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Table Of Contents
Ike's Early Lessons
NVFC: Push Senate on SAVES Act
Brooks New CPSE Director
California Chief Retires
Company Urges Hydrant Parts Replacement
Habitat for Humanity, NAHB Say 'No' to Sprinkler Mandates
NJ Panel Seeks to Monitor Apparatus Sales
Oshkosh Promotes Two Execs
Post Ike: Reports Vary on Responder Care
Wellness-Fitness Initiative Available
Do Not Abstain
FCC Lowers Bar for D Block 'Success'
Bargain Bandwith
Progress Report
Full Calendar at FireChief.com
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From Janet's Notebook
Ike's Early Lessons
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

Every incident and every response offers new lessons learned. As Hurricane Ike narrowed its path toward the Gulf coast last week, task force units and response teams from across the country packed up and drove in while the locals drove out.

Ike's arrival was no surprise. Anybody with a television or radio heard the hurricane was approaching almost a week in advance. Residents had time to play "What if?" and decide whether to evacuate or stockpile food and water. Hourly weather reports narrowed the path of the wily storm’s target.

The storm passed, and out-of-state response teams returned home. Soon, after-action reports will offer lessons learned for improvements before the next call out. Already Louisiana State Fire Marshal B. “Butch” Browning has offered insight on two areas: pre-hurricane communications and care of incoming response teams.

A former fire chief, Browning became state fire marshal five months ago and immediately assessed the fire departments in the state — volunteer, combination and career — and their experiences with Katrina. Click Here for More ...

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Top Story
NVFC: Push Senate on SAVES Act
Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.) is attempting to have the Supporting America’s Volunteer Emergency Services Act included as part of an economic stimulus package that congressional democrats are hoping to pass before Congress adjourns, likely for the last time this session, at the end of September. Click Here for More ...
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In the News
Brooks New CPSE Director
Paul D. Brooks was named the new executive director of the Center for Public Safety Excellence. He begins on Nov. 3. Click Here for More ...
California Chief Retires
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Escondido Fire Chief Vic Reed will retire Dec. 1. Click Here for More ...
Company Urges Hydrant Parts Replacement
Fire hydrant manufacturer Clow Valve Co. has issued a third safety notice regarding progress in replacing the lubricant and upper stem assemblies in approximately 113,000 fire hydrants nationwide. Click Here for More ...
Habitat for Humanity, NAHB Say 'No' to Sprinkler Mandates
Habitat for Humanity International and the National Association of Home Builders are urging International Code Council members voting on proposed building code changes not to mandate fire sprinklers for all new homes. Click Here for More ...
NJ Panel Seeks to Monitor Apparatus Sales
The New Jersey Commission of Investigation, saying the process of buying fire trucks throughout the states sees conflicts in interest and wastes tax dollars, has called for an overhaul of how departments make these purchases. Click Here for More ...
Oshkosh Promotes Two Execs
Thomas D. Fenner has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice president of global manufacturing services for Oshkosh. Wilson R. Jones has been promoted to executive vice president and president of the fire and emergency segment. Click Here for More ...
Post Ike: Reports Vary on Responder Care
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

Hurricane Ike trashed the coast of Texas, and response teams came from all over to help. But Ike raises concerns about the care response teams receive during a major disaster. Click Here for More ...
Wellness-Fitness Initiative Available
The International Association of Fire Chiefs and the International Association of Fire Fighters have released the third edition of their Wellness-Fitness Initiative in a DVD format. Click Here for More ...
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From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog
Do Not Abstain
By Azarang "Ozzie" Mirkhah

The fire service must take the long-overdue historical measure and revise the 2009 edition of the International Residential Code to require residential fire sprinkler systems in all new homes at the ICC final action hearing in Minneapolis on Sept. 21. Click Here for More ...
FCC Lowers Bar for D Block 'Success'
By Donny Jackson

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's statements last week regarding an expected vote later this month on auction rules for the D Block sure smelled like a classic good-news/bad-news scenario for public safety entities counting on the auction to deliver wireless broadband to first responders. Click Here for More ...
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As Seen in FIRE CHIEF
Bargain Bandwith
By James Careless

Cash-strapped volunteer departments don’t have to sacrifice quality when looking for inexpensive on-scene communications options. Click Here for More ...
Progress Report
By Rick Markley, Editor

Fire service experts examine what has changed; and what still needs to change; seven years after Sept. 11. 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 Carrie Cleaveland, Assistant Editor, at carrie@firechief.com.

SEPTEMBER

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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