Acting United States Fire Administrator GLENN GAINES signed the National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge after his first all-hands meeting with United States Fire Administration staff. Gaines emphasized that wearing seat belts is an essential component of efforts to ensure firefighter safety in fire apparatus and vehicles. Vehicle crashes remain the number two cause of firefighter on-duty deaths. Gaines also signed his name to the 100% Seat Belt Pledge Certificate, awarded to any fire department that has all members take the pledge. So far, more than 154,000 firefighters have taken the pledge and about 800 fire departments have achieved 100-percent participation. To find out more, view www.trainingdivision.com/seatbeltpledge.asp.
The International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) announced that former chairman TIM BRADLEY has been recognized by The Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) as a “Fellow” for his work in the fire service and, more specifically, on International Fire Service Accreditation. Since its inception in 1918, IFE has recognized fewer than 200 “Fellows” internationally. Bradley coauthored a paper with Dr. Robin Willis Lee from the Fire Service College in Moreton Marsh, England, on Accreditation of Fire Service Training and Education Internationally. Bradley is a 36-year fire service veteran and serves as senior deputy commissioner of insurance in charge of the Office of State Fire Marshal in North Carolina. www.ifsac.org.
PAUL McCULLOCH, technical support supervisor for Fire Safety at Uponor, was appointed to a three-year term to the Residential Fire Sprinkler Design and Installation Exam Development Committee by the International Code Council® (ICC) Board for International Professional Standards (BIPS). McCulloch, who started with Uponor in 2003, has been designing, installing, and training on residential fire sprinkler systems for more than 12 years. He has moved up from designer to lead designer and now to supervisor on the company’s multipurpose plumbing and fire sprinkler system, called AquaSAFE™, quickly becoming Uponor’s premier expert on residential fire sprinkler systems as well as on U.S. and Canadian building and fire codes. www.uponor-usa.com.
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