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Fire Corps Accepting Nominations for Award of Excellence


Does your department have an outstanding Fire Corps team? Then nominate them for the 2011 Fire Corps Award of Excellence. Sponsored by the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) and Fire Protection Publications, this award honors a Fire Corps program whose remarkable achievements in the fire and emergency services and the community exemplify outstanding performance.

Nominations must be received by the Fire Corps national office no later than Friday, August 12, 2011. The Award recipient will be presented with this distinguished honor at the 2011 National Advisory Committee Meeting in the greater Washington, DC area this fall.

Visit www.firecorps.org/award for more information, including nomination forms, criteria, requirements, and past award winners.

If your community volunteer program is not currently registered with Fire Corps, register for free at www.firecorps.org to be eligible to nominate your program for the 2012 Fire Corps Award of Excellence.

Award Sponsors
The mission of IFSTA is to identify areas of need for training materials and foster the development and validation of training materials for the fire service and related areas. IFSTA is an association of fire service personnel who are dedicated to upgrading firefighting techniques and safety through training.

Fire Protection Publications, a department of Oklahoma State University, is the headquarters for IFSTA. Fire Protection Publications’ primary function is to publish and disseminate training manuals as proposed and validated by IFSTA

 

Kimberly Quiros

Director of Communications

202-887-5700 ext. 119

kimberly@nvfc.org

David Finger

Director of Government Relations

202-887-5700 ext. 112

dfinger@nvfc.org