Section Officers :
Chair : Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder
Vice Chair : Chief Al Gillespie
Secretary : Chief Dan Gaumont
Treasurer : Chief Scott Kerwood

International Director : Chief I. David Daniels

At Large Directors :
Chief Rich Anderson, Ret.
Assistant Chief Brett Bowman
Chief Robert Dube
Battalion Chief Dennis Ham
Battalion Chief Danny Kistner
Chief Gary Morris
Deputy Chief Ed Nied
Battalion Chief Keith Padgett
Battalion Chief Matt Tobia

Organizational Liaison :
Fire Police Officer Steve Austin
(CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute)
Deputy Director Ricky Brockman (DoD)
Chief Jeff Cash (NVFC)
Mr. Phil Chovan (FDSOA)
Mr. Rich Duffy (IAFF)
Mr. Tim Merinar (NIOSH)
Chief Christopher Naum, Ret., SFPE (ISFSI)
Chief Gordon Routley, Ret. (NFFF)

Website Committee :
Chief Ricky Brockman (Chair)
Chief Dan Gaumont
Deputy Chief Kevin Brame
Chief Reggie Freeman
Lt. Nicol Juratovac
Safety Officer Peter McBride
Battalion Chief Keith Padgett
Chief Robert Stahl, Jr.

Staff Liaison :
Victoria Lee
Program Manager
International Association of Fire Chiefs
4025 Fair Ridge Drive, #300
Fairfax, VA 22033
Tel: 571-221-2813
Fax: 541-306-3775
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Six Georgia Firefighters Rescued from Blaze
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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Six DeKalb County firefighters were rushed to the hospital with minor injuries Thursday after they were pulled from a burning home by fellow firefighters. The men were injured when a floor collapsed in the burning home on Sandy Lake Drive in Lithonia. "There was a may day ...

 
   
 
Ohio Firefighters Stunned By Backdraft
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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XENIA, Ohio -- Xenia Firefighters faced dangerous conditions after being called to a house fire at 990 South Detroit Street late Monday evening. Firefighters said the flames hit a large, three story Victorian home that had been subdivided into three apartments. They said all of...

 
 
Fatigue Is a 2nd Danger for California Firefighters
Thursday, July 10, 2008
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CONCOW, Calif., July 9 — For the men from the Lathrop-Manteca firehouse gathered near a smoldering subdivision called Camelot, the weariness hangs like smoke around them. The extent and intensity of the fires that have gouged the landscape across the state is something they have never se...

 
   
 
FIRE DEPARTMENT FITNESS TRAINER FIGHTS INJURIES
Monday, July 7, 2008
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Tracy Lansaw's job is to keep county firefighters in shape, but she's saving their lives as well. Lansaw is the Anne Arundel County Fire Department's fitness coordinator, which means she helps them with nutritional education and workout advice. She trains other firefighte...

 
 
NEBRASKA FIREFIGHTERS LUCKY AFTER 'BACK FLASH'
Sunday, July 6, 2008
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Six Omaha firefighters were engulfed in flames this morning as they searched for people inside a burning house at 3319 Corby St. Capt. Lonnie Bettin said he and his five-member team were searching the top floor of the two-story home about 8:55 a.m. when they found themselves caught in a "back ...

 
 
ON-DUTY CHICAGO FIREFIGHTER SHOT
Monday, June 30, 2008
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CHICAGO - Authorities say an on-duty Chicago firefighter who was shot in the ribs while investigating a possible arson suffered wounds that aren't life threatening. Chicago Fire Commissioner Raymond Orozco says the firefighter, identified as 45-year-old Donald Kox, was shot early Sunday on th...

 
 
AVONDALE FIRE-RESCUE FOCUSED ON A NUMBER OF CRITICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES
Friday, June 27, 2008
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During Safety Health and Survival Week, 2008, Avondale Fire-Rescue focused on a number of Critical Health and Safety issues. The entire duty day for each shift was dedicated to a series of mini-activities which were coordinated by the Battalion Safety Officer and the Peer Fitness Trainer assigned...

