NFPA Journal - July/August 2012 - (Page 15)

EV SAFETY There’s a Field Guide for That NFPA’s EV safety initiative introduces a vehicle guide to aid emergency responders. Plus, grant money for training, and an upcoming summit. of Chuckanut ridge POA and lummi Island Scenic Estates; and the Wyoming communities of Story and union Pass. For more information on Firewise Communities/uSA, visit firewise.org. Caufield Named Mid-Atlantic Regional Director John Caufield of rochester, New york, has been named the new mid-Atlantic regional director for NFPA. Caufield will focus on improving fire, building, and life safety by working with state and local authorities to promote NFPA services and the adoption of NFPA codes and standards in Washington D.C. and the seven states in his region: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New york, and West Virginia. He has more than 25 years of experience in the fire service, and most recently was chief of the City of rochester Fire Department. Caulfield is active in a number of professional associations, including the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the New york State Fire Chiefs Association. In 2009 he was a fellowship recipient in the Senior Executives in State and local Government Program at Harvard university. Harvard Fellowships Announced Four senior fire officials were recently awarded fellowships to participate in the Senior Executives in State and local Government Program at Harvard university. The fellowships are co-sponsored by NFPA, the u.S. Department of Homeland Security’s u.S. Fire Administration, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and the International Fire Service Training Association. Awardees include Claude Beauchamp, director of operations, Quebec National Fire Academy, laval, Quebec, Canada; Martha Ellis, division chief, Salt lake City Fire Department, Salt lake City, utah; Matthew James Fratus, fire chief, City of rialto Fire Department, rialto, California; and Bertral Washington, fire chief, Clark County Fire Department, las Vegas, Nevada. The three-week program focuses on ensuring that public officials are equipped to be effective leaders, through learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom. NFPA rECENTly DEBuTED the Electric Vehicle Emergency Field Guide, which was developed with assistance from vehicle manufacturers and provides safety information for emergency responders on all current makes and models of hybrid and electric vehicles. The field guide offers tips on “sizing up” vehicles involved in an incident and initiating a proper response. Other topics include vehicle identification, securing and disabling a vehicle, and emergency operations. Guides can be purchased at the “Training and Products” section of evsafetytraining.org. Starting in July, NFPA’s Electric Vehicle Safety Training course will be available online for $19 per participant. Fire departments can apply for FEMA’s AFG program to cover the cost of this online training, or to receive an instructor-led classroom training course. Grant applications must be received by July 6. Career, volunteer, and combination fire departments are eligible to apply. For more information or to apply, visit fema. gov/firegrants. For information about NFPA’s Electric Vehicle Safety Training, visit evsafetytraining.org. EV safety summit announced Grant funds available The 3rd Annual Electric Vehicle Safety First responders can now apply for finanStandards Summit will be held October 18 cial assistance to receive NFPA’s Electric at the COBO Center in Detroit, Michigan. Vehicle Safety Training, a nationwide program designed to help firefighters and other first responders prepare for the growing number of electric vehicles on the road in the united States. Fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service providers are eligible to apply for grants available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) AssisEnergized or not? This Chevy Volt was involved in a two-car tance to Firefighters Grant accident in Geneseo, New York, in May. (AFG) program. “We are encouraging first Hosted by NFPA and SAE Internaresponders everywhere to consider applytional, the summit offers an opportunity ing for this much-needed program,” says to join industry leaders, including vehicle Andrew Klock, NFPA’s Electric Vehicle manufacturers, governmental agencies, Safety Training project manager. “With standards development organizations, cuts affecting fire departments across the and emergency responders, for an up-tocountry, grants like this will allow many to educate their personnel with the necessary date look at a range of EV safety issues. For more information, visit electric vehicle safety information to betevsafetytraining.org. ter protect their communities.” Photograph: Michael Johnson/livingston County News July/AuGuST 2012 NFPA JOURNAL 15 http://www.firewise.org http://www.evsafetytraining.org http://www.evsafetytraining.org http://www.evsafetytraining.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NFPA Journal - July/August 2012

NFPA Journal - July/august 2012
Contents
First Word
Mail Call
In a Flash
Perspectives
Firewatch
Research
Heads Up
Structural Ops
In Compliance
Buzzwords
Outreach
Electrical Safety
Wildfire Watch
Fenway at 100
Crowning Achievement
Safety at Center Stage
Firefighter Fatalities in the United States, 2011
What’s Hot
Looking Back

NFPA Journal - July/August 2012