>> ELKHART BRASS has partnered with Fire Rescue Safety Australia (FRSA), an emergency management solutions specialist, to increase accessibility of its product portfolio while enhancing customer support for the fire suppression industry throughout Australia and New Zealand. FRSA, headquartered in Perth, Australia, has six locations throughout Australia that offer services including consulting, needs assessment, designing of tailored solutions, and product implementation to combat any demanding situation. In addition, FRSA’s team of specialists is available around the clock to exceed customer needs. www.ElkhartBrass.com.
>> The NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION (NFFF) has partnered with COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (CSU) to create the Scholarship Program for Spouses and Life Partners of Fallen Firefighters. NFFF and CSU will award a two-year scholarship to an eligible spouse or life partner of a fallen firefighter who has been honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. Applications will be accepted through December 31, 2013. The awardee must enroll within 90 days of receiving the scholarship and maintain enrollment and maintain a grade point average of 3.0 for undergraduate or 3.5 for graduate level work. For more information and to download an application, visit http://firehero.org/resources/families/scholarships/csu.html.
>> GLOBAL TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGIES (GTT) announced its participation in a grant assistance program to assist those interested in purchasing GTT’s Opticom® Emergency Vehicle Preemption system, which enables fire trucks, police vehicles, and ambulances to navigate congested intersections more effectively. As a result, agencies can improve response time while mitigating the potential for costly accidents.
>> AKRON BRASS COMPANY acquired the assets of Reach Engineering LLC, a privately-owned company that provides specialized electronics to the emergency and industrial vehicle markets. Reach Engineering has significant expertise in emergency vehicle products and services and is recognized as an innovator of solutions addressing the needs of the fire service. Key products in this acquisition include the Link2® fleet information platform, which offers simplified access to onboard apparatus data by Wi-Fi-enabled devices and intuitive Web-based dashboard and alert management, and the Foam RapidFill™ System, which increases safety by eliminates the need for firefighters to climb on top of the apparatus during foam refilling operations. www.akronbrass.com.
>> E-ONE was awarded a contract for 18 custom eMAX™ pumpers from the United States Air Force. The eMAX pumpers are a top-mount configuration on a Typhoon® chassis with a long cab. The pumpers will feature a 1,250 gallons-per-minute pumping capability, a 500-gallon water tank, and a 30-gallon integral foam cell. E-ONE debuted the top-mount eMAX configuration on a commercial chassis during FDIC 2013 and has received significant interest in the design since its debut. www.E-ONE.com.
>> The CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS (CDP) launched a new Twitter site where first responders can learn about fully funded training opportunities, get up-to-date news on CDP training, and read students’ tweets about their own CDP training experiences. The CDP’s primary mission is to train state, local, and tribal emergency response providers as well as the federal government, foreign governments, and private entities. The CDP’s Twitter site includes announcements and information about upcoming courses and class seat availability, links to photos and videos of the CDP’s hands-on training, and a forum for potential students to ask questions prior to training at the CDP. Visit the site at www.twitter.com/CDPfema. http://cdp.dhs.gov.
>> The NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) received the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program-Fire Prevention and Safety Grant to support “A School Year of Fire Safety,” a project to educate children on fire safety and “Firefighter Training for Electric, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Fleets, Trucks & Buses.” NFPA will receive $990,000. “A School Year of Fire Safety” will create materials to reach preschool through third grade students, while the Electric Vehicle Safety Training Project will help firefighters and other first responders prepare for the growing number of electric vehicles on the road in the United States. www.nfpa.org/education. www.evsafetytraining.org.
>> The CARMEL (IN) FIRE DEPARTMENT (CFD) received Accredited Agency Status from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. The international accreditation is a comprehensive self-assessment and evaluation model that enables organizations to examine past, current, and future service levels and internal performance and compare them to industry best practices worldwide, which leads to improved service delivery. The CFD is now one of only three fire departments in Indiana to be accredited. www.carmel.in.gov.
>> PHYSIO-CONTROL has partnered with THE PULSEPOINT FOUNDATION to improve sudden cardiac arrest survival. The partnership is aimed at meeting the growing public safety agency demand for the PulsePoint CPR/AED mobile app and expands citizen responder CPR and public access AED networks. The PulsePoint app alerts CPR-trained citizens by Smartphone of a cardiac arrest victim nearby and provides the location of the nearest public access AEDs. In addition, the PulsePoint Foundation announced an update to the app including improvements to the user interface. Physio-Control is the leading provider of emergency medical response technologies worldwide. The PulsePoint Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing mobile technologies to help everyday citizens save lives. www.physio-control.com. www.pulsepoint.org.
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