. Click Here for More ...
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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.

FEBRUARY

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
11, 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 Interior Fire Training
11-14, 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 Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
15, 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

Drive to Survive: Preventing Fire Apparatus Crashes
18, Mont Clare, Pa., or
19, Millersville, Pa.
Contact: Chris Daly, 610-960-7248, station56@aol.com
www.drivetosurvive.org

40-Hour Industrial Fire Team Leader
18-22, 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

Building Collapse Dangers and Firefighter Deaths
21, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Contact: Bob Kohley, 815-356-3640, bkohley@crystallake.org

MARCH

8-Hour Foam Operations
4, 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

Wildland Urban Interface 2008
4-6, Reno, Nev.
Contact: The International Association of Fire Chiefs, www.iafc.org

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
10, 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

32-Hour Industrial Fire Team Leader
10-13, 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 Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
14, 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
14, 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 Pre-Emergency Planning for Industrial Facilities
18, 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

APRIL

20th Annual National Fire & Emergency Services Dinner & Seminars
2-3, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Congressional Fire Services Institute

8-Hour Foam Operations
15, 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 Department Instructors Conference
7-12, Indianapolis
Contact: FDIC

8-Hour Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
18, 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

Technical Large-Animal Rescue Training
18-20 or 22-24, Lexington, Ky.
Contact: Eastern Kentucky University Loss Prevention and Safety Department, 859-622-1009

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
21, 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 Med
21-23, Las Vegas
Contact: The International Association of Fire Chiefs, www.iafc.org

Eighth Biannual Leadership Training Seminar
24-27, Glendale, Ariz.
Contact: International Association of Women in Fire & Emergency Services, www.i-women.org

Hazmat Decontamination of Large Animals
25, Lexington, Ky.
Contact: Eastern Kentucky University Loss Prevention and Safety Department, 859-622-1009

2008 Station Style Conference
26-29, Phoenix
Contact: Janet Wilmoth, 312-840-8410, or Nsenga Thompson, 312-840-8415; http://firechief.com/stationstyle/

MAY

16-Hour Incident Command System /Incident Management System Training
12-13, 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 Foam Operations
13, 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 Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
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

8-Hour Hazardous Material for First Responders-Awareness Level
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

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
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 Foam Operations & Applications
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
19-22, 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

20-Hour Basic Rope Rescue
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

8-Hour Pre-Emergency Planning for Industrial Facilities
27, 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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