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UPDATED, OCTOBER 7th 2008
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Notice of Public
Hearing
Under
IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on October 27th 10:00am., at the Public Safety Academy of NE Indiana, 7602 Patriot Crossing, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, the Board of Firefighting Personnel
Standards and Education will hold a public hearing.
More Information can be found Posted under the Indiana Fire
Service News Link.
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endorses the National Fallen Firefighters Foundations 16 Life Safety Initiatives, as well as NFPA Training Standards for Minimum
Firefighter Training.
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is a clearinghouse of information grouped in one place, developed and designed to provide updated information to Protect Indiana’s
Firefighters and First Responders, and to ensure that EVERYONE GOES HOME!
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Homeland Security Live Alert
IS YOUR DEPARTMENT PUTTING UNDER-TRAINED FIREFIGHTERS ON FIRST DUE APPARATUS?
DOES YOUR DEPARTMENTS FIREFIGHTERS TRAINING MEET NFPA MINIMUM NATIONAL STANDARDS?
Check out the web links and related articles and find out what happens to untrained, or under-trained firefighters,
and their prospected officers who knowingly risk their own lives, the individual firefighters lives, and the lives of the
public they serve by putting unqualified undertrained firefighters on the front lines.
FACT!
As
of January 1st 2008, Indiana State Minimum Mandatory Firefighter Training Requirements still DO NOT MEET
the National Minimum Standards as defined in NFPA 1001 Professional Qualifications for Firefighters 2002 edition!
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INDIANA
FIRE
SERVICE
NEWS:
Click Here to View the Latest INDIANA FIRE SERVICE NEWS edition 2, Updated 10/06/08
Click Here to View the Latest INDIANA FIRE SERVICE NEWS, edition 1, Updated 09/03/08
USFA 2006 Fire Service Needs Assessment; Click Here To View, PDF.
TASK FORCE FINAL REPORT 2006, click here to view.
IDHS UPDATES:
September 2008 Hoosier Responder, Click Here to View, pdf.
IDHS TRAINING BULLETIN APRIL 2008, Click Here to View.
IDHS SATELLITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN, Click Here to View.
FIREFIGHTER SAFETY & SURVIVAL:
THE SECRET LIST: By; Chief Billy Goldfeder, News on LODD, Firefighter Accidents and Injuries, Firefighter Close Calls, and
Much More CLICK HERE TO VIEW, UPDATED OFTEN! 10/06/08
SPECIAL REPORT "EMERGING-ISSUES" Click Here to View PDF.
NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION 16 LIFE SAFETY INITIATIVES Click Here To View!
Preliminary Report, METROLINK Train Crash, September 12th 2008, pdf
SPECIAL REPORT: Baltimore City LODD REPORT, Click Here to View, pdf
Click Here to Download an IAFC, VCOS Special BLUE Ribbon Report on Preserving and Improving the Future of the Volunteer Fire
Service. Pdf format.
Click Here to Download an IAFC, VCOS Special RED Ribbon Report on Leading the Transition in the Volunteer and Combination
Fire Departments. Pdf format.
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES:
Click Here to see the lates Employment Opportunities for Fire and EMS Positions; Updated 10/06/08
FUNDRAISERS:
Click Here to View the Latest Fundraisers! Updated 10/06/08
GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES:
Latest GRANT Information, Click here to View, Updated 05/19/08
Indiana Firefighter
Benefits Page:
Indiana Firefighter Benefits Page, Click Here to View.
FIRE RELATED SITES:
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HONOR
and REMEMBERANCE
Honoring and Remembering those who Served!
HONOR and REMEMBERANCE PAGE, Click Here to View! Updated 09/29/08
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NIMS COMPLIANCE IS YOUR DEPARTMENT READY?
WHO'S YOUR LEGISLATOR, Click Here to Find Out!
URGENT ACTION REQUESTED!
You have seen the posted Task Force Recommendations, that were made at the August
7th 2006 Board meeting. The Indiana Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education agreed
these recommendations needed to be added to update the Mandatory.
However the Board also agreed that NO action will be taken until a permanent funding source
is established and All of the Training Districts are up and running.
YOUR URGENT ACTION IS
REQUESTED to contact your local state Legislators and inform them of the needed updated firefighter training and that a “PERMANENT”
FUNDING SOURCE be Established to fund these updates.
DON’T WAIT CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TODAY!