 
   
 
WASHINGTON D.C. FIRE TAKES CARE OF ITS OWN DURING SHS WEEK.
Friday, June 27, 2008
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DCFEMS worked hard this week to ensure that their people were getting the best training and care. Take a moment and check out what the nation’s capital fire department did during Safety, Health and Survival week.

 
   
 
PEACHTREE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES SAFETY, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL WEEK
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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In recognition of the Safety, Health and Survival Week, the members of the Peachtree City Georgia Fire Department took time to review a couple of important programs within the Department. These programs were designed with Firefighter safety, health and well-being in mind. The Peachtree City Fire ...

 
   
   
 
NFPA PODCASTS FOR SAFETY WEEK
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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During Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week of June 22-28, the National Fire Protection Association will release a daily podcast highlighting different issues related to health safety among fire service members. All podcasts will be available online at www.nfpa.org/FSTpodcasts. The f...

 
 
POMPANO BEACH FIREFIGHTER HURT BY EXPLODING FIRE HYDRANT
Monday, June 23, 2008
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POMPANO BEACH - A firefighter was taken to the hospital this morning after a fire hydrant "blew out of the ground" and struck him while he was helping fight a blaze, a Pompano Beach fire rescue spokeswoman said. Driver/engineer Edwin Adams, who was taken to Imperial Medical Center, suffered mi...

 
   
 
FIRE/EMS SAFETY, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL WEEK RUNS THROUGH JUNE 28
Monday, June 23, 2008
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Take a moment to think about the people whose pictures you carry in your wallet. If fire and rescue personnel did that, there would be a reduction in the number of deaths and injuries, a fire safety advocate says. "We're all risk takers. But, we need to take time to do the basics like wea...

 
 
FIREFIGHTER FALLS FROM LADDER ONTO COLLEAGUE
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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Colorado - Two firefighters suffered minor injuries Thursday when one fell from a ladder and landed on the other as they battled an apartment blaze in the Beverly Heights neighborhood. The firefighters were taken to St. Anthony Central Hospital, where they were being treated, said Cindy Matthews,...

 
 
FIREFIGHTER'S INJURIES WORSE THAN REPORTED
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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California - At least one firefighter caught in a cyclone of wind and flame in the Indians Fire was injured more seriously than government officials had publicly disclosed, an internal U.S. Forest Service memo shows. More than a week after a harrowing June 11 "burnover" engulfed four firefighters...

 
 
VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM TO ADDRESS REDUCING LODD
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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The Public Entity Risk Institute will present a two-week online symposium addressing the high rate of firefighter deaths and injuries. The free Symposium on Reducing Firefighter Deaths & Injuries: Changes in Concept, Policy, and Practice will be held Sept. 22-October 3, in the PERI Symposium Cent...

 

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3 Firefighters Killed in Bejing, China
Friday, July 18, 2008
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    BEIJING, July 18 -- Three fire fighters were killed and nine injured after a 50-meter-long girder collapsed during a huge factory fire in Shanghai Thursday.     The director of the Shanghai Fire Control Bureau, Chen Fei, said last night...

 
   
 
UPSTATE NEW YORK FIRE CHIEF BURNED OFF DUTY
Friday, July 18, 2008
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Caledonia Fire Chief Anthony DeMarco, Jr. sustained serious burns to his face, arms and legs while conducting a controlled burn in Caledonia on July 4, 2008. T...

 
   
 
CLOSE CALL FOR FIREFIGHTERS IN GEORGIA-FIRE & COLLAPSE
Friday, July 18, 2008
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At a house fire yesterday in Lithonia, GA, 6 Dekalb County Fire & Rescue members were transported to local hospitals following a building collapse.  Units were operating at a large (~5000+ sqft) home when t...

 
   
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRE APPARATUS STRUCK ON THE INTERSTATE
Friday, July 18, 2008
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A Missouri motorist is facing motor vehicle charges after colliding with a Tilton-Northfield Fire Department fire engine that was en route to a medical aid call on Interstate 93 Wednesday morning, authorities said.
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2 Reporters Shot, Firefighter Grazed at Indy Fire
Friday, July 18, 2008
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A photographer for WISH-TV (Channel 8) and a freelance photographer were struck by gunfire early this morning while at the scene of a Near-Eastside blaze, police say.

