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Updated August 4, 2008

Listed below are links to non-Academy announcements of interest to the Fire/Rescue Community. Unless stated in the announcement, the Fire Academy does not necessarily endorse or recommend attendance at the event.

FLASH! Firefighter Health & Safety Conference Update
* Deadline for hotel rate discount
* Topics, presenters, and CEUs

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Events (workshops, seminars, social events, etc)
The events are listed in chronological order by date.
Newest listing(s) indicated by a red asterisk (*).

... FFMIA Calendar of Events Updated
... FREE: Lessons from Worcester Cold Storage Fire... August 21, 2008
... FREE: National Fire Academy Class: Incident Safety Officer August 27-28, 2008
... *FREE: NFA: Incident Safety Officer August 29 and 30, 2008
... The Point of No Return: Rule of Air Management
... Firefighter Health and Safety Conference September 8-10, 2008
... Expert Witness Testimony Course September 26-28, 2008
... National Fire Academy Florida State Weekend September 27-28, 2008
(new information and registration forms added 6/2/08)
... Florida Arson Seminar October 8-10, 2008
... 60th Annual Fire Prevention Conference November 3-6, 2008

Other Items of Interest (notices, announcements, reports)
Newest items are listed first.

... First Responder Hot Weather Preparedness
... Digital Fingerprints Available via PearsonVue.com
... Enough is Enough...Buckle Up!
... NWCG Safety Advisory on Wildland Fire Deaths
... Fire and Emergency Service (SAFER) Grants Now Open – Available Funds Increased
... USFA Releases Fire-Related Firefighter Injuries Report

EVENTS (workshops, seminars, social events, etc)
The events are listed in chronological order by date.
Newest listing(s) indicated by a red asterisk (*).

FFMIA Calendar of Events – July - November, 2008 (updated 7/25/08)
For a list of FFMIA (Florida Fire Marshals & Inspectors Association) Events go to: www.fireacademy.org/PDF_Files_Temp/ffmia-calendar_july-nov-08.pdf

FREE:Lessons Learned from the Worcester Cold Storage Fire, From the Company Officers Perspective
August 21, 2008 9:00a.m. - 3:00 p.m
Sponsored by Broward Sheriff's Office Dept. of Fire Rescue Regional Training and Outreach Program
Public Safety Building
2601 West Broward Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

Details

FREE: National Fire Academy Class: F729 Incident Safety Officer
August 27-28, 2008
Lake County Community College
Sponsored by Sumter County Fire Rescue

Details Sorry if you tried this link before 8/4/08 and it wasn't working. The link has been fixed. Webmaster

*NFA: Incident Safety Officer
August 29 & 30 0800-1700
Tamarac Fire Rescue Headquarters Training Room
6000 Hia tus Road, Tamarac, FL 33321

Details

The Point of No Return: Rule of Air Management
September 4, 2008 0900-1700
Pompano Beach City Commission Chambers
100 W. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach

Flyer

Firefighter Health and Safety Conference
September 8-10, 2008
FLORIDA HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER
1500 SAND LAKE ROAD
ORLANDO, FL 32809

Registration fee is $89.00
More information to come...

Expert Witness Testimony Course
September 26-28, 2008
North Fort Myers Fire Department
Presented by The International Association of Arson Investigators, in conjunction with the Florida Chapter, IAAI

Details

National Fire Academy Florida State Weekend
at the National Fire Academy, Emmitsburg, MD
September 27-28, 2008

Details (updated 6/2/08)
Registration Form (added 6/2/08)

Registrations must be in no later than August 18, 2008!

* Florida Arson Seminar
October 8-10, 2008
Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando, FL

"The Florida Arson Group along with the Florida Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators and the Florida Fire Marshals and Inspectors Association join forces to conduct this years Florida Arson Seminar. The three groups have teamed up to put on a fantastic seminar filled with a variety of topics for Investigators and Inspectors. The proposed program should be out shortly."

