Come join us for the monthly S.A.F.E.R. meeting Vendor display and networking. Network starts at 0830 hours
POC: Captain Dick Weise, LACoFD, VP, SAFER
rweiselacofd@yahoo.com
951-807-1914
Happy Holidays SAFER friends and family,
It is my sincerest hope that this message is finding everyone in good health; this year has provided unimaginable challenges for everyone. I am resolute in my belief that we will survive this pandemic and related crisis’ but not without a little hardening of our soul.
For several years Santa Fe Springs Fire Department has hosted the December SAFER meeting; and each time it was like a holiday homecoming! I was really looking forward to this year’s gathering and extremely disappointed that it is being cancelled due to the ongoing restrictions of COVID 19.
As I write this notice the COVID 19 Vaccine has arrived in southern California, perhaps the gift we have all been hoping for, a Christmas miracle perhaps!
I would like to thank Santa Fe Springs for their continuing support or SAFER and the Holiday Greetings they generously share, if there were ever a time for their seasonal cheer it is now.
I would also like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Holidays and a great New Year!!
Please be safe, look out for each other and remember all the business out there who could really use your support!!
Scott P. Quinn
Battalion Chief Risk Management Section Los Angeles City Fire Department
Vendor display and networking. Network starts at 9:00 am
VENDORS Please RSVP
Contact: Eric Ackerman
EAckerman@MurrietaCA.gov
Vendor display and networking. Network starts at 8:30 am
Light Breakfast Snacks and Refreshments will be provided
Please RSVP
Contact: Battalion Chief Ed Nilo ednilo@santafesprings.org
Come join us for the monthly S.A.F.E.R. meeting Vendor display and networking. Network starts at 0830 hours Refreshments will be provided.
Contact: Battalion Chief Scott Quinn 213-434-1380
POC: Captain Dick Weise, LACoFD, VP, SAFER
rweiselacofd@yahoo.com
951-807-1914
Active Shooter/”Stop the Bleed” Overview
Presented by Battalion Chief Scott Quirarte
of Ventura County Fire Department
Come join us for the monthly S.A.F.E.R. meeting
Vendor display and networking. Network starts at 8:30 am
Refreshments will be provided
Contact: Chuck Seely (562) 824-3225
firebiz@att.net
If you would like to serve on the SAFER Board, please let a current board member know. We will be reviewing the current board positions for vacancies.
Join our guest speakers:
Russ Snider, RussSnider@ocfa.org
Jeff Wilkerson, SAFER Board Member
jwilker@cox.net , (949)445-9512
The City of Vernon Fire Department will be graciously hosting the January 2018 SAFER meeting at Fire Station #1.
They will be showcasing their brand new Training Center with a tour of the facility and its props!
Please contact:
BC Craig Peltier, Vernon FD
323-583-4821 ext 510
The Fentanyl Crisis and First Responders
Presented by Captain Brian Dejong LAFD
Joint Hazard Assessment Team
Come join us for the monthly S.A.F.E.R. meeting
Vendor display and networking. Network starts at 0830 hours
Refreshments will be provided
Contact: Scott Quinn (213) 434-1380
If you would like to serve on the SAFER Board, please let a current board member know. We will be reviewing the current board positions for vacancies.
Contact:
Fire Chief Keith Gurrola 805-558-0932
Please RSVP
Breakfast snacks and lunch provided.
Come join us for the monthly S.A.F.E.R. meeting. Vendor displays & networking.
FIREFIGHTER III KELLY WONG PRELIMINARY MEMORIAL SERVICES
ANNOUNCEMENT
The following notice will serve as the preliminary information for Firefighter III Kelly Wong Memorial services on Friday June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, Ca. Further details will be forthcoming on the portal.
Instructed by Southern California Edison with a focus on firefighter safety and electrical emergencies.
Battalion Chief Michael Weisenberg: michael.weisenberg@ventura.org
Or (805) 990-4326
Battalion Chief Rob Szczepanek: Robert.Szczepanek@ventura.org
Or (805) 914-4021
Please RSVP by May 15, 2017
Breakfast snacks and lunch provided.
Come join us for the monthly S.A.F.E.R. meeting. Vendor displays & networking.
Hosted by FILMORE Fire Department
Contact: Fire Chief Keith Gurrola: (805) 558-0932
Vendor displays & networking. Networking starts at 0830.
Breakfast snacks and lunch provided.
Cal Fire presents
To be Held At:
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE will host
Topic: NFPA 1851 Past, Present and Future
Presented by Chief Kirk Owen
Plano, TX Fire Department (retired)
Former Chair of NFPA 1971/1851 Committee
Breakfast snacks will be served
VENDOR DISPLAYS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT
Contact: Captain Dick Weise, SAFER, VP
PRESENTED BY
Nick Vent, County of San Diego, Environmental Health Department, Hazardous Materials Division (Retired)
The course will quickly cover an overview of how the response unfolded from November 18, 2010 to December 9, 2010 when the house was burned to the ground in 45 minutes. Unified command (60 agencies involved) was essential to the success of this response and gaining the support of the community was a must. We will talk about how EOD, Hazmat, and SWAT were blended to complete this task. How the air modeling programs you think work did not come through in the beginning but were modified by various groups to provide the info we really needed.
This bomb-making factory response required the use of many unique analytical tools, field instrumentation, sampling, and interagency cooperation in work planning and public safety. It also required the use of a comprehensive command structure we all strive to have in place during these types of events. An incident of this kind truly shows how the Next Generation of Hazmat responses won’t look like what we have expected to see in the past.
