Fire Chief's Command Post
View this email as a Web page Please add FC_Command Post_ to your Safe Sender list.
   October 24, 2008 SUBSCRIBE UNSUBSCRIBE PREFERENCES
 ADVERTISEMENT
Table Of Contents
Budget Breakdown
DHS Recognizes NFPA Process For Anti-Terrorism Technology
Doster Receives NVFC Lifetime Achievement Award
FIRE 20/20 Offers Diversity Recruitment Video
NVFC Named Fit-Friendly Company by AHA
New Chief Hires in Virginia and Montana
Ohio Firefighters to Don Bulletproof Vests
Safety Board Pressures FAA for Safety Measures
Salt Lake City Hires New Chief
Three Fire Chiefs Named
XL GAPS, UL Release Sprinkler Findings
Managing Difficult Times … Again
When Opportunity Knocks
Southern Comfort
The Great Communicator
Germ Probes
Learn from Friends, Neighbors
Misuse Hinders SAFECOM System
Full Calendar at FireChief.com
  ADVERTISEMENT
A new interactive CD allows you to specify equipment from the complete Cummins Onan line for the fire and emergency market — including durable Cummins Onan mobile and portable generators, reliable Cummins Power Generation standby power and the new Standard Diesel™ series SD 20. For your FREE CD visit www.cumminsonan.com/fire/cp2.

From Janet's Notebook
Budget Breakdown
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

The economy is on everybody's mind these days, and it was apparent earlier this month at the annual meeting of the Fire and Emergency Manufacturers and Services Association and the Fire Apparatus Manufacturers Association. Every year is a new battle for federal funds, with $565 million is appropriated for 2009 FIRE Grants and $210 million for SAFER Grants. And with the new ‘b’ word (billions) flying around Washington, D.C., will future dollars be even harder to come by?

Congressional Fire Services Institute Executive Director Bill Webb posed a series of questions to FAMA/FEMSA members. These questions, according to Webb, are ones Congressional leaders and their staffers frequently ask, ones that both industry manufacturers and emergency responders need to be prepared to answer.

  1. How would you define the role of today’s fire and emergency services?
  2. What information do you have that illustrates the success of the FIRE Act?
  3. Why the need for greater federal support?
How would you respond if a Congressional leader asked you these questions?

The FEMSA/FAMA meeting also featured a buyers' roundtable moderated by retired Chief Dennis Compton. Manufacturers and distributors had the opportunity to ask panelists questions about purchasing practices from an assortment of departments from New Jersey to California and Ontario to Texas. Click Here for More ...

  ADVERTISEMENT

NEW From READY RACK

Groves incorporated, manufacturers of the READY RACK announces NEW SCBA/ Rescue bags. SCBA Bags hold 2 cylinders, Rescue bags hold 3 mini lifting bags, 1 SCBA cylinder, Controller & Regulator and 3, 50’ coils of hose.

Also available: Sling-link Multiple Application Service Tool (MAST). Sling-Link products meet NFPA 1983 (06 ED) as a Personal Use or General Use Auxiliary Harness.

http://www.readyrack.com 800-991-2120


Top Story
DHS Recognizes NFPA Process For Anti-Terrorism Technology
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated the National Fire Protection Association codes and standards development process as a “Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology” under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002. Click Here for More ...
  ADVERTISEMENT

Discount Pricing ADA Listed Smoke Alarms for Hearing Impaired

The Gentex #GEN-7109LS smoke alarm - is designed for hearing impaired individuals.
Harris Communications- , in cooperation with Gentex Corporation, offers special pricing on this smoke alarm to fire departments and non-profit organizations.

Contact Bill Williams at 800-582-8569 or bwilliams@harriscomm.com for pricing information.

