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Flame Management International Names Executive Fire Officer as Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
Former Primedia VP and Executive Fire Officer John Linstrom has been named Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for Flame Management International, Inc.of Dallas, Texas. In an announcement made today, Flame Management CEO Jan Folmar said, "John brings over 30 years of firefighting knowledge, experience and passion to our Board and is a true expert in fire and emergency response. We look forward to John's contributions as we launch our clean, green line of universal extinguishing agents that improve firefighter safety and eliminate environmental impacts from toxic firefighting foams." Click for more details.

Upcoming International Conferences
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US Branch - IFE Brokers Membership Agreement with Center for Public Safety and Excellence
We are pleased to announce the US Branch has brokered an agreement between the Institution of Fire Engineers and the Center for Public Safety Excellence--the certifying body for the US Chief Fire Officer Designation (CFOD) program--to recognize CFO designees in the IFE Member Grade (MIFireE). CFO members may now submit an abbreviated application form which will be reviewed by the US Branch Membership Committee, endorsed and then a final review made by the Assessment Panel at IFE HQ for the applicant to receive his/her IFE certificate and grade designation.

To gain this international recognition will be a big boost for US CFOs and help them with networking, information exchange and making the fire service/engineering discipline a truly global body. There are currently approximately 500 CFO designees.


Commemorative IFE Coin

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the US Branch, this coin has been struck to commemorate the occasion.  The obverse (front) shows the seal of the US Branch and the reverse (back) shows the Great Seal of the United States of America.  Click  for more information. Click for press release.

 

Firefighter Safety: Calling the Mayday
Announcing the U.S. National Fire Academy’s first Web Cast class.  The topic is Firefighter Safety: Calling the Mayday. It is being broad cast by Firehouse.com free.  Participants who pass the test at the end will get a National Fire Academy Certificate.  Click here for more information and to register.

NIST: Fire Research Information Services
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) provides Fire Research Information Services (FRIS) to fire protection engineering, scientists, and fire service personnel around the world.  The FRIS has more than 55,000 items in its collection.  These include published reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and audiovisual items.  For more information go to www.bfrl.nist.gov/fris

Community Safety Programs in CTIF Member Nations
The International Technical Committee for the Prevention and Extinction of Fire (CTIF), an international fire service organization, commissioned a paper to look into the programs used by several countries in their effort to provide fire safety education to their citizens. This paper summarizes programs of 18 different countries. Click to View (pdf version. Adobe Acrobat Reader required).

Join in on the Latest Debates on Fire Safety and Engineering
The International Association for Fire Safety Science operates a mailing list by which people participate in on-line discussions. The Association holds triennial symposia, publishes the Fire Safety Journal, and provides its publications, at a discount, to its members and engages in other learned activities to the benefit of the fire science and engineering community. To subscribe/unsubscribe send an email with the words "sub iafss" (or "sub sfpe") in the message body. Click to visit the IAFSS website.

Contact Information

The Institution of Fire Engineers
United States of America Branch
4611 Strathblane Place
Alexandria, Virginia
22304-2349  USA
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(703) 751.6416 - Phone
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(703) 370.5886 - Fax

Shipping Address (Parcels):
4611 Strathblane Place
Alexandria, Virginia 22304-2349
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Executive Board

President
James M. Broman, MIFireE
Fire Chief
Lacey Fire Department
1231 Franz Street SE
Lacey WA 98503
Office: (360) 528-2301
Email: jbroman@laceyfire.com

Vice-President
Scott D. Kerwood, PhD, MIFireE
Fire Chief
Hutto Fire Rescue
501 Exchange, P.O. Box 175
Hutto TX 78634
Office: (512) 759-2616
Email: sdkerwood@huttofirerescue.org

Secretary
J. Gordon Routley, P.Ing, MIFireE
Fire Service Consultant
P.O. Box 3311
Champlain NY 12919-3311
Office: 514-428-1685
Email: jgroutley@aol.com

Treasurer
William Kehoe

Alexandria Fire Department
4611 Strathblane Place
Alexandria, Virginia 22304-2349
Office: (703) 751.6416
Fax: (703) 370.5886
Email: KehoeFD@aol.com

Immediate Past President
William A. Jeter, Ph.D., MIFireE
8713 Plainfield Road
Cincinnati OH 45236
E-mail: wjetter@sycamoretownship.org

Member at Large
William E. Peterson, CEM, FIFirE
Paragon Public Safety & Security Int
P.O. Box 250646
Plano TX 75025-0646
Office: (972) 377.8486
Email: wppfdtx@aol.com

 

 

 


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