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Table Of Contents

	Trusted Advice
	Media Kit Available for Arson Awareness Week
	NIOSH Issues User Notice for Certain CBRN APR Respirators
	Comment Period Open for Fireworks Standard
	Fireworks Rule no Dud
	NFA Offers Self-Study Courses
	Grant Aims to Retain Volunteer Firefighters
	Campus Firewatch Media Project Launched
	Fire-Dex Announces Challenge Winners
	Interoperability Impact
	Mixing Fire and Water
	Good Neighbors
	Beefed Up
	Full Calendar at FireChief.com

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From Janet's Notebook

Trusted Advice

By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

This past week, FIRE CHIEF hosted its third Station Style conference in Phoenix. And I'm pleased to say that it was a success.

Phoenix Fire Department Executive Asst. Chief Steve Kreis welcomed the chiefs, officers, commissioners and architects. “Probably some of the most expensive things we do in the fire service, we entrust to you,” he said. “You deal with codes and NFPA standards and those requirements are clearly a challenge.”

The Phoenix Fire Department places a priority on firefighter comfort. “We live where we work and it needs to be a work place and serve that particular purpose," Kreis said. "Yet it needs to be comfortable to live in also.”

Deputy Chief Ken C. Leake and Project Manager Jim Zwerg followed Kreis with an "Overview of Station Design the Phoenix Way." Leake stressed the importance of community involvement in the design of a fire station. Station 57, which conference attendees toured on Sunday afternoon, is surrounded by a equestrian trail. “During the design of Station 57, the community wanted a railing in front of the station,” said Leake. Later, when Leake stopped by the new station, he saw a horse tied to the railing while the owner was inside the fire station. Click Here for More ...

READY RACK acquires SLING-LINK

Groves Incorporated, manufacturers of READY RACK has acquired SLING-LINK rescue harness systems. Sling-link is a Multiple Application Service Tool (MAST). It will be available through Ready Rack distributors. Sling-Link products meet NFPA Standard 1983 (01 Edition) as a Personal Use or General Use Auxiliary Harness.
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Top Story

Media Kit Available for Arson Awareness Week

Arson Awareness Week is May 4–10 and this year’s theme is “Toylike Lighters — Playing with Fire.” The U.S. Fire Administration has released a media kit to help fire departments create awareness of this danger in their community. Click Here for More ...

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In the News

NIOSH Issues User Notice for Certain CBRN APR Respirators

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has issued a user notice for CBRN APR respirators with the use of suits qualified under the NFPA 1994 standard. Click Here for More ...

Comment Period Open for Fireworks Standard

In response to findings presented in a new research report from the Fire Protection Research Foundation, NFPA’s Standards Council is considering changes to its provisions on the retail sale of consumer fireworks. Click Here for More ...

Fireworks Rule no Dud

By Rick Markley, Editor

For more on the NFPA fireworks standard, read this interview with John Robison, who is urging NFPA to keep Chapter 7 on the books. Click Here for More ...

NFA Offers Self-Study Courses

The U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Academy has made available two new self-study courses through NFA Online. Click Here for More ...

Grant Aims to Retain Volunteer Firefighters

To counteract the rapid decline in volunteer firefighters in Pennsylvania, the federal government presented a $660,052 grant to the Sellersville Volunteer Fire Department; $570,000 is to fund initiatives geared toward recruiting and retaining firefighters. Click Here for More ...

Campus Firewatch Media Project Launched

The Campus Firewatch Media Project, jointly sponsored by Campus Firewatch, the People's Burn Foundation and the Michael H. Minger Foundation, will provide an opportunity for students to write original material and be published each month throughout the 2008–2009 academic year in Campus Firewatch. Click Here for More ...

Fire-Dex Announces Challenge Winners

Lt. Gene Marcheschi of the Blue Island Fire Department (Ill.) is the grand-prize winner of the "Take the Fire-Dex Challenge" and recipient of the "Heat of the Battle" custom chopper. Click Here for More ...

The 5th Annual FEMSA Fire Service survey is online now! Please click here to participate. Sign up to have your department be entered into a drawing to win $5000 worth of gear from any FEMSA member company!

From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog

Interoperability Impact

By Donny Jackson

A couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate coordinated a demonstration of voice interoperability between six different manufacturers' systems using a new Bridging System Interface.Click Here for More ...

FIRE CHIEF magazine is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the In Service 2008 Emergency Vehicle Technician of the Year. The award will be given to one emergency vehicle technician who has made an outstanding effort to promote a high standard of excellence in quality and safety in emergency vehicles.

As Seen in FIRE CHIEF

Mixing Fire and Water

By Nancy Rigg

Volunteer chiefs from around the country talk about building and sustaining water-rescue teams. Click Here for More ...

Good Neighbors

By Paul Erickson

A public/private venture prompted an innovative approach to a mixed-use station. Click Here for More ...

Beefed Up

By Chris Cavette

With wildfires on the rise, some departments have upgraded their brush trucks to vehicles with larger chassis, pumps and tanks. Click Here for More ...

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Upcoming Events

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

MAY

Firefighter Escape
5-6, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

Petzl EXO End-User Training
7, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

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

Illinois Fire Chiefs Association’s 2008 Annual Symposium
15-17, Peoria, Ill.
Contact: Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, 800-662-0732

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

36th Annual Fire Expo
16-18, Harrisburg, Pa.
Contact: Tina Alexander, 717-464-3291

Second Annual Western Maine Fire Attack School
16-18, Bethel, Maine
Contact: Frandford Mutual Aid Fire Training Association

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

Rescue from Fall Protection
21-22, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.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

National EVT Training Academy
19-23, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Contact: Florida Fire Chiefs Association

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

84th Annual Illinois Fire College
29-June 1, Champaign, Ill.
Contact: Illinois Fire Service Institute

JUNE

NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition
2-5, Las Vegas
Contact: National Fire Protection Association

Rescue I-Plus
2-6, Albuquerque, N.M.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Foam Operations
3, 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

Annual Confined-Space Refresher
4-6, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
9, 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

NFFF's Fifth Annual Memorial Golf Tournament & 27 Regional Tournaments
9-13, Tucson, Ariz.; Fremont, Calif.; Tulare County, Calif.; College Park, Ga.; Rockford, Ill.; Jefferson Parrish, La.; Joplin, Mo.; Omaha, Neb.; Londonderry, N.H.; Jersey City, N.J.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Rochester, N.Y.; Raleigh, N.C.; Rocky Mount, N.C.; Marysville, Ohio; Hillsboro, Ore.; Erie, Pa.; Fairfield, Pa.; Lower Merion, Pa.; Philadelphia; Arlington, Texas; Salt Lake City; Fairfax, Va.; Norfolk, Va.; and Wautoma, Wis.
Contact: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Confined-Space Technician II
9-13, Albuquerque, N.M.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

Rope Technician II
9-13, Albuquerque, N.M.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

Trench & Structural Collapse
9-14, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

30-Hour Basic Industrial Interior Fire Training
16-19, 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

Fast-Track 80 Confined-Space Rescue Certification
17-20 and 23-26, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
20, 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

40-Hour Industrial Fire Team Leader
23-27, 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

Tower Work & Rescue
25-27, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com