| 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 1, 2013 In This Week's TRADENET1. Leadership 1,2 & 3 curricula request 2. ARFF SOP/SOG request US Fire Administration is Now on FacebookI Am Your FirefighterNFA Off-Campus Courses in Connecticut and New Hampshire Need Your HelpFire Service Leadership: Fear of Education?
Member 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. I am in need of curriculum packages for the current Leadership 1, 2, 3 courses.
Chief Ricky Phillips Arab Fire Department 653 4th Ave NW 256-586-8819
2. We are a small department in Florida with two fire stations. Our primary responsibility is structural firefighting. There, however, is a non-commercial airport located in our jurisdiction. We are the first responders to small aircraft incidents and accidents on or in the immediate area of the airport.
If anyone has similar ARFF responsibility, we would appreciated you sharing your department small aircraft response SOP's with us. In addition, if you have any other information, i.e., equipment needs, you feel would help us in developing this program, we would appreciated you sharing that as well.
Thank you,
Eugene Shuler Division Chief, Operations Plant City Fire Rescue (813) 757-9131 ext. 223 (813) 918-7169 (cell) gshuler@plantcitygov.com<mailto:gshuler@plantcitygov.com Emergency Medical Services PageThere are no EMS related requests this week. Editor’s Note: I found an interesting professional development resource at: http://emsworld.epubxp.com/title/9828. This is the digital version of the EMS World magazine. Of particular interest is Skip Kirkwood’s article “A Troubled State: What We Can Learn From Iowa's Experience” wherein he asks us to re-examine the balance and responsibilities of both volunteer and paid-career EMS responders.
If in your travels you come across a resource that you feel will help further our profession, please forward the link and we will pass it on.
READ MORE: http://emsworld.epubxp.com/title/9828 Featured This WeekUS Fire Administration is Now on Facebook
Our official USFA Facebook page went live Monday, July 15, 2013. If you have a Facebook account you can reach the page by logging on and typing “U.S. Fire Administration” in your Facebook search bar. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to log-on and “like” us. Even if you don’t have a Facebook account, you can still view the page by visiting http://www.facebook.com/usfire.
I Am Your FirefighterEditor’s Note: This well-thought open letter to the public puts our career into perspective. This one is worth sharing with your crews, students and communities.
By Rick Lasky 05/03/2013, Retrieved form Fire Engineering eBlog, July 31, 2013
Dear citizen, Please allow me to introduce myself. I am your firefighter. I'm the one who shows up at the firehouse for my shift, and I'm the one who shows up when the pager goes off. If we passed each other on the street, you most likely wouldn't recognize me. My face may not be familiar. But rest assured, I am your firefighter. I am a brother; a sister; a mom and a dad; a son and a daughter; and, yes, a grandfather and grandmother. I am writing to you in an effort to clear up some misinformation. You may have heard lately that firefighters make too much money or don't want to respond when the rooftop siren on the firehouse wails, that they don't care and have lost their grip on the true meaning of being a firefighter. Rest assured, they haven't. They still very much do care and do more to stand that post than ever before. We train in the skills of firefighting; emergency medical services; hazardous materials; specialized rescue; and, yes, in weapons of mass destruction. The list is long and can range from the basic to extremely technical. We do not sit around the firehouse and play checkers like you may have read in a children's book. We stand ready to respond to your emergency no matter what it is. You see, I am your firefighter. We sleep in a firehouse or with a pager next to our bed at home, ready at any moment to respond to someone in need. Our response to those who need us is done so without prejudice. We don't perform a credit check or make you submit an application. We respond to your needs immediately without regard as to who you are or what status you carry in the community. We take care of the wealthy and the homeless, and we will treat your children, your grandmother, and your home or business as if they were our own. This is not a practiced or trained skill but a way of life for your firefighter. To us, it's not a job or even a profession; it's a calling--one that involves the thrill of helping others in their time of need. You see, I am your firefighter. READ MORE: http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2013/05/i-am-your-firefighter.html
NFA Off-Campus Courses in Connecticut and New Hampshire Need Your HelpTwo, free, NFA off-campus courses are in need of students. Interested and qualified students in Connecticut and New Hampshire are urged to register via the appropriate State Fire/EMS Training Director as soon as possible to assure that the course will not be cancelled.
