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Colorado State Fire Chiefs’
Association Unveils Travel Website
The Colorado State
Fire Chiefs’ Association has entered into an
agreement with YTB Travel Network, a leading
on-line travel agency, to provide our own
travel website. You, your family and
friends, as well as any member of your
department, their families and friends can
take advantage of this website.
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Governor’s Office Issues New Flag
Policy
March 6, 2008 – Gov. Ritter’s Office today announced
a revision to the Governor’s Flag Policy. This
revision was done to clear up any confusion that
existed concerning the governor’s policy on lowering
of the U.S. and State of Colorado flags for the
line-of-duty death of a firefighter or law
enforcement officer.
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Governor Ritter Appoints Firefighter
Training and Certification Advisory Board
March 4, 2008 – Gov. Bill Ritter today appointed the
Fire
Service Training and Certification Advisory Board.
The purpose of the board is to advise the Director
on the administration of the voluntary fire service
education and training program within the Colorado
Division of Fire Safety and the voluntary
firefighter and first responder certification
programs.
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Representative Witwer Honored by Fire Chiefs
Association
Centennial – At their quarterly meeting held
on Friday, March 14, 2008, the Colorado
State Fire Chiefs’ Association (CSFCA)
honored Representative Rob Witwer
(R-Genesee) for his contributions to fire
and life safety during the 2007 legislative
session.
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Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse Program
Emergency responder agencies can acquire, at
no charge, radiological detection
instrumentation, Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE), e.g., Self-Contained
Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and turnout gear,
and safety, response and recovery equipment,
vehicles, and apparatus through the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
Office of Grants and Training (G&T) Homeland
Defense Equipment Reuse (HDER) Program.
These equipment resources can potentially
enhance ESS critical infrastructure
protection activities as well as
organizational readiness.
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Focus on the
Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act
In 2003, Congress passed the Hometown Heroes
Survivors Benefits Act, which the President
signed into law. The purpose of this act was
to ensure that the families of public safety
officers who died in the line of duty due to
a heart attack or stroke would receive
benefits under the U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ)’s Public Safety Officers’
Benefits (PSOB) program.
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State of Colorado Emergency Resource
Inventory Website
Need to
Update Information
The State of Colorado Emergency Resource Inventory website
was developed to support the Colorado
State Emergency Resource Mobilization
Plan (CSERMP).
In order for the website to be of value
to all users, the data must be
maintained current. The Division of Fire
Safety asks the individual agencies to
log onto the website and update their
information whenever contact or resource
changes are made, and at least annually.
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"Members Helping Members" Directory
Published
The
recently adopted Strategic Plan for the Colorado State
Fire Chiefs’ Association (CSFCA) calls for the
development of a Technical Advisory Group, or a "Members
Helping Members" network.
The first draft of the "Members Helping Members"
Network Directory has been published and posted to the
CSFCA website.
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MSEC /
CSFCA Wage and Benefit Survey Available
For the sixth year, Mountain States
Employers Council, 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.
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