North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs
Chief's Quarterly
January 5, 2010
In This Issue
Message from the President
A Tribute to H. Elwood Inscoe
Chemical Suicide Facts and Guidelines
International Fire Service Accreditation Congress
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Conference Schedule


Golf Tournament Registration Form

Upcoming Events

 
February 3-6 
Mid Winter Conference-Concord

February 7-10 
Fire/Life Safety Educators Conference  
Sheraton, Chapel Hill

May 4-7:  NC Fire/Rescue Instructors Conference Crown Plaza Resort, Ashville


August 10-13:  Annual Conference
Raleigh Convention Center


Executive Development Program
  • September 26-30:  Week One of 2011 Executive Development Program
    Charlotte Fire Training Center

     
  • October 24-28Week Two of 2011 Executive  Development Program
    Charlotte Fire Training Center

February 2012
Mid Winter Conference - Location TBD

August 1-4, 2012
Annual Conference - Raleigh Convention Center

 
A Message from the President
Chief Randy Godwin

Greetings from the NC Association of Fire Chiefs, I trust you and your family had a Merry Christmas and your new year is off to a good start.  The Chief's Association looks to the New Year with . . . (Full Story)
A Tribute to H. Elwood Inscoe
Kenneth Mullen, Executive Director

A little after 9:00 a.m., on Tuesday morning, December 21, 2010 the North Carolina Fire service lost a true friend with the death of Mr. Hiram Elwood Inscoe.  Mr. Elwood lived 90 years and he was able to spend 69 of those years with . . .  (Full Story)
cleaning suppliesChemical Suicide Facts and Guidlines 
Glenn Clapp, NC Association of Hazardous
Materials Responders

"Chemical suicides" (also known as "detergent suicides" due to the use of household cleaning chemicals as products in the reation)  are a true threat to emergency responders and are becoming increasingly common in the United States and even in North Carolina.  Chemical suicides are accomplished by mixing household chemicals to form . . .  (Full Story)

International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC)
Site Visit
 

Steve Sloan, Deputy Director, Fire and Rescue Commission, OSFM

An International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) Site Visit was conducted at the North Carolina Fire and Rescue Commission November 2-4, 2010.  It's the policy of IFAC to do a site visit every fice years on their members.  Their last visit to NC was in . . . (Full Story)

2011 Mid-Winter Conference 

February 3-6, 2011

If you have not already signed up for the Mid-Winter Conference, please do so today.  Deadline for registration to attend the banquet is January 15th, after this date you will need to call for availability.
 
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