National Fire Incident Reporting System: Program Manager (N0491)
Curriculum: Planning & Information Management
This 6-day course is offered to enhance the knowledge and skills of those individuals responsible for the managing of NFIRS and/or multiple fire/EMS data bases in their organization, and/or for those responsible for the training of field-level data collection and reporting staffs. This course provides information about the systems capabilities, data collection and analysis, and the available reporting features. Focus is on the higher level knowledge, skills, and abilities required to collect, compile, and analyze NFIRS data, to develop decision packages used as the basis for Standards of Cover and for comparative data based on local, State, or national data and trends. The NFA's computer lab is used extensively for this course.
Course Schedule Information
Emergency Medical Services: Quality Management (N0158) Training Specialist
Curriculum: Emergency Medical Services
The Emergency Medical Services Quality Management (EMS QM) course will provide the critical components, background and principles associated with the implementation, or enhancement, of a department’s Quality Management Program. The course teaches students how to create, implement and maintain a Quality Management Program, including historical examples, current models and best practices of quality assurance and improvement, process improvement and data collection and analysis.
Course Schedule Information
Fire Service Leadership: Fear of Education?Paul Hasenmeier examines the far-reaching consequences of a leadership that fears or ignores employees who have gone the extra mile to achieve the higher education experience.
By Paul Hasenmeier 04/30/2013 Retrieved from Fire Engineering eBlog, August 1, 2013 A leader fearing the education of subordinates is a social trend that has implications for the ethical leadership of the fire service. This trend will be analyzed in relation to the fire service, and my specific interest area of public administration; however, intuition says that other areas in safety service may have similar trends. It will be difficult to provide concrete evidence to reinforce the claim of this social trend, however, personnel communication with numerous fire service consultants and research have laid a foundation worthy of observation into the future. A Social Trend Over the last five years or so, the fire service has begun to see a higher importance placed on college education. The premise behind this move is undoubtedly based on adding a more professional aspect to the field in addition to the already extremely technical-based environment. With all things considered, one would expect this combination to be beneficial to a service rich in tradition and often impeded by change. The social trend that is believed to have implications on the ethical leadership of the fire service is: Some leaders who lack on-going advanced fire service based and post-secondary education in a related field fear subordinates with that education and utilize their political power to suppress upward mobility opportunities. READ MORE: http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2013/04/fire-service-leadership--fear-of-education-.html
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This week Chief Guindon asks us to “prepare for the coming season”. TRADE Regional NFA Course CalendarFree National Fire Academy Courses in your AreaThe National Fire Academy offers free, high-quality fire and EMS training for the fire and emergency services and allied professionals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Our off-campus training courses will help you to deal more effectively with fire and related emergencies, while providing you with the perfect opportunity to network with peers from across your state and region. Our entire off-campus schedule is available at apps.usfa.fema.gov/nfacourses/main/schedule/off-campus For information on upcoming free courses offered in your state and training points of contact, select a link below.
All two-day off-campus courses, and most six- or ten-day off-campus courses, are delivered through the state fire training systems. For more information, or to schedule additional NFA courses, contact your state fire training system. The point of contact for each state can be found at www.usfa.fema.gov/pocs/. Through its courses and programs, the National Fire Academy – part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's U.S. Fire Administration – works to enhance the ability of fire and emergency services and allied professionals to deal more effectively with fire and related emergencies. Courses are delivered at the resident facility in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and throughout the United States in cooperation with state and local fire training organizations and local colleges and universities. Learn more about the National Fire Academy » Important Links
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