2 Alarm Fire - 1210 Indiana Ave - Anderson, Indiana

The Herald Bulletin - None hurt in rental house fire: "The Anderson Fire Department was summoned to a residence at 1210 Indiana Ave. around 9:30 a.m. It took about three hours for Anderson firefighters to clear the fire"

Fire department gives up user fee money

The Herald Bulletin - Fire department gives up user fee money: "ANDERSON, Ind. — The Anderson Fire Department will give up part of its ambulance user fee collections, set aside to maintain equipment and fire stations, to help pay for its salaries in the midst of a city budget crisis"

Should these 17 firefighters attend and pass paramedic school to help the EMS fund? This fund did help keep their jobs!

FTM-PTB

Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics

All of the resources for the Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics class for practical skills examinations and class scenarios are being placed on the IDHS website.

Included on the website will be;

These resources will replace the files currently located on the site and should be available by November 20, 2009. All the scenarios and documents will be available for download. The Indiana Firefighter Training System will be developing more scenarios for use by instructors for this course.

The scenarios can also be used during in house strategy and tactics training.

An email will be sent out once the resources have been loaded on the website and can be located at http://www.in.gov/dhs/3152.htm

Any instructors needing assistance for the Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics class should contact David Probo at 317-508-9165 or via email at dprobo@dhs.in.gov