Firehouse Careers/Educ eNL - Apr 8th, 2022
 
 
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April 8, 2022

The National Volunteer Fire Council has extended the deadline for nominations for the Heather Schafer Memorial Scholarship to May 1, 2022.

Designing a new fire or police facility includes the building’s program. What’s a program? It is an overview of how inhabitants will engage within the space and tracks the flow and the foundation for a successful, functioning station. Lynn Reda, AIA, Hughes Group Architects, explains in Building a Strong Foundation: Program Basics, at the Station Design Conference. 

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FEATURES
Mike Novak is convincing when he explains why any disregard of mathematics by firefighters and officers who are growing their knowledgebase is a mistake.
Firehouse, the IAFC, and the NVFC have compiled the 12th annual Combination Fire Department Run Survey, featuring statistics on apparatus, budgets, membership, and fire and EMS calls.
Curt Varone warns departments that they face a new landscape when it comes to members who partake in grass.
Brian Brauer explains in detail how bachelor's and master's degree courses make him a better officer and more able to instruct on the training ground.
CAREERS & EDUCATION NEWS
The Vancouver Fire Department has an all female crew for the first time in the department's 150 year history.
Santa Rosa firefighters have been locked out of their station in a dispute with the city over who owns the property.
DC Fire and EMS has appointed Queen Anunay, a DC native and first female in department history to the rank of assistant fire chief.