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Please reply to this message if you are experiencing technical difficulty. For all other inquiries, please Contact USFA. You are subscribed to Training, Resources and Data Exchange Network (TRADENET) for U.S. Fire Administration. This information has recently been updated. Welcome to TRADENET: TRADE's Information Exchange NetworkA National Fire Academy Sponsored ActivityAugust 22, 2013 In This Week's TRADENET1. Fire inspection "civilian" supervisor request 2. Operating levee campaign request 3. Fit for duty program request 4. RPV/UAV program request 5. Career development guide request 6. NFPA 1451 request Resuscitation AcademyBuilding Construction Content HelpKnow Your SmokeMember Requests for InformationIf you have a question or comment for inclusion in the weekly TRADENET newsletter, please send it and your contact information to FEMA-trade@fema.dhs.gov. Please be sure and include your Department or Organization name, your e-mail address, and your preferred method of receiving feedback. USFA reserves the right to edit content or reject any material submitted. Fire Services Page 1. Hello,
Atlanta Fire Rescue (AFR) is exploring options to create a “civilian” supervisor position within its Fire Inspection Unit. Currently, the unit is staffed with some civilian and sworn inspectors. The sworn inspectors are Fire Lieutenants, Fire Captains, and a Fire Section Chief. The plan for AFR Inspections is to create a “civilian” supervisor to allow for some of the sworn positions to be placed back into Field Operations.
We would like to gather information from several fire departments to help us in this transition.
If you could please answer the following question, we would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you for your assistance in helping Atlanta Fire Rescue in becoming more effective and efficient! If you should need any information and or assistance from us please do not hesitate to call.
You can return the survey via e-mail: jsmalls@atlantaga.gov
Thank you,
Jennifer L. Smalls, MPA, PHR HR Manager 226 Peachtree Street, SW Atlanta GA 30303 (404) 546-4440
2. Our department has a high likelihood of going to the voters for a five year operating levy. If you have had a successful campaign for the same, I’d like to get any electronic material you may have that discusses your strategy, campaign budget, slogans, types of media used, etc. mtaylor@bendoregon.gov
Thank you,
Mark Taylor Deputy Chief Training and Safety 1212 SW Simpson Ave. Bend, OR 97702 (441) 322-6316 (O) (541) 749-0543 (C)
3. I am seeking information about fit for duty testing or programs that other fire departments may use to evaluate personnel who are returning from a medical or injury leave. Any information would be appreciated.
Capt. Steffen Schrock Training Coordinator Goshen Fire Department, Goshen, In 574-202-8686
4. Good Day!
We are in the very initial stages of considering the use of remote controlled helicopters with video capability at emergency scenes. I am looking for fire departments that are currently using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for fire and emergency scene reconnaissance. Specifically what uses and limitations have you found with the current technology? What are the training uses? How long have you been using UAVs? Have there been any political or privacy ramifications and if so how have you dealt with them?
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide
Be Safe,
Michael West South Metro Fire Rescue Authority
5. I would like to hear from any departments that are willing to share their Career Development Guide or Officer Development Guide for positions in their department. We are currently trying to develop a dynamic document for firefighters to be able to make choices concerning their future career path within our organization.
Division Chief Spencer Miller 770-528-8304
6. Has anyone reproduced Appendix B of the recently revised NFPA 1451, Standard for a Fire and Emergency Service Vehicle Operations Training Program? If so, can you send me it in Word? Thank you.
Drew Smith Deputy Chief Prospect Heights Fire Protection District 10 East Camp McDonald Road Prospect Heights, IL 60070 847-253-8060 FAX 847-253-4759 CELL 847-366-1782 Emergency Medical Services PageResuscitation AcademyA two-way exchange of information
The Resuscitation Academy is offered tuition-free and attendees come from throughout the country (and world). The small class size allows for a two-way exchange of information. The faculty provides evidence-based information and tools to improve cardiac arrest survival and the attendees share the real-life challenges they face. Every community has a different constellation of culture, leadership, resources, and opportunity. Above all, we (the faculty) have learned that change is very challenging and one should never assume that just because someone comes along with a good idea that it will be embraced and implemented.
The tool kits are not exactly recipe books with specific steps for each program. Rather, they provide the information, background, training materials, sample letters, sample forms, references and resources, and a general approach to achieving buy-in from directors and managers, as well as the dispatchers, EMTs, paramedics, and police. Although they provide important tools, the contents of each kit must be applied and/or modified based upon resources and leadership within the attendee’s community.
Although most of the kits are directed toward the chain and frame of survival, there are two kits that provide supplemental information. One is on End of Life Issues, and the other tackles the challenging matter of raising funds. Most EMS programs face increasing demand for services and programs while grappling with decreasing resources. When EMS personnel are being laid off, it seems hardly the right time to take on new programs requiring new staff or additional resources. But we think there are ways to create additional resources. Call it the margin of excellence to make the system better, even in the face of difficult economic conditions.
One of the tool kits specifically addresses how to establish a local foundation or partner with an existing foundation and engage in fundraising. Several communities have used the information in this kit to find resources for new equipment and fund additional staff time for QI activities.
The tool kits are publicly available on the Resuscitation Academy website. Tool kits may be downloaded free of charge in a PDF format. All the information on the website is free.
READ MORE: http://www.jems.com/article/training/resuscitation-academy USFA Now on Facebook The U.S. Fire Administration gets social! You can now find us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/usfire) as well as Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/usfire)! Be sure to “Like” us on Facebook and “Follow” us on Twitter for all the latest happenings at the National Fire Academy, new reports from the National Fire Data Center, and safety and prevention messages you can repost to your social media accounts. Log on and check us out! Featured This WeekBuilding Construction Content HelpI know in many of your classes you are looking for dynamic, up-to-date content to help facilitate student understanding. I found this one regarding the use of large steel trusses erected to support the roof of an event center. The TV station has provided some great footage of the installation process. I found the article in the Aug. 15th SBC eMagazine.
Maybe this will be of some help...
6 Trusses Cover 302,000 Square Feet
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August 15, 2013
It's been nearly two years since the citizens of Sioux Falls voted to build an events center. Now it's taking shape. One of the last major pieces of the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center's steel infrastructure is set in place.
Mortenson Construction Superintendent Brian Boe said, "You're seeing this building as we've been calling it, the bowl, actually take shape."
When it's all said and done, it will take six trusses to support the roof of the 302,000 square foot building. Boe said, "There's a lot of engineering that's involved with how do you keep this 270 foot long truss stable while you erect the other stuff to it?"
So how do you lift something that measures 30 feet tall, weighs 100 tons and secure it 105 feet in the air? One of the pieces is erected on the ground inside the events center, the other on the outside. Two huge cranes then lift them into place. "Each crane picks up a different piece, so what we do is called a mid-air splice. So you pick up one piece and you pick up the smaller one and then the crew bolts it together," Boe said.
READ MORE & ACCESS THE VIDEO: http://www.sbcmag.info/news/2013/aug/6-trusses-cover-302000-square-feet
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