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 UPCOMING EVENTSThe Texas Fire Chiefs Workshop is a comprehensive networking opportunity for current Fire Chiefs (Head of Department). Earn the Additional 20 Hours Required by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection with your peers in one event! The workshop will take place Dec. 14-16 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa, 9800 Hyatt Resort Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78251.
This high-energy program will address the hottest issues and challenges facing company officers in today’s Fire Service. This program addresses MANY topics such as Communication, Trust, Ethics, Diversity, Generational challenges, CISM, Accountability, and Social Media to name just a few. This is NOT a “Top-down” lecture on how to be a company officer. Recall the passion you owned when you entered the Fire Service? You will, when you rekindle the knowledge and experience you bring to the Company Officer rank. Are you a brand-new officer (or about to be), searching for a spark for preparedness? Are you a salty, experienced officer, who could use to have their passion reignited? This program is for all company officers and will enhance your "Love of The Game!”
Inspired by the Texas Fire Chief’s Annual Workshop, this gathering is designed specifically for the Second in Command. Attendees will tackle common challenges encountered in their position and will discuss innovations and strategies used in departments throughout Texas. Past history shows that these formal and informal conversations provide dynamic networking opportunities made possible by the diverse and talented professionals of the Texas Fire Service. Class size is limited, so please make plans now to attend. This class is open to all fire service personnel who are considered Second in Command to their Head of Department. There are no prerequisites to attend this Workshop. The Workshop will take place from January 23-25, 2023 at the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center, 177 Joe Routt Blvd. REGISTER TODAY | BOOK HOTEL ONLINE | LEARN MORE & BECOME A SPONSOR Become an outstanding leader in the fire services community by acquiring fresh and up-to-date leadership training through the TEEX Leadership Development Symposium. Topics include leadership, management, safety, budgeting, and more. The 2023 Leadership Development Symposium will be held on January 9-11, 2023 in Frisco, TX! For event details, registration and hotel reservation information follow the link.
The National Fire Academy (NFA) provides free, specialized training courses and advanced management programs for middle- and top-level fire officers, fire service instructors, technical professionals, and representatives from allied professions. Apply by Dec. 15. for on-campus courses scheduled from April to September 2023.
The Palo Duro Wildfire Academy will take place Feb. 17-26 at the High Plains Retreat Center in Canyon, TX. All classes offered are NWCG approved PMS 901-1. The deadline to register is Feb. 3 and includes includes lodging, breakfast, and lunch.
Pflugerville will be hosting the next Quality Improvement Through Accreditation class on April 4-6, 2023. This course features three full days of instruction to help agencies prepare for accreditation under the 10th edition of the CFAI model. This is a pre-requisite for accreditation managers and peer assessors. A consortium meeting will likely be hosted the day before. Click the link below to register.
INDUSTRY NEWSSOURCE: U.S. Fire Administration
Drexel University’s Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST) Stress and Violence in Fire-Based EMS Responders (SAVER) program has released a set of policies to protect responders from workplace stress and violence. The policies are designed to shift much of the health and safety responsibility from the individual first responder to the organization by focusing on training, policy, and environmental modifications.
TEXAS STATE NEWSSOURCE: Fort Worth Texas, City News
Fort Worth’s newest fire station officially opened last week. The addition of Station 45, 1901 Quail Grove Drive in far north Fort Worth, will improve response time for emergency personnel across north Fort Worth, which has seen substantial population growth over the last 10 years.
SOURCE: The Texas Tribune
Texas homeowners have some of the highest property tax bills in the nation. If a historic property tax break for Texans is to become a reality in the 2023 legislative session, the Legislature might have to break the state’s constitutional spending limit for the next two years.
TCFP UPDATESTML NEWSThis update covers the following:
• Lieutenant Governor Reveals Priorities for 88th Legislative Session • Get Involved During the Legislative Session: Grassroots Involvement Program • Comptroller Transfers $7.3B to State Highway Fund and Economic Stabilization Fund • DOJ to Host Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Informational Briefing • NLC Releases ARPA Investment Tracker • Federal Infrastructure Bill Update • House and Senate Committee Interim Hearings • City-Related Bills Filed
TEEX NEWS
This coming March, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) will host its 8th Annual Tribal Nations Training Week. The annual event is the largest tribal training event in the Department of Homeland Security. As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center (TEEX/NERRTC) offers yearly courses at Tribal Training Week. At the 2023 event, TEEX/NERRTC will provide four courses, including Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents, Understanding Targeted Cyber Attacks, Emergency Operations Center Management and Operations, and Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and Stakeholder Preparedness.
Instructor II Course The NFPA 1041 Fire Instructor II course is designed to meet the needs of entry-level fire and emergency service instructors by meeting or exceeding the job performance requirements in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1041, Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications, Chapter 5 “Fire Instructor II. Dates and Locations: Fire Officer I The NFPA 1021 Fire Officer I course is designed for the first-line company officer/supervisor and satisfies the requirements of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1021 Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, Chapter 4 “Fire Officer I.” It is designed around classroom lectures and group exercises to improve your abilities to manage a single fire company. This includes responsibilities such as the development of an Incident Action Plan (IAP), personnel management and mentoring, and community relations. Dates and Locations: Fire Officer II The NFPA 1021 Fire Officer II course is designed to meet the needs of the mid-level officer/supervisor and satisfies the requirements of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, Chapter 5 “Fire Officer II.” It is designed around classroom lectures and group interactive exercises to improve your abilities to manage multiple fire companies, including responsibilities such as strategic planning and operations, personnel development, and organizational communications. Dates and Locations: Fire Officer III The NFPA 1021 Fire Officer III course is designed to meet the needs of fire executive management and satisfies the requirements of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, Chapter 6 “Fire Officer III.” It is designed around classroom lectures and group interactive exercises to improve your abilities to manage a fire service organization, with an emphasis on community/government relations, as well as model planning, budgeting, human resources, trends and support organizations, and emergency service delivery. This course includes a written project that requires you to develop a strategic plan. Dates and Locations:
FIRE LAW BLOG
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup, hosts Brad and Curt discuss a suit filed by a Georgia battalion chief who claims she was improperly categorized as an exempt employee and improperly denied overtime; an Illinois ruling that a former fire chief was entitled to pension credit for the four and a half months he was on paid administrative leave prior to his retirement; a lawsuit filed against the LAFD by a patient who was dropped; a suit by Wyoming firefighter whose wife was killed in a wildland fire; and a contentious suit over the right of firefighters in the District of Columbia Fire & EMS to have beards.
HONORING OUR CRAFT
SOURCE: KSAT
As part of the San Antonio Fire Department’s first Mental Health Stand-Down Week, firefighter Kevin Burke released a moving spoken word poem about mental health challenges in the industry. “Hard to get guys to say when they need help and not see that as a sign of weakness,” Burke said.
SOURCE: NBC2
The New York Hook and the Halligan bar are tools utilized by firefighters everywhere. Jon Lockwood decided to combine them into one efficient tool: the Lockwood Hook. Jon’s ingenuity is now appreciated across the country. “In my work as I’m going toward a burning building… if I’m fumbling with my tools and people are trapped, we don’t have time,” he said.
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