Job Posting - JIBC Program Coordinator

Date: 6/22/2008 12:36:19 PM     By: Dean Colthorp
Link: http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/161.asp?jobpostingid=7835
Position: Program Coordinator – Fire Fighter Programs
Academy: Fire & Safety Division, Maple Ridge Campus
Reporting to: Program Director – Maple Ridge


http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/161.asp?jobpostingid=7835

Salt Spring Island JIBC Training Weekend

Date: 6/22/2008 9:26:24 AM     By: Jamie Holmes
Link: http://www.saltspringfire.com/
July 11-12-13th 2008

Course Offerings:

1. Fire and Life Safety Educator II /III(July 11-12-13)
2. Strategies & Tactics(July 12-13)
3. Marina Fire Fighting(July 12-13)
4. Confined Space Awareness (with Intro to Operations)(July 12-13)
5. Tender Operations for Rural Fire Departments(July 12-13)
6. Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Operations(July 11-12-13)
7. BC Fire Fighter Evaluator NFPA 1001(July 12-13)
8. BC Fire Fighter Evaluator NFPA 1001 RECERT ONLY (July 11th)
9. Fire Service Instructor I (July 11-12-13)
10. Public Speaking for Fire Service Personnel(July 12-13(**Register via Salt Spring Fire Dept.**) Instructor Deputy Chief Tim Pley
11. BC Fire Code Office of the Fire Commissioner(July 12th)(**Register via Salt Spring Fire Dept.**) 1-250-537-2531
12. Wild Land Structural Protection Office of the Fire Commissioner(July 13th)(**Register via Salt Spring Fire Dept.**) 1-250-537-2531

Check out our web page for all the info.

Jamie Holmes
Training Officer
SSIFD

CITY OF PITT MEADOWS HIRES NEW FIRE CHIEF

Date: 6/10/2008 10:55:13 PM     By: Dean Colthorp
Link:
PITT MEADOWS, BC:
After an extensive national search, the City of Pitt Meadows is pleased to announce the appointment of Don Jolley as the City's newest Fire Chief.

Many will remember Don in his previous role as the City's Deputy Fire Chief, Training Officer. For the past eighteen months Don has been employed as a Deputy Fire Chief, Langley City Fire Rescue Service. In this position, Don had direct responsibility for all aspects of fire and rescue service in Langley's composite department (paid and volunteer members). During this time Don also acquired his Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Professional Designation from the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs. CAO Jake Rudolph in commenting on the appointment was pleased to see Chief Jolley rejoining the team and congratulated him on his recent designation. "This designation is only awarded to a select few who qualify and we are pleased Don will now be able to apply his expertise in our organization. Don's time away from us has served him well and we look forward to him bringing his additional knowledge and experience as he takes on this new leadership role. "

Mayor Maclean was also pleased to be welcoming Don back. "I can tell you that Don is passionate about rejoining the City of Pitt Meadows. He is delighted to be returning to the community and participating at both the senior management level and within the fire service."

"I look forward to getting reacquainted with Council, staff, the volunteer members and working with the skilled management team of Brad Perrie, Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Prevention, Rob Chatton, Assistant Fire Chief/Training Officer and Dennis Barron, Assistant Chief/Volunteer" added Jolley. "This is an exciting time for Pitt Meadows and the fire department and I look forward to playing a role in moving our community forward."

Chief Jolley will be taking over from Chief Bill Park who is retiring this month after nearly 30 years with the department-the last ten as Chief.

Safety Notice - Aerial Locking Waterway

Date: 6/6/2008 4:27:46 PM     By: Bob Weicker
Link: http://www.bcftoa.com/private/docs/training/Aerial Locking Waterway.pdf
Please read the attached Safety Bulletin and instruct all your personnel accordingly. We don’t want a similar incident up here.



Regards,

Bob Weicker

FRONTLINE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING

3681 Cameron Rd. Courtenay, BC V9N 9R4

Ph: 250-897-2945

email: frontlinetraining@telus.net

Workshop Survey

Date: 6/4/2008 11:32:21 AM     By: Trent Shields
Link: http://www.bcfire.ca
The 2008 Educational Workshop was a huge success. We'd like to thank all those that participated in the training. In order to make things even better for next year, please take a moment to re-visit the
Seminar Page and complete the survey. We appreciate your time and input.

