The DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS announced an official affiliate partnership between the American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) and Citizen Corps, the department’s nationwide movement designed to involve Americans in making the nation safer and better prepared for emergencies.
ASHI will use its 30,000 professional safety training educators, thousands of ASHI student volunteers, and 1,000 Citizen Corps Councils at the state and local levels to implement strategies of emergency preparedness and provide local support to emergency responders.
ASHI trains approximately one million-plus students each year in its life-saving training programs. Working with Citizen Corps, ASHI will encourage these trainees to help implement local Citizen Corps programs and volunteer for local Citizen Corps Councils. They will learn to use their ASHI training in lifesaving and safety skills in helping others to be prepared and effective in a crisis situation. To find out more about Citizen Corps, visit www.citizencorps.gov. To learn more about ASHI’s programs, visit www.ashinstitute.org.
During 2004, L. N. CURTIS & SONS is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The company provides emergency equipment in 11 western states and also to the U.S. Government worldwide. Sales, distribution, and service centers are located in Oakland, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Seattle, Washington. The family-owned and operated business was started in 1929 by Lloyd Curtis in his family home garage in Oakland, California. Later his two sons, James and Roger William, joined the business; today, third-and fourth-generation family members manage the firm.
During this yearlong celebration, L. N. Curtis & Sons will promote its company values: 75 years of Quality, Service, and Integrity. For more information, contact the company at (800) 443-3556 (Oakland, California); (800) 426-0509 (Salt Lake City, Utah); or (800) 426-6633 (Seattle, Washington).
Apparatus manufacturer ROSENBAUER AMERICA will be giving away a trip for two to Hannover, Germany, to attend Interschutz 2005, the world’s largest fire and rescue equipment exhibition to be held June 6-11. The trip will include round-trip airfare to Hannover as well as travel to Linz, Austria, home of Rosenbauer International. The trip winner and guest will tour the Rosenbauer International facilities and receive admission to the St. Florian Museum of Firefighting near Linz. Hotel accommodations in Hannover and Linz are also included. To register for the trip, visit Rosenbauer’s booth (#6340) at the FDIC show in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 29-May 1.
SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS, LLC has added three dealers to its distribution network. Carolina Fire Apparatus, a division of Freightliner of Charlotte, in North Carolina, will cover most of North Carolina, as well as York, Lancaster, and Chesterfield counties in South Carolina. It is located near exit 40 on Interstate 85 at 4633 Equipment Drive in Charlotte. Telephone: (800) 277-1038.
VCI Emergency Vehicle Specialists of Berlin, New Jersey, and Chester Springs (near Exton), Pennsylvania, will initially cover the eastern half of Pennsylvania. The Berlin facility is located off Berlin Circle at 45 Cross Keys Road. Telephone: (800) 394-2162. The VCI Exton facility is located at 102 Oscar Way, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, and can be reached through Berlin facility’s phone number.
Seagrave Sales & Service of Virginia is a Seagrave-owned sales, parts, and service center that will cover Virginia and West Virginia. It is located a half mile off of Route 95 at 1301 North Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia. Telephone: (804) 342-6841.
Seagrave has selected the Delfleet Evolution coating system from PPG COMMERCIAL COATINGS. The Delfleet system includes direct gloss and basecoat color, primers, clears, solvents, and ancillaries. It offers 100,000 formulas including 2,300 solid and 1,500 metallic/pearl colors. It also offers a wide choice of VOC-compliant color qualities, low-HAPS colors, primers and clears, and most feature blend ratio of 3:1. For more information on Delfleet, go to www.ppgrefinish.com or call the PPG Technical Support Group at (440) 572-6111. For more information on Seagrave, go to www.seagrave.com.
GLOBE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a manufacturer of firefighter suits and emergency responder gear, has opened a new 32,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Ada, Oklahoma. The company recently completed an expansion of its 73,000-square-foot Pittsfield, New Hampshire, facility to reduce product manufacturing cycle time and increase order output.
AMERICAN LAFRANCE CORPORATION has appointed Karen Haun as marketing manager. She will be responsible for brand development, market research, competitive positioning, advertising, promotions, and other marketing activities for American La-France’s line of fire and emergency apparatus. Haun will also retain her responsibilities as president of the MedicMaster Medical Supplies Division for American LaFrance.
INTERNATIONAL SAFETY INSTRUMENTS (ISI) announced that its Viking SCBA has been approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for use in the presence of potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) agents. The ISI Viking DX and the Viking DXL SCBA are now approved by NIOSH for CBRN use. The ISI Viking ST for law enforcement also received approval. All of these units also meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1981 (2002 Ed.) requirements.
The CBRN test exposed the Viking SCBA to Sarin and mustard agents, demonstrating that these agents did not penetrate the ISI Viking’s facemask or pneumatic assemblies. In late 2004, a CBRN retrofit kit will be available to upgrade existing Viking DX or DXL devices that are NFPA 2002 compliant.
