CALENDAR OF CURRENT EVENTS

NEWS YOU CAN USE !

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2009 - TIME TO RENEW or join the premiere fire and life safety     education and advocacy coalition in Virginia !

YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT !

Please also consider joining our list-serv on Google Groups;

it's free and invaluable ! Also above ...

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     New VDFP Schedule of Courses for

       1035 Public Fire & Life Safety Educator, Level I & II and

       Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist, Level I & II

       certifications through 2009.

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The People’s Burn Foundation is seeking fire departments, career, volunteer or combination, to participate in the pilot testing phase of the next "To Hell and Back" training program for fire fighters. "THB IV" will educate on the dangers in fire smoke, most specifically hydrogen cyanide. Participating departments will be required to conduct pre and post testing, program presentation and evaluation within their department using materials provided by the PBF. Pilot testing will begin in January. Departments interested or seeking additional information can contact Justin Phillips, Director of Education at jphillips@peoplesburnfoundation.org or 877-814-2024.   

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Now Available ! Campus Fire Safety Seminar, sponsored

by VFLSC and VDFP at JMU, online now at Firehouse.com

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     ► Shannon Wright with VDH has a "bunch" of Risk Watch kits to give way.

         All you have to do is give her a call or email. She really wants to get these

         kits out and being used. No strings attached so if you want to get it into

         your schools here it is. The only condition is that you must be in Virginia

         to receive a kit.

     ► Click Here for more info on Fire Prevention Week.

         ► Novelty Lighter legislation progress: "It's Done in VA !!"

              http://www.nvfc.org/Novelty_Lighter_Legislation

     [ Click Here for more on Novelty Lighters ]

     ► Ready Virginia is a statewide public education effort to prepare  

       Virginians for all hazards, including natural disasters and potential

       terrorist attacks.

About "Ready Virginia" at

     ► A new Juvenile Firesetter Guidebook is now available

from the Idea Bank:

http://www.theideabank.com/index.php

     ► Get the CPSC Playground Handbooks:

Handbook for Public Playground Safety

Outdoor Home Playground Handbook

     ► ConsumerReports.org: see a report on "Fruit Bombs"; candy-like

         appearance when it is actually air-freshener. Has sent children to

         the hospital.

   ►EMMITSBURG, MD. - The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) announced the completion of a report and accompanying educational tools on behavioral mitigation of cooking fires.

Click on the title to see the report,

"Behavioral Mitigation of Cooking Fires Through Strategies Based on Statistical Analysis"

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Click on the graphic above for heater safety

and to download a free brochure.

Also: http://www.heatersafety.org/

For larger orders of reasonably priced brochures

in English or Spanish, go here:

http://www.aham.org/ht/d/Store/name/FIRESAFETY/pid/

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Please remember to observe Fire Prevention Week all year 'round !

(Click on the poster below for more valuable information.)

Don't forget last year's message !

And don't forget the Number 1 home fire cause ...

"Reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week Web site,

www.firepreventionweek.org . ©2006 NFPA."

   Please Click Here for more complete information

and promotional information on how to prevent cooking fires.

         Click Here to see a new report from NFPA on alarming trends in cooking fires in America.

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  ► Help VFLSC, and others across the country, inform the public about

      the dangers of novelty lighters.  Click on the banner to see a

      downlaodable PSA from the Idea Bank that you can share with the

      media:

See pictures of novelty lighters: click here

from Harrisonburg Fire Department.

  ► VFLSC also wants to share the "Kids in Cars" message with you.

      Click on the image to go to their web site for more information and

      educational materials:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      Thursday, February 14, 2008

     Jennifer Fuson, Consumers Union 202-462-6262

"Parents, Consumer and Safety Groups Give a Standing Ovation to the Senate for passing the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act Today!"

[ Click Here to see the announcement.]

  ► Check-out the Burn Foundation, based in Philadelphia, PA:

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(Just click on the banner)

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► New York City Firefighters and School Children Kick Off National Fire Safety Campaign & Launch of "FIRE IS… Educational DVD"

-- this DVD Debunks the Myths of Traditional Fire Safety Education Methods

Like “Stop, Drop & Roll” in Favor of Teaching Children and Parents

Real Truths & How to Better Prepare to Get Out Alive --

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  ► VFLSC is now legally incorporated as a non-profit corporation in

        Viriginia !

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  ► Report: President's Fire Prevention Conference of 1947

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