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MN Fire Departments Awarded $525,420.00
in the 30 Round
Secretary Tom Ridge today announced 84
grants to fire departments throughout the United States in the
thirtieth round of the Fiscal Year 2004 Assistance to Firefighters
Grant Program.
This thirtieth round of grants provides more than $8,354,266 to help local fire
departments fund the purchase of firefighting equipment, fund
firefighter health and safety programs, enhance emergency medical
services programs, and conduct fire education and prevention programs.
| Cromwell
Fire and
Ambulance Service |
Cromwell |
MN
08
|
Firefighting
Vehicle |
$166,500.00 |
Firefighting
Vehicles
($185,000) |
| Dovray Fire
Department |
Dovray |
MN
01
|
Firefighting
Vehicle |
$144,000.00 |
Firefighting
Vehicles
($160,000) |
| Miltona
Fire Department |
Miltona |
MN
07
|
Operations
and Firefighter Safety |
$50,400.00 |
Equipment
($15,000)
Personal Protective Equipment ($41,000) |
| Osakis Fire
Department |
Osakis |
MN
07
|
Operations
and Firefighter Safety |
$29,520.00 |
Personal
Protective
Equipment ($32,800) |
| Vermilion
Lake Fire Dept. |
Tower |
MN
08
|
Firefighting
Vehicle |
$135,000.00 |
Firefighting
Vehicles
($150,000) |
FIRE PREVENTION
GRANTS
The latest news is this; there are 41 awards ($2.3 million) signed
for fire prevention and hopefully they will be announced next week.
FIRE GRANTS
Currently there are 1,627 awards in the system in
various stages of completion. USFA has about 200 that I haven't
placed
into the system as yet. USFA hopes to give notice to all
applicants getting an
award before the beginning of the application period on March
7th.. Plans now are to be awarding
grants well into March.
Do You Want to Know What Legislative
Bills Are Being Tracked
Hello, my name is Kat Ness. I am the 2005
Legislative Assistant for Capitol Hill Associates. Attached is
the first bill tracking report of the session. If you have any
questions or changes regarding the report you can email me directly at Kathryn@capitolhillassoc.com.
I look forward to working with you this session.
Have a great day,
IAFC,
Jeep®
Brand awarding scholarships for Fire-Rescue Med
IAFC
NEWS ALERT
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
IAFC
703/273-0911
www.iafc.org
IAFC,
Jeep®
Brand awarding scholarships for Fire-Rescue Med
Applications
due
February 14
Fairfax, Va., January 10,
2005 … The IAFC will award scholarships to Fire-Rescue Med 2005, to
be held April 18-22 in Las
Vegas.
Financial support for this scholarship program was provided to the IAFC
by the
Daimler Chrysler Corporation Fund through the Jeep® Everyday Heroes
Program. This scholarship program was developed to supplement the
education of
future leaders in fire-based EMS to meet anticipated future EMS
challenges.
Scholarships
include full-conference registration, air travel, and lodging in Las Vegas. It
will also
include registration for the pre-conference workshop Staying Alive: EMS
Safety.
Visit the IAFC’s
Web site, http://www.iafc.org/conferences/frm/index.asp#Scholarship,
for an application form and instructions. Applicants must submit
a resume
and an essay. The deadline to apply is February 14, 2005. A
special
committee of the IAFC EMS Section will determine the scholarship
recipients.
Priority will be given to first-time attendees and to those officers
with
primary responsibility for EMS. Award
notifications will be made on March 1, 2005.
In addition to this
program, the Jeep brand launched an initiative to recognize everyday
heroes. The "Jeep Heroes Nomination Program" rewards military,
police, fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel who deliver
exemplary, unique and heroic service to improve the quality of life in
cities
and towns across America.
The Jeep brand is seeking nominations online at http://www.jeepheroes.com/.
Each
new Jeep Hero will be recognized on the Web site and entered for a
chance to
win one of four new Jeep
Grand Cherokees with "go-anywhere,
do-anything" capability.
For more
information on Fire-Rescue Med, go to the IAFC Web site at http://www.iafc.org/conferences/frm/index.asp.
If you have questions concerning criteria and selection, contact Bill
Kang at
703/273-0911.
Jeep is a
registered trademark of Daimler Chrysler Corporation.
The
Next Section Of The COTC Program Starts February 12 - Get Your
Applications In Now
Chief Officer Training Curriculum Program will be starting the next
section soon. There currently is seats available for this section.
Visit the link below for complete details on the program.
http://minnesotafireservice.com/whatsnewtraining_atcfo_info.html
NOTE: You do not
have to complete the entire program at once. You can sign up for each
of the four (4) unit individually.
Human Resource
Development was identified
as one of the training programs needed. The overall goal of this course
is to
provide a foundation of skills, knowledge, and tools for the newly
promoted
chief officer to effectively manage and develop the human resources in
his or
her command.
