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Table Of Contents
More than a Memory
Cities Fight to Keep Fire Services
Explosion Safety Video Released
Green Building Gets Certification Bodies
Incident Command Courses Available Online
Va. Chief Retires After 31 Years
Warning Labels
Age of Exclusion
Fit to Fight
Follow the Leader
Tech Tactics
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From Janet's Notebook
More than a Memory
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

This week will see another Sept. 11. The day before will be the 10th and the day after the 12th. However, seven years ago, Sept. 11 became a date seared into the memory of every American.

Everyone remembers where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. For the North American fire service, however, it is more than just a memory. In 2006, Shreveport, La., Fire Chief Brian Crawford described that day as a turning point for the fire service, everything before and after the “B.C. and A.D.”

What has changed in the fire service since that fateful day? We ask this question every year, not just to remember the FDNY firefighters who died trying to save thousands of people, but to look at the changes and progress of a once very traditional fire service.

In FIRE CHIEF's September issue, Editor Rick Markley asked several of editorial advisory board members about the changes within their departments since 2001. Their answers are proof that 200-plus years of fire service tradition does not impede growth in emergency response. Click Here for More ...

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In the News
Cities Fight to Keep Fire Services
The Miami-Dade County Commission in Florida wants to save money by combining the fire departments of the five cities that make up the county, a move that is being contested vehemently by the leaders in those cities. Click Here for More ...
Explosion Safety Video Released
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has released a safety video on the massive explosion in Danver, Mass., on Nov. 22, 2006, after 18 months of investigation. Click Here for More ...
Green Building Gets Certification Bodies
All LEED product submissions are reviewed by U.S. Green Building Council with support of independently contracted reviewers. This certification process is part of a major update to the technical rating system that will debut in January as LEED 2009. Click Here for More ...
Incident Command Courses Available Online
The National Fire Academy has created four incident command system simulation series courses, designed to challenge newly appointed and inexperienced officers as well as veteran fire officers. Click Here for More ...
Va. Chief Retires After 31 Years
Paul Mauger has retired as Chesterfield County's, Va., fire chief after 31 years as a firefigther/administrator. Click Here for More ...
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From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog
Warning Labels
By Robert Rielage

Once again I am going to draw a parallel between what is happening in the military with what should be happening in the fire service. Click Here for More ...
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As Seen in WILDFIRE
Age of Exclusion
By S.L. Biers

This essay sets out to show that existing age-based limitations for certain wildland firefighting positions constitute illegitimate, unacceptable discrimination. Click Here for More ...
Fit to Fight
By Bequi Livingston

A federal task group developed a wildland firefighter fitness program to improve health and safety. Click Here for More ...
Follow the Leader
By Punky Moore

Participants in this year’s Followership to Leadership course honed their skills along a less-traditional path. Click Here for More ...
Tech Tactics
By Michael Hoose

Size-up now can include a host of technological advances to help employ the best strategies. Click Here for More ...
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SEPTEMBER

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

OCTOBER

Tower Work & Rescue
1-3, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

30-Hour Basic Industrial Interior Fire Training
6-9, 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

Fast-Track 120 Confined-Space & Rope Rescue Certification
6-11 and 13-18, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
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

40-Hour Industrial Fire Team Leader
13-17, 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

The Art of Reading Smoke
18, Pontiac, Ill.
Contact: Fire Training Resources

Annual Rope-Rescue Refresher
20-22, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Foam Operations
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

FDSOA's Annual Safety Forum
27-31, Orlando, Fla.
Contact: Fire Department Safety Officers Association, 508-881-3114; www.fdsoa.org

Firefighter Escape
27-28, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

Off-Shore Rig Rescue
27-31, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

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

10th Annual Technologies for Critical Incident Conference and Exposition
29-31, Chicago
Contact: Center for Technology Commercialization, 508-870-0042

8-Hour Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
31, 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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