Honeywell And UL Sponsors Firefighter Scholarships to FDIC

Nov. 19, 2014
Honeywell and UL announced they are teaming up to provide financial support for 25 firefighters from across North America to attend the 2015 Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC).

Honeywell, a global leader in personal fire protective equipment, and UL, whose Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) is dedicated to reducing injuries and deaths in the fire service, announced they are teaming up to provide financial support for 25 firefighters from across North America to attend the 2015 FDIC trade show.

The Honeywell-UL scholarship program is an effort to address the challenge fire departments face, with tight budgets, to send firefighters to the industry’s premier safety and training event. Winners will receive admission to FDIC classroom training, seminars, and exhibits, along with travel and accommodation expenses for the entire event.

“The FDIC Trade Show is the industry’s most important North American training event and trade show, yet fire departments often simply cannot afford to send as many firefighters as they would like to the show,” said Jeff Morris, president of Honeywell First Responder Products. “Honeywell and UL want to help by creating an easy contest, allowing firefighters to nominate a deserving colleague with a short video, taken with their phone, explaining why they are nominating a fellow firefighter for the program.”

The FDIC scholarship program prize includes:
• Round-trip airfare
• Accommodation
• Passes to attend all classes and FDIC exhibits
• Breakfast voucher
• Invitation to inauguration dinner
The registration link for the scholarship can be found on the FDIC website at www.fdic.com/scholarship.html. The 25 winners, to be announced in February, will be selected by the FDIC scholarship selection panel, which includes:
• Garry Briese
Executive director of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network
• Ron Siarnicki
Executive director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
• Stephen Kerber
Director of the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute
• Honeywell First Responder Products Leadership

About Honeywell First Responder Products
Honeywell First Responder Products is the leading manufacturer of head-to-toe personal protective equipment (PPE). Our mission is simple: through innovation in design, deliver the highest-value PPE and service solutions that best meet your needs for superior protection, comfort, ease of use, and durability.

About Honeywell
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry; turbochargers; and performance materials. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com.

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