NFFF Hosts Photo Contest
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s Everyone Goes Home program wants to see photos of how your department or organization uses the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives every day. Send your best photo examples of the initiatives at work to [email protected] (limit 3 entries per person/email address) by midnight (EDT) Aug. 31.
The person who submits the winning photograph will receive roundtrip coach class air transportation for one to attend the 2016 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation Seminar, held Nov. 4–5, 2016, in Stony Brook, NY. Travel, lodging and admission to the conference are included.
Photographs must:
• Be the entrant’s original idea (modification of an original work is not an original idea). Submissions must not copy or otherwise plagiarize from any source.
• Be no larger than 9 megabytes (MB).
• Be in digital form (either .jpg, .gif, .png).
• Must be of satisfactory quality (i.e., brightness, focus). Any photograph submitted that is not of satisfactory quality may be rejected at the sponsor’s sole discretion.
Submitted photos will be reviewed by an Everyone Goes Home panel to make sure content meets the submission requirements. Finalists will be posted on Facebook at facebook.com/EveryoneGoesHome for public voting between Sept. 1 and Sept. 8. Vote for your favorite photos by “liking” the photos. There is no limit to the number of different photos a person may “like” on the page.
The winner will be informed via email and announced on everyonegoeshome.com and facebook.com/EveryoneGoesHome.
Wildfire Mitigation Award Winners Announced
The Wildfire Mitigation Awards Committee has announced the 2016 Wildfire Mitigation Award winners. Established in 2014, the awards are the highest commendation for the innovation and leadership displayed by individuals and organizations committed to wildfire preparedness.
The Wildfire Mitigation Awards are jointly sponsored by the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the USDA Forest Service (USFS). The three categories for the awards are Fire Adapted Communities Fire Service Leadership, Wildfire Mitigation Innovation and the Community Wildfire Preparedness Pioneer.
Recognizing the comprehensive challenge posed by wildfires, these awards commend the outstanding dedication to wildfire preparedness and safety across a broad spectrum of activities and among a variety of individuals and organizations. By honoring these achievements, the award sponsors also seek to increase public recognition and emphasize the value of wildfire mitigation efforts.
The winners of the 2016 Wildfire Mitigation Awards are:
Community Wildfire Preparedness Pioneer Awardees:
- Peggy Beach, volunteer for Firewise of Southwest Colorado (Colorado)
- Les Kole, Firewise ambassador (Colorado)
- Rich Martinson & the Conover/Land O’Lakes Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Committee (Wisconsin)
Fire Adapted Communities Fire Service Leadership Awardees:
- Fire Chief Mark Shadowens, Northstar Fire Department/Northstar Community Services District (California)
- City of Austin Fire Department Wildfire Division (Texas)
- Tom Austin, Log Hill Mesa Fire Protection District (Colorado)
- Florida Forest Service Prescribed Fire Program (Florida)
Wildfire Mitigation Innovation Awardees:
- Lake Travis Fire Rescue (Texas)
- Jonathan Bruno, Coalition for the Upper South Platte (Colorado)
- Elk Springs and Elk Stream Ranch Neighborhood Ambassadors (Colorado)
- Deer Springs Fire Safe Council (California)
- Summit County Government (Colorado)
Awards will be presented at the IAFC Wildland-Urban Interface Conference (WUI) in Reno, NV, on March 9, 2016.
This Month in Fire History
March 1, 1911—The Weeks Act authorizes federal and state cooperation in forest fire protection
March 2, 1970—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) bans tetrachloride fire extinguishers
March 5, 1770, Boston, MA—A false alarm leads to confrontations that result in the Boston Massacre
March 10, 1941, Brockton, MA—The Strand Theater fire roof collapse kills 13 firefighters
March 17, 1631, Cambridge, MA—The first fire prevention legislation passed
March 18, 1951—Sparky the Fire Dog is “born”
March 19, 1896, New York, NY—Insurance groups form a committee to design what will become the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
March 25, 1911, New York, NY—The Triangle Shirtwaist fire kills 145
March 25, 1990, New York, NY—The Happy Land Social Club fire kills 87
March 29, 1929—Michigan passes the first state law banning the public use of fireworks
Courtesy of NFPA
