During its annual Safety Forum in Scottsdale, Arizona, last month, the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) announced the Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department is an Official Regional Training and Certification Center for Incident Safety Officers within the Phoenix Regional Automatic Aid System.

Richard Maddox, Chairman, FDSOA, presented the Certificate of Approval to Brian Parks, safety officer for Phoenix Fire Department. [photo attached]  Maddox stated, “This award recognizes that Phoenix Fire Department has been certifying 50 individuals per year and plans to continue doing similar work in the future.”

This year was the first time the FDSOA Annual Safety Forum and the 28^th Annual Apparatus Specification and Maintenance Symposium were held concurrently and in Scottsdale. Next year, both the forum and the symposium will be held in Orlando, January 16-20, 2017.

“The first annual combined event was a great success,” said Maddox. “We had an extremely good turnout for both the Apparatus Symposium and the Safety Forum. The vendors were very enthusiastic about the quality of the attendees and the quality of time that they got to spend with them.”

This year, the IAFC’s Safety Health & Survival Section (IAFC SHS) partnered with the FDSOA to host the 2016 Safety Forum. After a meeting with both boards, the organizations agreed they will continue to work together to bring safety education to as many fire chiefs and safety officers across North America.

For more information regarding the FDSOA Safety Forum, contact: Rich Marinucci, Executive Director, Ph: 248.880.1864 or visit: www.fdsoa.org.

A head-on wreck blocked Power Plant Road west of Port Angeles for about 90 minutes Wednesday, Clallam County Fire District No. 2 officials said. The wreck was reported at 2:37 p.m. near the intersection of Power Plant Road and state Highway 112, district Chief Sam Phillips said. Both drivers and all occupants of the vehicles “miraculously escaped serious injury” and declined medical treatment and transport, Phillips said.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 3:21:57 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

A head-on wreck blocked Power Plant Road west of Port Angeles for about 90 minutes Wednesday, Clallam County Fire District No. 2 officials said. The wreck was reported at 2:37 p.m. near the intersection of Power Plant Road and state Highway 112, district Chief Sam Phillips said. Both drivers and all occupants of the vehicles “miraculously escaped serious injury” and declined medical treatment and transport, Phillips said.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 3:21:57 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

A businessman linked to the warehouse where a Chicago firefighter plunged to his death has received a string of municipal violations and a series of fines for "dangerous and unsafe conditions" at other properties he has managed or owned. Jatin Patel has been fined thousands of dollars over the past decade for an array of code violations discovered by the city, according to court documents.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: chicago tribune

Skagit County Fire District 7 reported this week it has been the victim of a scam that has defrauded the district of about $75,000. The district had planned to use the money to buy a firetruck. According to a news release from the district, someone pretending to be the district’s secretary sent an email to the Skagit County Treasurer’s Office requesting $75,500 be wired from the district’s account to another account.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: skagit valley herald