Thank you,
Trent Shields, Secretary BCFTOA

Update on Dennis Montgomery

Date: 4/20/2008 10:55:26 AM     By: Trent Shields
Link:
For those of you that are interested in how Dennis has been, I've received an email from him the other day. He is still in the fight, here is what he has to say.

I've had several inquiries about my condition, so I thought I would bring you up to date. Will Start with the facts, I have Grade 3 Astrocyama Brain Cancer. I had two tumors removed in April of 2008. A new tumor has appeared since then which means I'm waiting for an MRI on April 23rd then will decide if surgery is an option.

Dennis can be reached at the following email.

mscs@telus.net


Cheers

Trent

FSLG Update March 31,2008

Date: 4/8/2008 1:24:15 PM     By: Trent Shields
Link: http://www.bcftoa.com/public/FSLG-Update03-31-08.pdf
To Members of the FSLG Associations
I would like to provide you with an update on the BC Fire Services Model Development
Project, the initiative being undertaken by the Fire Services Liaison Group (“FSLG”) to
set long term direction and develop a plan for the future of fire services within the
province. In this communication I have used the same Q&A format that I employed in
my prior updates.

To read the full report >> FSLG Update for March 31st, 2008

Cheers
Trent SHields, 1st Vice President BCFTOA

Projectors review site

Date: 4/3/2008 9:09:55 AM     By: Trent Shields
Link: http://www.aboutprojectors.com/
We all need to use power point these days, and to do so we need a good projector. I came across a good review site for projectors that you may want to check out before your next purchase.

http://www.aboutprojectors.com/

I will continue to scour the net for more of these helpful sites that can help you out.

Trent Shields, 1st Vice BCFTOA

Added some new files

Date: 3/31/2008 12:36:35 PM     By: Trent Shields
Link: http://www.bcftoa.com/training.asp
Hi everyone,

I've added some new files and a couple links to the site. They are all about training props. I'm combing the internet for more resources like this, If you have any plans that you'd like to share, or know of some, send a link to me and I'll include it in the training section.

• Mobile Training Prop Plans


• Indiana Fire Training Props


• FireBlast Training props

Cheers
Trent

Rebecca Denlinger appointed Fire Commisioner for BC

Date: 2/13/2008 5:07:51 PM     By: Trent Shields
Link:

Rebecca Denlinger has accepted the position of Fire Commissioner for the Province of British Columbia.

Ms. Denlinger brings to her new role more than three decades of experience with Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services in Georgia (located in the metropolitan Atlanta area), where she began as a firefighter and served most recently as fire chief since 1997 in a department with 654 positions.

In her new position, Ms. Denlinger will be called upon to lead a staff of 25 in the Victoria-based Office of the Fire Commissioner. Her focus will be on strengthening relationships with the province’s 400-plus fire departments and enhancing the OFC’s role in fire investigations and fire and life safety education.

Ms. Denlinger's varied qualifications include certification as a firefighter, emergency medical technician, hazmat response technician, fire instructor and smoke diver. In 2004, President Bush appointed her to serve on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council and she has also served on several committees of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs. Ms. Denlinger is also on the Board of Directors of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). In 2005, Ms. Denlinger was named Public Safety Employee of the Year by the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce.

Rebecca Denlinger will commence her duties in early March. Please join me in welcoming her to the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and to Emergency Management BC.

W.H.(Wes) SHOEMAKER
Associate Deputy Minister
Emergency Management BC (EMBC)
Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General
Bus: (250) 953-4083
Fax: (250) 387-4872
wes.shoemaker@gov.bc.ca

FSLG - Email to Members

Date: 2/7/2008 12:20:58 PM     By: Dave Palmer
Link: http://www.bcftoa.com/public/Email to FTOA 02-07-08.pdf
To FTOA Member
As we informed you previously, the Fire Services Liaison Group (“FSLG”) comprised of
the key stakeholders with direct management and administration involvement in the fire
service, is undertaking a major project to develop a broadly based new Fire Service
Model for the province. As part of this work it is essential that the important issues and
current or anticipated major developments facing the Fire Service be properly identified
and verified. To obtain this information questionnaire surveys of all the fire departments
and local governments/Authorities Having Jurisdiction in BC are being conducted.
It is essential that we obtain input from as many fire departments and Authorities Having
Jurisdiction as possible. It is important that your department be included so I would like
to personally ask you to participate in the survey. The questionnaire can be completed on
the internet by going to www.fcabc.bc.ca , click on Fire Service Model Development
Project and click on FSLG Fire Department Questionnaire. If you wish to provide your
input in a pen and paper format, e-mail, telephone or write to the Mike Sommers, the
FSLG Project Manager, and he will provide a copy. He can be reached at:

