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Thank you for visiting our new Internet page. As an up-to-date organization, we want to give you the opportunity to stay up to date. A new content management system will enable us to always keep you up to date. Let us together unlock the future of education.
****NC FLSE is now on Facebook as North Carolina Fire and Life Safety Educators****
A great conference was held in February at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. Hope you were there or you missed a great time . Plan on being there in 2011
Conference Dates: Feb 7-10, 2011
Location: Chapel Hill, NC at the Sheraton Chapel Hill.
2011 conference info and speaker proposal. http://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/InjuryPrevention/IP_FLSE_conference.asp
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WHAT IS NEW ON THE SITE
2010 Message from NC Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, State Fire Marshal
2010 reporting links are on the Conference web page. we want 100% of departments to keep records and report their good work and educational activities.
Western Association- Officers elected for 2010.
Annual Conference- 2011 information is posted
Check the Calendar of Events for more FLSE certification classes added..
NC and FLSE members regognized for being a part of the World Burn Congress http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/articles/wbc_offers_closure.html the article tells the story.
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A Special Message from
NC Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, State Fire Marshal
January 26, 2010
As we continue through the early days of this new year, I want to share my deepest appreciation for your dedication to public service.
During the past year we watched our first responders sacrifice much to protect North Carolinians’ hearth and home. While all have sacrificed some, some have sacrificed all. That selfless service does not go unnoticed.
Meanwhile, through the course of last year we again worked together on many projects.
That teamwork is something I value greatly.
It also helped us in large part to protect our fire, rescue and EMS grant programs during the worst economy since the Great Depression. Those programs – as you know better than anyone – help us keep your departments’ supplies and equipment updated and homeowners’ insurance premiums lower than they would be otherwise.
Our partnership brought us together at meetings of the NC State Firemen’s Association and the Safe Kids North Carolina program, and on many occasions around the State throughout the year, including during the last legislative session.
Now that we have entered 2010, please feel free to continue calling on me or my office to assist whenever possible. Your progress and your needs are important to me.
And, if you’re having a special event or program at your station, or need me or my team to speak for a particular program, please let me know and we’ll do our very best to attend.
Meanwhile, do take advantage of several new opportunities to stay in touch with the Office of State Fire Marshal and your Department of Insurance: Join our Facebook pages by clicking here or here. And, if you have ideas for me and my team, then also use our new online Suggestion Box by going to this link. And always feel free to email me personally if you need to do so. My address is wayne.goodwin@ncdoi.gov.
In closing, it is both an honor to serve as our State Fire Marshal and to have colleagues such as you.
Whether you’re in Manteo or Murphy; Matthews or Morrisville; or, anywhere in-between, thank you for a job well done in 2009.
Respectfully,
Wayne Goodwin
State Fire Marshal and NC Insurance Commissioner
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NC DOI OSFM Smoke Alarm Grants
Here is our newest smoke alarm grant. Just sending it out in case anyone is interested in applying.
Allan
Allan Buchanan
Injury Prevention Specialist
NC Dept. of Insurance / Office of State Fire Marshal
1202 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1202
allan.buchanan@ncdoi.gov
NFPA and Home Fire Sprinklers
NFPA launches new initiative to help Bring Safety Home with fire sprinklers Campaign will focus on encouraging sprinkler adoptions for new one- and two-family homes on a statewide and local level. Read more about it:
Fire Sprinkler Initiative
Exposing an invisible killer: The dangers of carbon monoxide National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) urge families to inspect, protect and detect to safeguard loved ones from the "Silent Killer"
Read More about it: The Silent Killer
<http://www.nfpa.org/newsReleaseDetails.asp?categoryID=488&itemID=41884>http://www.nfpa.org/newsReleaseDetails.asp?categoryID=488&itemID=41845>
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Thank you for helping to spread the word about gasoline safety!
Burn Awareness Week was Feb. 1-7!
We appreciated your past participation and just wanted to remind you that coloring books, crayons, DVDs, fact sheets, lesson plans and other materials are available at no charge to help you share information about burn prevention and gasoline safety with children, teenagers, parents and caregivers in your local communities.
Representatives from Shriners Hospitals for Children and Shriners International are also available to provide information about Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Burn Awareness campaign. To request a speaker, click here to find your local chapter of Shriners International or send an e-mail to shrinepr@shrinenet.org.
For more information about Shriners Hospitals for Children’s Burn Awareness campaign, visit www.burnawarenessweek.org/.
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NC Map: If you wonder what region your county is served by, please check the map and get active in your region. ttp://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/InjuryPrevention/Documents/Fireand LifeSafetyEducator(map).pdf
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NC 2008 Fire Deaths Map
This link to the “NC 2008 Fire Deaths Map” on the FLSE website? This will be an excellent tool for FLSE’s when they need to have fire death statistics for program justification.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100399972819050745832.00044d6431e4341c46e65&ll=35.012002,-78.991699&spn=8.274627,14.39209&z=6 Frank Blackley, Wilmington FD did this map and will be maintaining it.
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State Council- see the new dedicated web page
The North Carolina Fire & Life Safety Education Council (NCFLSEC) promotes and provides safety education to reduce the loss of life, property, and injuries caused by fire or other emergency situations.
State Council Officers
Chair- Tommy Curry (tcurry@co.rockingham.nc.us)
Vice Chair- David Watson (david.watson@conovernc.gov)
Secretary - Dolly Hultin HulinD@ci.thomasville.nc.u
Immediate past Chair - Randy Sexton rksefd3@yahoo.com
Regional Chairs
Eastern- Meg Langston (Vice-Chair) smeg.langston@wilmingtonnc.gov
Kim Wittig (Vice-Chair) kimberly.wittig@rockymountnc.gov
Central- Jennifer Rumley Fogleman – Chair Jennifer.fogleman@greensboro-nc.gov
Western- Kelley Webb- Chair (kwebb@ashevillenc.gov)
BT Fowler Form
http://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/InjuryPrevention/IP_FLSE_aoe_form.asp
Award of Excellence form http://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/InjuryPrevention/Documents/ AwardExcellenceEntryForm.doc
