Colleton County Fire-Rescue

12/30/2008

The SC Firefighters Association is holding it's Winter Meeting at the Denny Auditorium at the SC Fire Academy in Columbia. The meeting will be held Wednesday, 21-January from 10:00 to 15:00. Lunch will be provided. This quarter's speaker will be Firefighter Jeff Shupe of the Cleveland Ohio Fire Department. He will be speaking on "Big City Strategy and Tactics for Small Town Departments".

The presentation is designed to show fire service personnel that firefighting is based on principles and practices no matter how big or how small your department. Firefighting comes down to a numbers games and is a process of matching the Incident Action Plan to the level of resources with which you have to work. Prioritization of incident needs and matching them with resources will be discussed. Mutual aid systems and expansion of incident capabilities also will be addressed.

Jeff is a 34 year veteran and former Firefighter of the year with the Cleveland Fire Department. He is also a volunteer firefighter and teaches with the Ohio Fire Academy; in the local community college system; at FDIC and is an author of several Fire Engineering articles.

Seating is limited, so if you are interested in attending, please contact Headquarters before 14-January so we can get you registered.