COUNTY FIRE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION MEETINGS

DIVISION UPDATES – March 2010

• The Spring 2010 Courses for FO/FI, Instructors and FF’s registration periods are as follows: March 1 – 5 for appointed and non-appointed officials; March 8 open registration period. Online registration and course seminars are posted on the DFS website at www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs.

• New Jersey Weekend will be held at the National Fire Academy on May 22-23, 2010, Emmitsburg, Maryland. For more information go to the DFS website at www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs.

• International Association of Arson Investigators 2010 annual seminar & meeting is March 4-5, 2010 at Bally’s Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, NJ. For more information go to the DFS website at www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs.

• Fire Service Women of New Jersey 15^th Annual Conference will be held on April 30- May 1, 2010 at the Morris County Public Safety Training Center, Parsippany, NJ. For more information go to the DFS website at www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs.

• The Fire Department Instructors Conference will be held on April 19-24, 2010 at the Indianapolis Convention Center. For more information go to the DFS website at www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs.

• The DFS 5^th Annual Fire Bowl Challenge will be held on May 20, 2010 at Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. For more information go to the DFS website at www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs.

• The Homeland Security & Fire Safety Conference will be held on June 18, 2010 at Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ. For more information go to the DFS website at www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs.

• The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation “Everyone Goes Home Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program” presents courage to be safe train-the-trainer on May 4, 2010. For more information go to the DFS website at www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs.

• There are currently 26 Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) Federal grants being held due to 25 fire departments not being up-to-date with their NFIRS reporting. One department was awarded two grants – both are being withheld until their NFIRS reports are received.

• DFS has posted three Bulletins on the NJ Portal: Use of Torches; Fire Code Enforcement Jurisdiction and Oxford House.

• Please review the DFS Fire Investigation and Inspection Bulletin that illustrates the lessons learned from the Hardwick House fire involving a non-compliant stove installation. The bulletin can be reviewed on the FO/FI Portal.

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• There will be a Youth Fire Education and Prevention Program being held at the Bergen Fire Academy by the National Association of State Fire Marshals on April 7th. For additional information go to: http://www.firemarshals.org/programs/juvenile-firesetter-program/youth-fire-prevention-workshop/

· The New Jersey Division of Fire Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Atlantic City Fire Department are pleased to announce that we will be partnering to sponsor the National Fire Academy Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist I program. For further information and/or to request a registration form to attend, please contact Chief Tom Bell of the Atlantic City Fire Department at (609) 347-5597 or e-mail chief.tbell@yahoo.com. Or contact JFS Program Coordinator Charles Luxton at the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety, Office of the New Jersey State Fire Marshal, in the Bordentown office at (609) 324-3684 or e-mail cluxton@dca.state.nj.us.

• The DFS would like to remind you to go to our website to find out details about the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety-Fire Safety Poster Contest. Also to note that there is a new category this year for posters created by computer graphics. Poster judges have seen an increase in those types of entries so now there is a specific category for them.

· The next meeting of the New Jersey Fire Safety Commission will take place at 10 AM on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. It will be held at the Middlesex Fire Academy, Sayreville.