Fire Chiefs
Leadership Dinner Presented
by the Marion County Fire Chiefs Association
The Marion County Fire Chief’s Association would like to invite you to an evening of sharing information and building relationships with other fire chiefs from the contiguous counties of Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan and Shelby.
The event will take place at the Wayne Township Fire Department, 700 North High School Road, Indianapolis Thursday, June 7 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A buffet dinner will be served.
The Firefighters Support Foundation's (FSF) newest free training program, Emergency Management for the Fire Service, is now available. As the role of the fire service expands, emergency management, rather than strict fire fighting, will become an ever more important function that the fire service provides. This program defines the four major components of the emergency management cycle, and drills down into each of the four steps: preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation. A question and answer session wraps up the program.
The "Concert of Hope" will take place at the Ben Davis Football stadium on Saturday, June 16th, 2012. Doors open at 12:00pm and bands play from 1:00 - 9:00pm. The planning committee is looking for your help! There are tons of opportunities for fire departments to get involved!! Plenty of room for additional apparatus in the Static Display area, and volunteers are needed!
For sponsorship information to be a part of this amazing event contact the planning committee thru Joy Lorch at:
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or call her at 317-550-7066.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office inspects all temporary outdoor stages and outdoor stage equipment. In an effort to find all of the locations where these stages and stage equipment may be used anywhere in the state, Marshal Greeson is asking our public and private partners to help spread the word that anyone who’s using outdoor stages or outdoor stage equipment needs to notify the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Marshal Greeson appreciates the public’s assistance in this vital public safety effort. For questions, please call 317-232-2222 between 8:00 and 4:30 weekdays, and, at other times, 1-888-203-5020.
Announcing the Release of UL's
Latest Firefighter Safety Research
Project on Basement Fires
Over the past several years UL has done some outstanding research on fire behavior, building systems, etc. Their latest project is a comprehensive training program on basement fire collapse hazards. Steve Kerber, Research Engineer from Corporate Research at UL states they have worked for 2 years conducting numerous experiments to examine basement fire collapse hazards and fire dynamics to bring some more science to the streets. They have packaged the results in an online interactive training program accessible for free from their fire service outreach website. Keep in mind these are just tactical considerations suggested from our series of experiments to try to make firefighters smarter and safer.
TELL YOUR
NEIGHBORS ABOUT FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS MAY 8, 2012
Be sure your friends and neighbors know how to apply for FEMA assistance. One easy way to apply is to call the telephone registration line, (800) 621-FEMA (3362). These lines are open from 7a.m. to 10p.m. seven days a week. FEMA issues a nine-digit registration number to verify completion of each application.
All county employees and local public safety providers are invited to attend a review of the new 911 funding bill. This new law creates a significant change in how 911 fees will be collected and remitted to the counties.
The IAC is presenting one hour reviews of the new 911 law at 6 regional locations. Attached below you will find a flyer for your review of locations and times for these reviews.
The Public Safety Section will produce a monthly segment with Angela Cain of WTHR, Channel 13 News. Don't Miss it! Visit Channel 13 Focus page and click on Community Videos at: http://www.wthr.com/story/817967/focus