In the News
Doster Receives NVFC Lifetime Achievement Award
Edgely (Pa.) Fire Chief John Doster is the recipient of the National Volunteer Fire Council’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. Click Here for More ...
FIRE 20/20 Offers Diversity Recruitment Video
FIRE 20/20, a nonprofit helping fire and EMS to recruit and retain firefighters and paramedics is offering its new targeted recruitment video called "Why I Chose Fire" to fire departments and college fire science programs at no cost. Click Here for More ...
NVFC Named Fit-Friendly Company by AHA
The American Heart Association named the National Volunteer Fire Council as a “Start! Fit-Friendly Company,” recognizing the NVFC as an employer who goes above and beyond when it comes to employee health. Click Here for More ...
New Chief Hires in Virginia and Montana
Edward Loy Senter Jr. becomes fire chief of Chesterfield County (Va.) Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services. J. Thomas Kennelly will replace Dave Sipe as chief of the Whitefish (Mont.) Fire Department. Click Here for More ...
Ohio Firefighters to Don Bulletproof Vests
Canon, Ohio, is buying bulletproof vests for its 180 firefighters. Click Here for More ...
Safety Board Pressures FAA for Safety Measures
The National Transportation Safety Board is pressuring the Federal Aviation Administration to adopt safety measures to limit the number of fatal EMS aircraft accidents. Click Here for More ...
Salt Lake City Hires New Chief
Tom Shannon will become fire chief of the Salt Lake City Fire Department. Click Here for More ...
Three Fire Chiefs Named
Montgomery County, Md., named Richard Bowers as interim fire chief and Herbert C. Redden was appointed the director and chief of the Dayton (Ohio) Fire Department. And in Ontario, Canada's South Bruce Peninsula, Dan Robinson will take over as fire chief on Nov. 10. Click Here for More ...
XL GAPS, UL Release Sprinkler Findings
XL Global Asset Protection Services and Underwriters Laboratories recently unveiled research on water dynamics and fire sprinkler performance that could significantly improve the insurance industry’s fire-safety and fire-modeling capabilities. Click Here for More ...
  ADVERTISEMENT
Attention Wildland Fire Management Professionals
Wildfire Magazine is the resource chief and wildland managers use in their efforts against urban-interface and wildland fires. Each issue of Wildfire focuses on the demands of leaders responsible for managing and controlling wildland fires. Wildfire addresses issues at the local, state and federal levels and provides a unique international perspective.
Subscribe to Wildfire magazine - wildfiremag.com/subscribe_now

From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog
Managing Difficult Times … Again
By Dennis Compton

Fire chiefs are being instructed to identify “non-essential” line services that can be reduced, as well as staff support areas where savings can be realized. This always puts important services such as training, fire prevention, fire and life-safety education, maintenance, clerical support, and the like in jeopardy — and this is difficult for all involved. Click Here for More ...
When Opportunity Knocks
By Larry Rude

I sat in my living room last week and watched one of those action-packed movies. The hero, while trying to get away from his captors and save the heroine, inadvertently set off every sprinkler in the entire building. I am sure you have seen this movie and shook your head as I did. My neighbor and his wife were watching with me, and he jumped up and asked, “Is that going to happen to my house when the sprinklers go off?” Click Here for More ...
2008 Chiefs of the Year
Southern Comfort
By Carrie Cleaveland

Hearing Bethany (N.C.) Fire Chief Mike Lee's quiet, relaxed voice, it's hard to picture him shouting orders and commanding his cadre of volunteer firefighters on the fireground — at first. But get him talking about his job, his volunteers and his department, and you will start to get a clear picture of the dedication and determination that earned him the title of 2008 Volunteer Chief of the Year. Click Here for More ...
The Great Communicator
By Rick Markley

Charles Werner, chief of the Charlottesville (Va.) Fire Department, is this year's career Chief of the Year. His resume is 17-pages long; the first three detail his career, but the next nine carry a bullet list of his other accomplishments running from 1974 to the present. Besides that he is a meticulous record-keeper, Werner's resume gives you another clear picture: this guy is an achiever. Click Here for More ...
As Seen in WILDFIRE
Germ Probes
By Bequi Livingston

Personal hygiene issues are raising MRSA concerns in fire camps. Click Here for More ...
Learn from Friends, Neighbors
By Chuck Bushey

This fire season, we again witnessed in Northern California and elsewhere in the United States an event that has become almost commonplace the implementation of international wildland fire cooperation agreements that facilitate the exchange of firefighting personnel, equipment and training. Click Here for More ...
Misuse Hinders SAFECOM System
The interagency SAFECOM system is misunderstood, under-used, and on occasion, misused. Failure to understand and use the system as it is intended can not only prolong an unsafe situation or increase cost, but can result in injury or loss of life. 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.

