>> The PIPELINE OPERATORS SAFETY PARTNERSHIP (POSP) will be an exhibitor at FDIC 2013. POSP will host booth #9619, where it will distribute pipeline emergency preparedness information in addition to daily prizes. The group will also support Larry Hjalmarson, retired Williams vice president and selected FDIC speaker on pipeline emergency preparedness. Founded in 2011, POSP is comprised of 19 member companies from the pipeline industry. Committed to building partnerships between pipeline operators and emergency responders, POSP shares resources and provides education needed to safely respond to a pipeline-related emergency. pipelinepartnership.com.
>> AMERICAN PERMALIGHT®, INC. celebrated its 25th anniversary in March 2013. Since 1988, American PERMALIGHT® has been known for its photoluminescent safety products and printable substrates that are activated by ambient lighting and emit their bright luminance in the dark without electricity. In 2001, PERMALIGHT® code-compliant EXIT signs were the first ever photoluminescent signs to earn a UL924-listing from Underwriters Laboratories. PERMALIGHT® UL1994-listed photoluminescent signs and egress path markings now comply with the new IBC/IFC requirements. www.americanpermalight.com. (888) 737-6254.
>> The three Regional Strategy Committees (RSC) of the NATIONAL COHESIVE WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY (COHESIVE STRATEGY) completed Risk Analysis Reports identifying strategies for addressing wildland fire management risk in their respective regions. The reports contain key elements that can be integrated into strategies for addressing the shared goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy: resilient landscapes, fire-adapted communities, and response to wildland fire. Each RSC is comprised of representatives from federal, state, local, and tribal governments and nongovernmental organizations with interests in wildland fire management. Read the Reports at www.forestsandrangelands.gov/strategy/rsc.shtml#riskanalysis.
>> The INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENGINEERS-US BRANCH (IFE) received $13,840 as part of the Motorola Solutions Foundation’s Public Safety and Security Institute. Through the grant, the IFE will coordinate the production of a book designed to assist survivors and families of fallen firefighters with their grief process. The Motorola Solutions Foundation’s Public Safety Grants aim to support safety education and training programs for first responders, their families, and the general public in the United States and Canada. Since 2007, the foundation has provided more than $25 million in grants to public safety organizations in the U.S. and Canada. www.ife-usa.org. www.motorolasolutions.com/giving.
>> The NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) updated its award-winning Learn Not to Burn (LNTB) preschool program, which teaches young children about fire safety. Updates to LNTB feature revised teacher lesson plans and parent/caregiver home link activities. For more than 40 years, LNTB has introduced the basics of fire safety to children with a focus on positive, empowering messages. Primarily taught in schools, LNTB’s program lessons are most appropriate for four- and five-year-olds, but they can be used for kindergarten children as well. Released one at a time, the updated LNTB lesson plans and songs will be free to download on NFPA’s Web site. www.nfpa.org/education.
>> E-ONE toured its eMAX commercial top-mount across the southern U.S. for 10 weeks prior to its unveiling at FDIC 2013. The top-mount offers departments an innovative new configuration The eMAX has been popular since its debut in 2011 because of the configuration’s ability to offer the maximum amount of storage space, maximum accessibility, maximum fire/rescue capability, and maximum maneuverability. It offers a shorter wheelbase than conventional top-mount pumpers because of the narrow 22-inch-wide pump operator’s area while maintaining extra large 60-inch wide front-side compartments, lower preconnected handlines, and increased storage space with enclosed ladder tunnel storage, and a walkway storage area. www.e-one.com.
>> FIRE-LITE ALARMS by Honeywell was recognized by the Security Industry Association (SIA) for its 25 years of membership with the security advocacy group. Of SIA’s nearly 500 corporate members, Fire-Lite Alarms is one of only 19 tenured companies to have achieved this membership milestone. Since its inception in 1952, Fire-Lite Alarms has strongly supported associations such as SIA, which have advocated for the rights of manufacturers and their dealer customers. The association’s focus on training closely mimics Fire-Lite Alarms’ mission to provide dealers a wide variety of educational offerings including free online and hands-on training throughout the U.S. www.firelite.com.
>> STIHL INC. provided a scholarship fund through the National Association of State Park Directors (NASPD) Leadership School at the Oglebay National Training Center in West Virginia. The scholarship affords 15 state park staff from across the country the opportunity to participate in this school. For the past five years, STIHL has enabled more than 50 park personnel from more than 15 states to attend. The NASPD education program was developed as a two-year training program that consists of both distance education and onsite classes to educate future leaders of state parks. www.naspd.org. www.stihlusa.com.
>> The NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL’s (NVFC’s) Volunteer Firefighter Support Fund is taking donations to help volunteer firefighters affected by Hurricane Sandy. The Volunteer Firefighter Support Fund provides stipends of $250 to help volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel meet expenses in the wake of a state- or federally-declared disaster. Volunteers must have suffered an uninsurable loss in excess of $5,000 and be from an NVFC member state as an individual or department member of the state association. All contributions go to providing assistance to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders impacted by disasters. The NVFC donates all administrative costs associated with the fund. Donate at www.nvfc.org/about-us/support-the-nvfc/nvfc-volunteer-firefighter-support-fund.
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