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May 05, 2007
We Welcome Metro Chiefs to the LAFD Museum
On Saturday, May 5th, the LAFD Museum will play host to the 2007 Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Conference. As part of the one-week program, fire chiefs from around the world will stop by the museum, tour, and meet with LAFD Historical Society members. The Metro Chiefs reception will commence at approximately 4:30PM.
The week long event includes updates on the US Fire Administration, Intelligence related to terrorism preparedness, firefighter cancer support, GIS technology, the "everyone goes home program" (who visited the LAFD Museum on 9 April), new trends in fire service deployment, a firefighter "near miss" reporting system and much more.
And there is entertainment as well, with tours of not only the LAFD museum, but Paramount Studios, the Getty, the Queen Mary, Universal, the Griffith Observatory, the Farmers Market, the Trump National Golf Course and the Magic Castle.
The Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Section was organized in 1965. Fire Chiefs from large cities gather to share information and experiences. They also discuss issues that may be of value to a wide variety of departments. The Metropolitan Section is organized as a section of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and as a section of the National Fire Protection Association pursuant to and subject to the requirements and provisions of both organizations. The Metro Chiefs Section is limited to the chief of the department who is a member of both the IAFC and the NFPA and who is the fire chiefs of cities or jurisdictions having a minimum staffed strength of 400 fully paid career fire fighters.
Posted by dbarrett at May 5, 2007 05:42 PM