· msommers@smgcolumbia.com ;
· 604-990-9680; or
· 1028 Clements Avenue,
North Vancouver, BC V7R 2L4

A few points about the questionnaire:
· If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Mike Sommers.
· The deadline for completion of the questionnaire is March 14th, although we would
appreciate it if you could provide your responses as quickly as possible.
· At first glance the questionnaire may seem to be somewhat long. This is due to the
space taken by the checkbox format that has been utilized for simplicity. Test timings
conducted during questionnaire development determined that the questionnaire can be
completed in well under an hour.
· We want to receive one completed questionnaire from each fire department. The
questionnaire has been broadly distributed to members of the FSLG Associations so
your fire department management team should coordinate their efforts to produce a
single response.
An equivalent questionnaire has been provided to your Authority Having Jurisdiction.
We would appreciate it if you would encourage your local Authority (CAO) to participate
in the survey. This questionnaire can be accessed at www.fcabc.bc.ca , click on Fire
Service Model Development Project, then click on FSLG local Government (Jurisdiction
Having Authority) Questionnaire.

Thank you for your support and participation.
Dave Palmer
President,
BC Fire Training Officer’s Association

Emergency Childbirth & Neonatal Resuscitation program

Date: 2/5/2008 12:51:00 PM     By: Trent Shields
Link: http://www.bcftoa.com/public/Life_Support_British_Columbia.pdf


As you may be aware, Life Support British Columbia has developed the Emergency Childbirth & Neonatal Resuscitation program for delivery to First Responders in British Columbia. Over the fall and early winter of 2007 we have travelled to many fire departments around the province to delivery this program. Our goal is to complete this training program for all interested first responders and fire departments by the end of 2008.

The emergency childbirth & neonatal resuscitation course is five hours in length and covers:

-Normal pregnancy & development

-Routine delivery presentations

-Complicated delivery presentations such as breech birth, prolapsed cord and limb presentation

-Basic neonatal resuscitation (what to do when an infant is born ‘flat’)

-Pediatric Bag-Valve-Mask Training Component

Teaching aids include the use of obstetrical dolls to simulate all aspects of childbirth as well as pediatric airway trainers and BVM’s.

The program has been reviewed by the Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Branch for delivery to First Responders.

Scheduling of 2008 offerings is now taking place, if your department is interested in this training please feel free to contact me using one of the below methods. Email is best.

Please see attached .pdf file for further information on this course.

Kind Regards;

Graham Williamson
Director, Pre-Hospital Care & Resuscitation Programs
Life Support British Columbia
Office: 250-248-2137
Cellular: 250-240-2975

WorksafeBC Safety Bulletin

Date: 1/27/2008 1:50:44 PM     By: Trent Shields
Link: http://www2.worksafebc.com/publications/posters.asp?reportID=34842
Safety Bulletin

Fire Fighter collapses from heat stress in training

Please read and share the following safety bulletin with your department.

http://www2.worksafebc.com/publications/posters.asp?reportID=34842

Thank you

Trent Shields

Fire Service Laiason Group Update

Date: 1/24/2008 10:05:09 AM     By: Dave Palmer
Link: http://www.bcftoa.com/public/FSLGSurvey.pdf
To Members of the FTOA

I would like to provide you with an update on the BC Fire Services Model Development
Project, the initiative being undertaken by the Fire Services Liaison Group (“FSLG”) to
set long term direction and develop a plan for the future of fire services within the
province. In this communication I have used the same Q&A format that I employed in
my last update at the end of November.

To read the full text please download the pdf at FSLG Survey.pdf
Please take the time to read this document thoroughly as it has great import for the future of the fire service in BC.

Dave Palmer,
President BCFTOA.

Basic Fire fighter "train the trainer" dates

Date: 1/13/2008 7:46:56 PM     By: Dean Colthrop
Link: http://bcftoa.com/private/docs/training/FFBasic.html

Course Schedule

Scheduled dates :
June 7-8, 2008	South Cariboo (specific location to be determined)
Sept 20, 21	Okanagan Falls
October 4, 5	Castlegar