Nick Vent retired as a Supervising Environmental Health Specialist from the County of San Diego, Environmental Health Department, Hazardous Materials Division (HMD) in March 2014. He managed the County of San Diego’s Hazardous Incident Response Team (HIRT), which responds to all hazardous chemical releases in a jurisdiction of 4200 square miles with 18 cities. Mr. Vent is an award winning, state certified hazardous materials response instructor with 30 plus years’ experience training and certifying fire, law enforcement, and environmental professionals who respond to chemical emergencies.
Breakfast snacks provided
Come join us for the monthly S.A.F.E.R. meeting. Vendor displays & networking.
Meeting Contact: Tony Durán, Treasurer
Cell: 626- 590-2991
Firetiger2013-safer@yahoo.com
By
Tony Durán, Captain, LACoFD, Retired
Tony Durán, former Safety Officer and Hazardous Materials Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, will present an overview of the ASTI program and the concepts and tactics developed by ASTI to prevent or mitigate emergencies involving the use and transport of ammonia. Shipped as a non-flammable gas, ammonia does have a flash point and flammable range that has created disastrous fires endangering unsuspecting first responders.
As an inhalation hazard, the control of an escaping gas cloud must be contained quickly to prevent injuries to employees, neighboring populations and first responders.
Ammonia Safety & Training Institute (ASTI) is a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized and operating within Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code. ASTI was formed in 1987 through a partnership between industry and the fire service (Doug Hill, CEO of Hill Brothers Chemical, and Gary Smith, Fire Chief for the City of Watsonville). ASTI incorporated as a non-profit in 1991. ASTI’s mission is to eliminate ammonia-related accidents and injuries by promoting prevention, mitigation, preparedness, and the One Plan. ASTI provides support for industry, fire service, and regulators to address safety and emergency challenges. ASTI vows to learn and promote change to prevent emergencies or stop them when they are small!
“Private-sector preparedness is not a luxury; it is a cost of doing business in the post-9/11 world. It is ignored at a tremendous potential cost in lives, money and national security.”
1. 50 hour online training program.
2. 3-day certification lab.
3. Train the Trainer program.
Our website is www.bshifter.com has much information regarding the program. We also produce a quarterly magazine called BShifter. It is a free online magazine that contains quite a bit of content that support the program. Each issue is available on the website.
Here are a list of individuals in California that are currently using the Blue Card system.
North Zone of San Deigo County. This includes the Oceanside, San Marcos, Vista, Escondido plus 13 other fire departments that operate together in the North Zone. Joe Ward just got promoted to Ops Chief. He was the Training Chief that helped deliver the training over the last couple of years. His contact info:
Joe Ward - jward@ci.oceanside.ca.us 760-214-3399
Air Force Space Command - This is all Air Force bases that launch stuff into outer space and includes Vandenberg Air Force Base. Mark Smith and Sean Glaser are both chiefs in that department (Mark is also a Section Chief on a Type2 overhead team). Sean’s contact info is sean.glaser@af.mil.us 805-478-2322
The Anaheim FD is currently using Blue Card. AC Derek Alkonis, the Training Chief for LA County has a group of officers evaluating the program.
The San Jose FD and Santa Clara County have been doing Blue Card for several years now.
California is one of the fastest growing Blue Card markets.
One of the biggest Blue Card customers is the Federal Government - FEMA has been providing grant money for Blue Card for the last 4-5 years.
Blue Card supports and is 100% compatible with NIMS.
It would be our pleasure to come present a 90 minute overview of the system at your January 15 Chief’s meeting.
Alan Brunacini
Fire Chief (ret.) Phoenix Fire Department
Alan Brunacini joined the Phoenix Fire Department in 1958. He served in every department position. He was promoted to Fire Chief in 1978 and retired in 2006. He is a graduate of the Fire Protection Technology program at Oklahoma State University. He has a degree in Political Science and MPA from Arizona State University. He is the past Chairman of the Board of the National Fire Protection Association and the NFPA Fire Service Occupational Safety Committee (standard 1500). He is the current Chairman of the NFPA Career Fire Service Organization and Deployment Committee (standard 1710). He and his two sons John and Nick have developed and are teaching the local command level Blue Card hazard zone management program. This is being distributed globally by their partner Global Risk Innovations/Medteq Solutions CA Ltd.
They also present workshops, seminars and conferences to fire departments throughout North America on various topics. He is the author of Fire Command, Command Safety, Timeless Tactical Truths, Essentials of Fire Department Customer Service and The Anatomy and Physiology of Leadership. He is currently working on several other fire service books.
Deputy Chief (ret.) Phoenix FD, AZ
Nick Brunacini began his fire career in 1980. He worked as a firefighter for 7 years, 10 years as a captain, 5 years as a battalion chief and 7 years as a shift commander. He is a co-author of the Blue Card training and certification program. In 2002 Nick was a member of the group that produced the first Command Training Center. He has co-authored Fire Command, Command Safety and the Anatomy & Physiology of Leadership. Nick has also written the book, B-Shifter, A Firefighter’s Memoir.
BREAKFAST SNACKS PROVIDED
Join L.N. Curtis & Sons for the October 2015 SAFER Meeting and participate in the presentation about REMS "Rapid Extraction Method Support" with Captain Tripp Chambon from Long Beach FD.
Come visit SAFER at Orange County Fire Authority for an interesting presentation on Drones in the Fire Service.
Carlsbad Safety Training Center, Classroom 1
5750 Orion Way, Carlsbad 92010
August 21, 2015 09:00 hrs
Presentation
presents the
12328 Lower Azusa Road, Arcadia, 91006
July 17, 2015 09:00 hrs
Presentation
Breakfast & Lunch Provided
9:00 — Light Breakfast
9 : 30 — 11 :00 Timothy S . McIntyre
LA County FD DMV Coordinator
12:00 — 1:00 Lunch & Vendor Displays
