FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY and HOLMATRO® announce a nationwide agreement to support local fire departments. Holmatro will provide special pricing to Fireman’s Fund for vehicle extrication gear awarded through its Fireman’s Fund Heritage Program®. Fireman’s Fund’s national initiative provides equipment, training, and community education programs to local fire departments. Since 2004, the Heritage Program has awarded more than $23 million in grants to more than 1,400 different departments, with nearly $1 million of that going toward the purchase of extrication sets and related gear. www.firemansfund.com/heritage. www.holmatro-usa.com.
Through a grant from QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, the SAN DIEGO (CA) POLICE FOUNDATION will award nine San Diego County fire agencies financial support totaling nearly $150,000 for programs that increase citizens’ disaster preparedness. The grant money will help purchase training equipment and facilitate a variety of programs, including the training of community emergency response teams. Recipient California fire agencies and programs are the following: Carlsbad Fire Department, Encinitas Fire & Marine Safety, National City Fire Department, Pala Fire Department, Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, Pauma Reservation Fire Department and Pauma Tribal Police Department, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, San Diego Rural Fire Protection District, and San Miguel Fire Protection District. www.sdpolicefoundation.org.
The Santa Clara County (CA) Fire Department awarded ADASHI a contract to put its First Response software in all of its emergency response vehicles. ADASHI will directly integrate with Santa Clara County’s dispatch system, automatically initiating and routing emergency units to an incident using maps and audible turn-by-turn directions. The department’s preplans will be viewable within ADASHI. Hazards, facility information, and site maps pop up automatically. www.adashi.org.
The NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL (NVFC) announces that all NVFC state, department, and personal members are eligible to join the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York’s (FASNY) Federal Credit Union. Nationwide, NVFC members can now use the Union’s services and money-saving deposit and lending products. On receiving the application, the credit union will confirm your NVFC membership. www.fasnycu.com. www.nvfc.org/membership.
A new INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF STANDARDIZATION (ISO) standard for fire safety engineering, ISO 23932:2009, Fire safety engineering—General principles, provides an overview of how fire safety engineering analyses and assessments are conducted, with links to more specific standards, including those already published or under development. The principles in this standard cover any fire phenomena, including fire growth, hot gases, movement of effluents, and structural and compartmentation behavior. You can view the standard at www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=41932.
RESCUE VAC SYSTEMS, INC. was one of 10 winners at the 2009 Chicago Innovation Awards. Recognizing that trench collapse victims were dying because of extended rescue times (six to eight hours using shovels and buckets to remove dirt), Rescue Vac created the 800 series rescue kit. With the kit, seven trench collapse victims have been rescued over the past 18 months. The Chicago Innovation Awards is an annual program that honors significant innovations introduced by Chicago-area companies. www.rescuevac.com. www.chicagoinnovationawards.com.
Engine No. 27 in Washington, D.C., won 5-HOUR ENERGY®’s inaugural “Hardest Working Fire Station” contest and will receive 555 bottles of 5-Hour Energy®, a two-ounce energy shot available in a variety of flavors. 5-Hour Energy® offers a blend of B-vitamins and amino acids. www.5HourEnergy.com.
AWG FITTINGS, LLC announces Paul Carpenter as its new vice president sales—North America, and Steffen Kohleisen as its new general manager—North America. Carpenter was most recently director of sales for both Elkhart Brass and Hale Pumps. He also established Halprin Supply in Pennsylvania. Carpenter has served in the industry as an active volunteer firefighter, training officer, captain, assistant chief, and president of the West Chester (PA) Fire Training Center. Steffen was general manager of the Metz aerial product line at Rosenbauer and has been active with the NFPA 1901 aerial task force group for more than 10 years. He is an active volunteer firefighter with the Kennett Square (PA) Fire Department.
PELICAN PRODUCTS was placed on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5,000 list as one of America’s fastest-growing companies for the second year in a row. The list, published annually, highlights U.S.-based, privately held, and independent companies with more than $2 million in revenues that have increased significantly during the most recent three-year period. The Inc. 5,000 are responsible for creating more than one million jobs since their founding, making the list a good example of the impact that private, fast-growing companies can have on the economy.
Monroe Electronics, Inc. and Digital Alert Systems (DAS), providers of enhanced emergency alert system (EAS) solutions, have merged to create a singular resource with products that satisfy the EAS requirements for the full range of broadcast and government users. The merger enables DAS to focus on direct sales, marketing, and customer service, with Monroe handling manufacturing and development. Monroe will gain an expanded EAS product portfolio that adds the radio-television broadcast and emergency operations center markets to its potential customer base. www.monroe-electronics.com. (800) 821-6001.
On October 2-4, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) held its 28th annual Memorial Weekend at the National Fire Academy campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The Memorial honored the 103 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2008 and 19 firefighters from previous years; their names added to the NFFF Memorial. The memorial service, attended by more than 5,000 family members, friends, and fire service members, featured a program of music, tributes, and the reading of names. Administration officials and members of Congress participated in the program to pay tribute to the fallen heroes. www.firehero.org. (301) 447-1365.