60th Annual Fire Prevention Conference
"New Slate for '08 – Know Your Codes"
November 3-6, 2008
Hotel Rate Guarantee Deadline – October 17th, 2008
FFMIA Room Rate - $109.00 (single/double occupancy)
Crowne Plaza
13051 Bell Tower Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33907
239-482-2900

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OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

* First Responder Hot Weather Preparedness
from the Florida Department of Health

Firefighter Dies in Training
• Recruit firefighter Andrew Waybright
collapsed during a training exercise in
extreme heat
• Civilians stopped to help -
offered to call 911
• Were “shooed” away by Academy
personnel and told recruit was “played
out”
• Pronounced dead at hospital -
temperature was 107.4°F

This pdf version of a PowerPoint presentation provides tips on how to avoid incidents of heat stroke like that depicted above.

Presentation

*Digital Fingerprints Available via PearsonVue.com
from the Bureau of Fire Standards and Training

Florida Firefighter II, Retention, Firesafety and Special Firesafety Inspector application requirements just became a bit easier to submit and faster to approve. The reason is the availability of digital fingerprinting through our testing partner PearsonVue in cooperation with IBT. With this service, applicants, after submitting their application on-line (Retention, Firesafety and Special Firesafety Inspectors) or submitted by their Training Center (Firefighter
II) can have their fingerprints digitally taken and electronically transmitted with results being delivered to the Bureau of Fire Standards and Training in hours instead of days.

Details

*Enough is Enough...Buckle Up!
by U.S. Fire Administrator Greg Cade

Excerpt:

"...As many of you already know, and many others should know, firefighter Christopher Brian Hunton, age 27, was a member of the Amarillo Texas Fire Department for one year. On April 23, 2005 he fell out of his fire truck responding to an alarm; he died two days later from his injuries. Brian was not wearing his seat belt. It is in his name — and in the names of others who suffered a similar fate — that we continue to work to ensure all firefighters buckle up. It requires such little effort to ensure all firefighters go home at the end of the day and not become victims of this preventable death...."

"...Several weeks ago I received word that Dallas Fire Chief Eddie Burns, Sr. successfully led a department-wide effort to secure the 100% support of seatbelt usage by the members of the Dallas Fire Department. Over 1,700 employees of the Dallas Fire Department have taken the simple and straight forward national seatbelt pledge to ensure that each and every member of the Dallas Fire Department is safely secured to moving fire apparatus. My sincere congratulations to the members of the Dallas Fire
Department and to Chief Burns for this achievement.

"Just yesterday I learned that Frederick County, Maryland has also achieved their 100% seatbelt pledge commitment. They join the growing ranks of departments that have achieved 100%...I am pleased to announce that the Canadian Fire Services have also joined this effort."

Florida leads the nation with 35 fire departments with 100% Compliance.

To take the National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge, go to http://www.trainingdivision.com/seatbeltpledge.asp

For pledge form, click here.
(www.fireacademy.org/PDF_Files_Temp/seat-belt-pledge_posted-7-08.pdf)

*NWCG Safety Advisory on Wildland Fire Deaths
forwarded by FFCA Emergency Response Committee

On July 7 this year, we reached the number of deaths in wildland fire operations for 2008 that we experienced during all of 2007. A total of nine wildland firefighters died in the line of duty in 2007 and nine have died so far this year. That's nine people who won't be going home to their families and friends after work any more.

Full article

Fire and Emergency Services (SAFER) Grants Now Open – Available Funds Increased

Under the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2008, Congress appropriated $190 million for SAFER Grants. The grants are competitive but the increase of funding in FY2008 provided by the Congress is more than 60% higher than the FY2007 level -- equally increasing the applicant's chance for success.

Details

USFA Releases Fire-Related Firefighter Injuries Report

EMMITSBURG, MD. - Twice as many firefighters are injured each year performing fireground duties as there are fire injuries to the civilian population, according to a new report issued today by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). In 2004, there were an estimated 36,880 firefighter fireground injuries. The new report, Fire-Related Firefighter Injuries in 2004, was developed by the National Fire Data Center, part of the U.S. Fire Administration, and is based primarily on analyses of the 2004 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/nfirs/) Version 5.0 data.

Complete release
www.FireAcademy.org/ PDF_Files_Temp/USFA_injury-report.pdf

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