FIRE 1552: Human
Resource Development, 2
credits 32 hours
click
here
to view details of the modules in this section
- Module 1
Internal Organizational
Environment
- Module 2
External Organizational Environment
- Module 3
Community Diversity
- Module 4
Managing Organizational Diversity
- Module 5
Managing Workforce Conflict
- Module 6
Managing the Workforce
- Module 7
Supporting the Workforce
- Module 8
Encouraging the Workforce
Course
Schedule for Week End Classes
- St Cloud Fire Station #1
02/12
& 13, 2005 Human Resources H-183 Sec A - 16 hrs
02/26
& 27, 2005 Human Resources H-183 Sec B - 16 hrs
http://minnesotafireservice.com/whatsnewtraining_atcfo_info.html
National
Fire Academy Weekend Courses- Sign Up Early
The Minnesota State
Fire-EMS-Rescue Schools are just around the corner. The first school is
January 22 and 23rd.
It is important to
sign up EARLY, at least 45 days in advance of these schools. The NFA
calls us 30 days from the date of the class and if we do not have the
minimum signed up by then THEY cancel th class.
There are eight (8)
NFA Direct Delivery Schools this year.
Jan 22 & 23,
2005, Anoka,
MN Anoka
Technical College - Incident Safety Officer (ISO) Updated
Contact Todd
Seitz 763-576-4700 TSeitz@ank.tec.mn.us
Jan
29 & 30, 2005 Mahnomen, MN Shooting Star Casino
- Training Operations for Small
Departments (TOSD) Contact Marty Soeth 218-299-6576 Denice.Brewer@cts.minnesota.edu
April 16 & 17, 2005, St Cloud,
MN St
Cloud Technical College - Incident Command System (ICS) (note updated to NIMS)
Contact Tim Dickenson 800-222-1009 tdickinson@sctc.edu
April 23 & 24, 2005, North Mankato, MN South Central
Technical College - Incident Command
System (ICS) Train-the-Trainer (note updated to NIMS) Contact Bill
Zehnder 507-381-1390 Bill.Zehnder@southcentral.edu
May
21 & 22, 2005, Detroit
Lakes, MN Northwest
Technical College - Preparation for Initial Company Operations
(PICO) Contact Marty Soeth 218-299-6576
Denice.Brewer@cts.minnesota.edu
Aug
20 & 21, 2005Anoka, MN Anoka Technical
College - Introduction to Unified
Command for Multi-Agency and Catastrophic Incident (IUCMCI) Contact
Todd Seitz
763-576-4700 TSeitz@ank.tec.mn.us
Aug
27 & 28, 2005Morton, MN Jackpot Junction
CasinoPreparation for Initial Company Operations (PICO)Daryl
Bartholomaus 507-537-7051 darylb@ms.mnwest.mnscu.edu
Sept 24 & 25, 2005 Hinckley, MN Grand Casino Hinckley
- Health and Safety Officer (HSO)
Updated Contact Joe
Dambowy 320-629-5184 dambowyj@pinetech.edu
You can view additional training opportunities at;
http://minnesotafireservice.com/calendar.htm
Minnesota
State Fire-EMS-Rescue Schools - Sign Up Early
The
Minnesota State Fire-EMS-Rescue Schools are just around the corner. The
first school is in Marshall at SSU on February 26-27, 2005 held at
Southwest
Minnesota State University in Marshall,
MN click here
for info
Daryl
Bartholomaus darylb@ms.mnwest.mnscu.edu
800-576-6728
or
507-537-7053
There are eight (8) official Minnesota State Fire-EMS-Rescue Schools
this year.
- February 26-27, 2005 held at Southwest
Minnesota State University in Marshall,
MN
- March 5-6,
2005 held at
South Central
Technical College in North Mankato, MN
- March 5-6,
2005 held at Northland
Tech College
in East Grand Forks, MN
- March 12-13,
2005 held at Minn. State
Community Tech
College
in Moorhead, MN
- April 1-3, 2005 held at the DECC in
Duluth, MN
- April 9-10, 2005 held at Riverland
College
in Rochester, MN
- April
29-30 May
1, 2005 held at Best
Western Thunderbird Hotel &
Convention Center 2201 East 78th Street, Bloomington MN
- Sept 10-11, 2005 held at Mesabi Range Community
and Technical College in Virginia, MN.
You can view additional training opportunities at;
http://minnesotafireservice.com/calendar.htm
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Solve
your morale problems!
Your
firefighters maybe bored because of nothing to do and the public
doesn't recognize them as heroes. Get them involved in public education
and fire prevention activities where they are helping the public. It
won't be long and they will become recognized heroes for saving lives
in a proactive way.
Thought
For The Week
Is
it just me or does anyone else find it absolutely amazing that the U.S.
Government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right
to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington, and determine
exactly what that cow ate. They can also track her calves right to
their stalls, and tell you what kind of feed they ate. But they are
unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around in their
country, including people that are trying to blow up important
structures in the U.S. My solution is to give every person a cow as
soon as they enter the country. What do you think?
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