Task Force "Proposal" Increasing the minimum training
for Firefighters is as follows:
*A Minimum of Firefighter I, including, Records, Laws, Driving, Laws Regarding
Emergency Vehicle Operation/Driving,
Hazardous Material Awareness, Hazardous Material Operations level, Firefighter Survival, ICS, CPR,
SIDS, Infection Control, and Bleeding & Shock management, National Incident Command System (NIMS).
This will then bring the initial Indiana Firefighter Training into compliance with, NFPA 1001,
NFPA 1403, and IOSHA Training Standards.
In addition these changes will also assist in compliance with the National Incident Command
System, and enforces the National Fallen Firefighter
Foundation's 16 Life Safety Initiatives for National Certified Training Requirements.
PLEASE NOTE: A Permanent Funding Source is being
pursued!
Task Force "Proposal" Increasing the minimum training
for Fire Officers are as follows:
Tactics, ICS, NIMS, NFPA 1403 Compliance Training!
PLEASE NOTE: A Permanent Funding Source is being
pursued!
Task Force "Proposal" Recertification / Continuing Education for Firefighters
include the following:
All Firefighters must obtain written documentation,
on a continuing education form, a minimum of twelve (12) performance based, skills, per year, for a two year / 24 month reporting
period, taken from NFPA 1001, 2002 edition.
The
Chief of each department shall choose each skill or skills from the NFPA 1001, 2002 edition, and document said skills on each
firefighters continuing education form.
Additional tactical style skills for all officers, dealing with their perspective duties
is also under consideration.
PLEASE NOTE: A Permanent Funding Source is being pursued!
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FIRE SERVICE
TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES:
Click Here to View the Latest Fire Service Training Opportunities Throughout The State of Indiana. Updated 10/06/08
EMS TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES:
Click here to View the Latest EMS Training Opportunities throughout the State of Indiana, Updated 10/06/08
FOOD FOR THOUGHT!
The following links and articles are informative, entertaining, and thought provoking. Click Here to View. 10/06/08
DEFECTIVE LIGHT BULBS Click here to view PDF.
INDIANA FIRE
INSTRUCTOR
RESOURCES:
"ATTENTION" All Haz-Mat Ops Instructors, and Instructor II/IIIs A Message from IDHS Training Division, Click Here To View
State of Indiana Text references currently used for the fire certification written tests. pdf
NFA TRADE REPOSITORY
NIMS
COMPLIANCE
2007:
NIMS COMPLIANCE 2007 from IDHS, Click Here to View!
2007 NIMS COMPLIANCE METRICS LOCAL pdf.
FIRE DEPARTMENT SOPs for NIMS.
IDHS NIMS RESOURCE PAGE Click Here to View.
STATE OF INDIANA
FIREFIGHTER
TRAINING SYSTEM!
CLICK HERE To View the State Of Indiana's Firefighter Training System Implementation Plan!
THE DIFFERENCES: Indiana
Mandatory Verses Firefighter I
Current State Mandatory Verses Firefighter I; Click here to See the Differences.
SPECIAL REPORT:
50 STATE
TRAINING SURVEY!
50 State Training Survey, Special Report, Click Here to View
FACTS:
FACT:
Indiana OSHA, (IOSHA) requires all firefighting personnel “Prior to getting on a Fire Truck and
functioning as a Firefighter” to be trained in the following: Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations, ICS, Infection
Control, SIDS, CPR, Bleeding and Shock management, Records, Laws, Driving, and Emergency Vehicle Driving Laws.
FACT:
NFPA
1403, (Live Fire Training Standard) Requires ALL Firefighters, Prior to participating in live fire training, to be trained
to a minimum level of Firefighter I.
FACT:
In the event a firefighter, or civilian, is injured, or killed, during a training exercise, or emergency. During litigation,
you and your department can be held liable for not meeting NFPA and OSHA standards, regardless of the Indiana state requirements.
Contact the Task Force:
Jerry Nulliner, Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education
Chris Walker, Task Force Co-Chair
QUOTES:
"Protect our Brothers and Sisters", Remember All Those That Have Gone Before Us", "Always
Remember 09/11/01", "EVERYONE GOES HOME"!
ALL of US!
"Train as if there is no tomorrow, for it may be our own we must save"!
Author Unknown.
LET NO MAN'S GHOST COME BACK TO SAY HIS TRAINING LET HIM DOWN!
Author Unknown
"In most states, a barber needs a license, but anyone can be an Incident Commander."
Chief Alen Brunacini
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Randy Brown, Website Administrator.
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