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URGENT: Erie County LEPC Offers Scholarships to attend Crossing Borders Conference this week
The 2010 Crossing Borders Emergency Preparedness Conference being held in Buffalo on March 18th and 19th! This conference is the region’s only emergency preparedness conference with national and international presenters and participants. Please see the LEPC website for the brochure regarding the speakers, sessions, and conference details. In order to apply you should immediately send the nominees name, position, organization and an email address to eclepc@gmail.com.


Newstead to Host Weekend of Firefighter Survival Training
On April 23-25, 2010, the Newstead Fire Company will be hosting a weekend of firefighter survival training. The main topic of training will be flashover safety and prevention. The Oakland Fire Training Institute (Auburn Hills, MI) will be bringing in their mobile flashover training unit to offer hands-on training.


IAFC Announces Safety, Health and Survival Week 2010: Fit for Duty
Safety, Health and Survival Week (Safety Week) is a collaborative program sponsored by the IAFC and the IAFF, coordinated by the IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section and the IAFF Division of Occupational Health, Safety and Medicine, in partnership with more than 20 national fire service organizations.


County Chiefs Announce Scholarship Criteria and Deadline
The objectives of the Erie County Fire Chiefs Mutual Aid Organization’s Memorial Scholarship are to enhance academic achievement at the college level for all firefighters of Erie County and their immediate family. The Erie County Fire Chiefs’ will award scholarships annually for the academic year commencing in September.


You’re Invited: Crossing Borders Conference
This conference is the region’s only emergency preparedness conference with national and international presenters and participants. This conference expands to cover topics in Business Continuity and Continuity of Operations as well as Hazardous Materials and Regulatory Compliance.

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Fire Safety Division

James M. McCullough
Deputy Commissioner
Fire Coordinator

Tiger Schmittendorf
Deputy Fire Coordinator

Phone: 716-681-7111
Fax: 716-681-3645
Email: fire@erie.gov

24 Hour Dispatch: 716-898-3696

"24 Hour-a-Day Coordination of Emergency Fire Services"

The Fire Safety Division operates from the Emergency Services Training & Operations Center in Cheektowaga, NY. The facility is in operation an average of 14 hours a day - 6 days a week and hosted over 1,200 training events last year. The Fire Safety Division serves as a resource center for the County's 97 fire departments, operating the Cheektowaga facility and two other field training centers in Amherst and Orchard Park where some 4,000 fire fighters train annually.

The Fire Safety Office provides coordination to the county fire departments through the training and preparation of firefighters to meet the requirements of their job and needs of their customers - the residents, businesses and visitors to Erie County's towns and villages.

The Fire Safety Staff consisting of the fire coordinator and deputy fire coordinator, review and update the County Mutual Aid Fire Plan and respond to major fires and other incidents across the county's 1,000+ square miles to assist with resource management and command post operations.

They also manage the delivery of training programs for the 5,000+ firefighters who serve Erie County. Training is conducted by certified County and State Fire Instructors at one of the three county training facilities or at local fire stations. In fact, the Fire Safety Office acts as the coordination point for all Public Safety related training. Additionally, the division's web site, e-mail and phone number act as the clearinghouse for all recruitment inquiries for the county's 100+ volunteer emergency services agencies.

Whether you're a fire fighter or you want to be one - we hope this web site provides you with the information you're looking for, or at least points you in the right direction. Let us know what you think.

Stay safe. Train often.

Erie County Division of Fire Safety
Department of Emergency Services
Training & Operations Center
3359 Broadway - Cheektowaga NY 14227
716.681.7111 - FAX.681.3645
fire@erie.gov - www.erie.gov/fire

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:41:41 -0800

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