COMPANY NEWS
The IFSTA EXECUTIVE BOARD has been announced for 1989-1990. The board is the sole policy-making authority for the association. The voting members are: BOB BACA, deputy fire marshal for the New Mexico State Fire Marshal’s Office; PAUL H. BOECKER, chief and administrator of the Lisle-Woodridge (IL) Fire District; DENNIS COMPTON, assistant fire chief in charge of the Personnel Services Division of the Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department; WILLIAM R. COOPER, battalion chief of the Huntington Beach (CA) Fire Department; DOUGLAS P. FORSMAN. fire chief of Champaign, Illinois; JOHN W. HOGLUND. director of the Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute at the University of Maryland; CATHY LOHR. supervisor of fire prevention and education for the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Fire and Rescue Services Division; HAROLD R. MACE, director of fire services training, director of fire protection publications, Oklahoma State University; MAX MCRAE. district chief of the Houston (TX) Fire Department; BOB MOFFATT. deputy fire commissioner for the province of Alberta; GREGORY NOLL, hazardous-materials coordinator for the Prince George’s County (MD) Fire Department; CHARLES PAGE, division head of the Fire Protection Training Division at Texas A&M University; BOB RAMIREZ, assistant chief with the Los Angeles City Fire Department; WAYNE SANDFORD. director of the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control for the state of Connecticut; and JAMES SIMMS, registered fire protection engineer for Rolf Jensen and Associates, Pleasant Hill, California.
MILTON MECKLER, president of The Meckler Group in Encino, California, received the Crosby Fields award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for his paper “Computer Analysis of Smoke Transport During a Hotel Fire.” A computer simulation program analyzed smoke movement and toxic gases emitted from burning materials during fires. The award, named after a former ASHRAE president who was a pioneer in several engineering industries, honors the best paper presented during the year.
CIGNA PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANIES received the Congressional Fire Services Institute Partnership Award at the second annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner in Washington, D C. CIGNA was recognized for its support of the fire service and the CFSI. It has provided the CFSI with financial support and appointed William F. Jenaway, director CIGNA Loss Control Services, to a one-year term as CFSI’s director of external affairs.