NOVEMBER

2008 Annual Conference for Fire Prevention Professionals - Community Fire Safety in Good Hands
3-7, Eau Claire, Wis.
Contact: Wisconsin Fire Inspectors Association; www.wsfia.org/conference.html

Public Safety Grant Writing National Seminar
4-5, San Francisco, Calif.
Contact: CHIEF Grants, David Furrer, (888) 588-8569 ext. 4535, davidf@chiefsupply.com; www.chiefgrants.com

National Backyards And Beyond Conference
6-8, Tampa, Fla.
Contact: Firewise Communities, www.firewise.org

Preventing and Surviving the Fireground Mayday
7, Romeoville, Ill.
Contact:RICOFIRERESCUE, (815) 372-4042; www.ricofirerescue.com

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

Annual Confined-Space Refresher
10-12, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.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 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

Firefighter Seminar
 16, Old Saybrook, Conn.
Contact: Valley Shore Mutual Aid Association, John T. Dunn, (860) 388-4599, hayride@oldsaybrookfire.com; www.fireseminar.com

32-Hour Industrial Fire Team Leader
17-20, 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

8-Hour Foam Operations
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

Air Management and SCBA Skills for Fireground Survival
21, Romeoville, Ill.
Contact:RICOFIRERESCUE, (815) 372-4042; www.ricofirerescue.com

8-Hour Pre-Emergency Planning for Industrial Facilities
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

DECEMBER

8-Hour Foam Operations
5, 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

Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program Facilitators Forum
8, Garland, Texas
Web site: http://www.everyonegoeshome.com Contact: Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program, (609) 397-1370; www.everyonegoeshome.com

Public Safety Grant Writing National Seminar
 9, San Francisco, Calif.
Contact: CHIEF Grants, David Furrer, (888) 588-8569 ext. 4535, davidf@chiefsupply.com; www.chiefgrants.com

8-Hour Firefighter Survival Skills-Flashover
12, 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 I-Plus
8-12, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

8-Hour Industrial Fire Training
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

Confined-Space Technician II
15-19, Baton Rouge, La.
Contact: Roco Rescue, 800-647-7626; www.rocorescue.com

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

ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
To find out how to advertise in Command Post, e-mail Greg Toritto .

You are subscribed to this newsletter as #email#

Privacy Policy concerning links within this newsletter:
From time to time our sponsors wish to contact our subscribers who have indicated an interest in the products, services or events publicized in a particular newsletter. If you have clicked through on a link in this newsletter and do NOT wish to have your email address shared with this newsletter's sponsors, please click on the link below or contact our customer service department at the number/email listed below.

Click here if you do not wish to share your email address with our sponsors.

To unsubscribe from this newsletter go to: Unsubscribe

To subscribe to this newsletter, go to: Subscribe

To visit the Fire Chief web site click here

If you know of someone in the fire services who would be interested in the information in this newsletter, please pass it on.

To get this newsletter in a different format (Text or HTML), or to change your e-mail address, please visit your profile page to change your delivery preferences.

For questions concerning delivery of this newsletter, please contact our Customer Service Department at:
Fire Chief Magazine
A Penton Media publication
US Toll Free: 866-505-7173
International: 847-763-9504
Email:firechief@pbinews.com

Penton Media | 249 W. 17th Street | New York, NY 10011

Copyright 2008, Penton Media. All rights reserved. This article is protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, re-disseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of Penton Media.