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Table Of Contents
Trick or Treat?
IAFF to Create Thinner, Lighter SCBA
Book Tells Story of Firefighters' Katrina Response
Chief Arrested at Obama Rally
Chief Sues Departments for Negligence
Department Tests Paramedic Response System
Georgia Chief Quits
IAFC Re-Releases Hazmat Guide
Judge Voids $30 Million Fire Equipment Contract
Oakland Names Interim Chief
Researchers Seek Improvements in Responder Communications
USFA Launches Blog
USFA, NIST Complete TIC Study
Seatbelt Success
Civilian Misconduct Opens Duress Question
Competition Breeds Service Excellence
Look All Around for Hidden Role Models
Stats are More Than Inside Baseball
Full Calendar at FireChief.com
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From Janet's Notebook
Trick or Treat?
By Janet Wilmoth, Editorial Director

Happy Halloween! While ghosts and goblins mingle with pint-sized Supermen and Cinderellas, it’s a good time to go through my notebook and offer you an assortment of tricks or treats.

Feedback. Since the Charleston sofa store fire that killed nine firefighters in June 2007, the Insurance Services Office has reached out to several national fire service organizations. In an attempt to update its Public Protection Classification program, ISO is “embarking on a project to review and, if warranted, update the content of the Fire Suppression Rating Schedule.” Consequently, ISO is looking for your feedback on the scope and feasibility of possible revisions.

According to its Web site, the list of items being considered are fairly broad and include more references to NFPA standards. ISO also lists reviewing recognition of residential fire sprinklers, using GIS, and eliminating the current ISO equipment inventory and replacing it with equipment listed in NFPA 1901.

Keep in mind that ISO is a $4 billion private-sector company that makes about $50 million in revenue from communities and the fire service by selling the information they have obtained from them to insurance companies. Charleston’s ISO 1 rating was certainly called into question many times during and since the investigations. Click Here for More ...

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Top Story
IAFF to Create Thinner, Lighter SCBA
The Department of Homeland Security awarded the International Association of Fire Fighters a $2 million contract to develop a new pressure vessel that will lead to thinner and lighter SCBA. Click Here for More ...
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In the News
Book Tells Story of Firefighters' Katrina Response
A new book, The St. Bernard Fire Department in Hurricane Katrina, the experiences of St. Bernard Parish, La., firefighters in the days following Hurricane Katrina. Click Here for More ...
Chief Arrested at Obama Rally
Dean Parkerson, district chief of the Hialeah (Fla.) Fire Department and president of the South Florida Council of Firefighters, was arrested after jumping a fence and alleged battery and resisting arrest at rally for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. Click Here for More ...
Chief Sues Departments for Negligence
Robert Black, fire chief of Madison Township, Ind., has filed a lawsuit in southern Indiana's Jefferson Circuit Court against two departments for injuries he received while recovering another firefighter's body who was missing for 45 minutes. Click Here for More ...
Department Tests Paramedic Response System
Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada) Fire Department will spend the remainder of the year testing a new system to stop fully trained paramedics from attending low-priority emergency calls. Click Here for More ...
Georgia Chief Quits
Barry Gober is retiring as chief of the Dalton (Ga.) Fire Department on Nov. 14. Click Here for More ...
IAFC Re-Releases Hazmat Guide
Due to recent instances of white powder being sent by mail to office buildings, the International Association of Fire Chiefs is re-releasing its Model Procedures for Responding to a Package with Suspicion of a Biological Threat. Click Here for More ...
Judge Voids $30 Million Fire Equipment Contract
A judge in California deemed an equipment contract awarded to L.N. Curtis and sons to provide equipment to Los Angeles County and municipal firefighters was improperly handled and therefore void. Click Here for More ...
Oakland Names Interim Chief
Gerald Simon was appointed interim fire chief for Oakland, replacing departing Fire Chief Daniel Farrell. Click Here for More ...
Researchers Seek Improvements in Responder Communications
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are working to correct the problems that occurred with search-and-rescue robots on Sept. 11, 2001; these robots never reached targets because of interference with the radio signals controlling them. Click Here for More ...
USFA Launches Blog
The U.S. Fire Administration has launched of an interactive blog at usfa.dhs.gov to serve as a tool for the fire service to share comments, ideas and success stories about fire prevention, preparedness and response in America. Click Here for More ...
USFA, NIST Complete TIC Study
The U.S Fire Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have completed "Technical Note 1499, Performance Metrics for Fire Fighting Thermal Imaging Cameras — Small- and Full-Scale Experiments," a report providing the results of research on thermal imaging camera performance metrics and test methods. Click Here for More ...
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From Mutual Aid, a FIRE CHIEF Blog
Seatbelt Success
By Alex Cohilas

Medic Four was overturned and resting on its passenger side as a dozen police officers, firefighters and paramedics worked to remove the injured firefighters and their patient. Click Here for More ...
As Seen in FIRE CHIEF
Civilian Misconduct Opens Duress Question
By Philip Stittleburg

It's only normal for people to become excited when there is a fire. When excited people hamper firefighting efforts or threaten to put themselves or others. Click Here for More ...
Competition Breeds Service Excellence
By Bruce Evans

There is danger in resting on laurels, and the lack of desire to compete or strive to be the best is propagating more apathetic firefighter/paramedics and bringing more scrutiny on fire-based EMS. Click Here for More ...
Look All Around for Hidden Role Models
By Jim Wilson

Following the memorial service, several other fire chiefs related similar reverse-mentor experiences. Without ever really knowing it, this rare human being became a teacher of fire chiefs. Click Here for More ...
Stats are More Than Inside Baseball
By Ronny J. Coleman

Just like home runs are not the only indication of a baseball team’s performance, response time is not the only indication of a fire department’s performance. 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

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