An Indianapolis firefighter al...


 
 
Public Safety Officials Blame City Hall for Late Response at Police Shooting
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Public safety union bosses in Atlanta claim City Hall is to blame for a delayed response of emergency medical personnel to the shooting scene.

The union leaders point to the area where the shooting occurred on the southwest side and the location of Fire ...

 
   
 
Texas FF Heart Attack LODD
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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We regret to advise you that  
   
 
TENNESSEE RESPONDING APPARATUS ROLLS OVER WHILE RESPONDING
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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2 Tennessee Firefighters received with minor injuries after their apparatus rolled over while responding to a house fire in Maynardville this afternoon (Wednesday). Members of the Luttrell VFD were called to respond around 1445 hours and ...

 
   
 
Firefighter burned in stump hole fall
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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A Firefighter was hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns to his legs Monday in what may be the worst injury among 30 suffered by firefighters in the Butte Lightning Complex blazes. 

Official information on the incident was sketchy Tuesday. The m...

 
   
 
NY FIREFIGHTER STRUCK AT CRASH SITE
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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(This incident happened last Friday, but because were were "down" for site upgrades for 5 days and considering how many of us are struck annually, we wanted it posted) 65-year-old NY Firefighter Gary Wahl responded to the scene of a car accident and suddenly became...

 
   
 
CLOSE CALL AT HOUSE FIRE IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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A Rochester Firefighter was taken to the hospital after things went wrong during a fire on the city’s west side. He was battling a fire after 1:00 Tuesday morning at 465 Colvin St., which is off Jay Street. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke pouring out of the attic when they arrived. One...

 
   
 
ATLANTA MAYOR BOOED
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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It was supposed to be a solemn ceremony to say farewell to Atlanta's oldest fire station. Instead, it was overshadowed by a verbal confrontation between Mayor Shirley Franklin and about a dozen demonstrators who did not want Fire Station 7 closed. "This is wrong!" the...

 
   
 
MN. FIRE STATION STRUCK
Thursday, July 10, 2008
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A vehicle crashed into a north side fire station about 5:30 p.m. today, damaging both the building and a firetruck, said Tiffany Wynn, spokeswoman for the Milwaukee Fire Department. At least one person in the vehicle was injured, Wynn said, but no fire department personnel were injured. Additiona...

 
   
 
LODD-OHIO APPARATUS ROLLOVER-FIREFIGHTER (DRIVER) EJECTED AND KILLED WHILE RESPONDING TO FIRE CALL
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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It is with deep regret that we advise you of the Line of Duty Death of Pitt Township (Wyandot County) Ohio, Firefighter Richard Kear, 58, who was killed last night as a result of an apparatus rollover. Initial reports are that the engine was responding to a car fire in a residential garage. What...

 
   
 
SPOKANE (WA) RESPOND TO A WILDLAND FIRE AND...FIND A LAND MINE!
Monday, July 7, 2008
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Fire crews got a big surprise Sunday evening while they were working to contain a brush fire near Liberty Park on Spokane’s South Hill. Crews were able to quickly contain the fire, but while cleaning up during overhaul, they discovered what is believed to be a landmine. Text on the device read, “...

 
   
   

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Current SHS Section projects and issues

1. Developing recommendations for improvement to NIOSH’s Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) with respect to LODD investigations. Download the report (pdf)
2. Developing recommendations for reporting fire equipment problems and failures.
3. Fulfilling the health and safety goal included in the IAFC’s strategic plan.
4. Developing position statements on cancer presumption legislation and the use of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
5. Exploring the possibility of hosting a health and safety summit or conference.
6. Conducting health and safety pre-conference workshops at the annual IAFC conference, as well as other safety programs during the conference.
7. Developing health and safety programs that can be presented at IAFC division conferences.
8. Serving on a steering committee that is researching reported problems with radio transmissions on the fireground.
9. Assisting the IAFC in the development of policy statements related to health and safety.
10. Developing partnerships with other organizations interested in firefighter safety such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), etc.
11. Developing a library of model procedures and other safety related materials.
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