Colorado State Fire Chiefs’ Association

2008 Membership Recruitment Campaign

 

JOIN – RENEW – RECRUIT

 

Join or renew your membership in the CSFCA before April 30, 2008, or recruit new members or corporate sponsors before June 30, 2008 and be eligible for prizes including a Full-Conference Registration to Fire Rescue International 2008 to be held in Denver on August 14-16, 2008.  


2008 CFFF Memorial Ceremony to be May 10
 

The Colorado Fallen Firefighters Foundation will be sponsoring, on May 10, 2008, a Procession of Fire Apparatus and a Memorial Service in celebration of the lives of all Firefighters who have made the ultimate sacrifice protecting the lives and property of the people in our communities here in Colorado. 


2008 MSEC / CSFCA Wage and Benefit Survey Available

 

For the seventh year, Mountain States Employers Council (MSEC), Inc. was requested by the Colorado State Fire Chief’s to act as a third party data collector to conduct a salary and benefits survey for fire protection agencies throughout Colorado.  The survey has been compiled and published and is ready for distribution. 


Volunteer Firemen Devore and Schwartz Paid

'Ultimate Price'

 

John Schwartz and Terry DeVore were corrections officers at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility and members of the Olney Springs Volunteer Fire Department. They died when their emergency vehicle fell from a collapsing bridge while heading to fight the Ordway wildfire.


Montana Pilot Marais 'Loved To Fly'

 

Gert Marais, 42, of Fort Benton, Montana, a Colorado State Forest Service contract pilot was killed when his Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) crashed while fighting the wildland fire at Fort Carson.  Marais worked for Aero Applicators, a Sterling company that contracts aerial firefighting services to the Colorado State Forest Service. 


Division of Fire Safety Announces Availability of Hazardous Materials Training Funds

 

April 10, 2008 – The Colorado Division of Fire Safety announced today receipt of hazardous materials training funds from the Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning (HMEP) grant program administered by the Division of Emergency Management. 


Planning for the 2008 Fire Leadership Challenge Well Underway

 

The 17th Annual Fire Leadership Challenge will take place on December 4-6, 2008 at the Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge.  The CSFCA Leadership Challenge Committee is already working to plan a conference that will make our final year in Breckenridge the best ever. 


CSFCA Member Updates

Feb. 11, 2008

CSFCA Member Update

Feb. 18, 2008

CSFCA Member Update

Feb. 25, 2008

CSFCA Member Update

March 4, 2008

CSFCA Member Update

March 22, 2008

CSFCA Member Update

Note: Previous CSFCA Member Updates have been moved to the library here.  For an index of articles that appeared in the CSFCA Member Updates, click here.


CSFCA Legislative Reports & Status Sheets

March 27, 2008

Legislative Status Sheet

April 6, 2008

Legislative Status Sheet

April 14, 2008

Legislative Status Sheet


Colorado Fire Journal

May/June 2007

Colorado Fire Journal (3.4 MB)

July/August 2007

Colorado Fire Journal (2.9 MB)


 

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Fire Fatalities

May 05, 2008

14

civilian fire fatalities have been reported by fire departments or news media in Colorado during 2008 (ytd)

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News Archive

Focus on the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act

 

Please Read Message Concerning Email Addresses

 

CSFCA Travel Website YTB Travel Network

 
 







 

CSFCA is a member of the Missouri Valley Division of the
International Association of Fire Chiefs

Missouri Valley Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs