From JJ.Justis at vdh.virginia.gov Wed Sep 3 16:14:33 2008 From: JJ.Justis at vdh.virginia.gov (Justis, Jennifer (VDH)) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:14:33 -0400 Subject: [ES-Fire-EMS] ITLS class Message-ID: To all providers: The upcoming International Trauma Life Support class schedule is attached along with CEU hours listed. I have the following persons registered: 1. Ken Ayres - needs to pick up book and pretest 2. Jody Bagwell 3. Chris Barrs 4. Nick Bennett - book and pretest is at Station 10 5. Tabitha Borum 6. Tom Copenhaver 7. Edward Evans 8. Melanie Fox 9. Carole Hammonds 10. Beverly Jacks 11. Wanda Marks - book and pretest is at Station 10 12. Angela Nock - book and pretest is at Station 10 13. Sherry Sharpe 14. Mick Sharpe 15. Mark Spillane 16. Nicholette Steffes 17. Pete Surran 18. Jamie Wheatley All pretests must be completed prior to the start of ITLS class on September 11th. If you have any questions, please contact me at JJ.Justis at vdh.virginia.gov or 710-4536. 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Gear Up for the Big Race - Get Your Official Inaugural Firefighter Appreciation Event T-Shirt at the Dover International Speedway - Sunday, September 21, 2008 There's Still Time to Join Your Fellow Firefighters at the Monster Mile? - Buy Your Ticket Today! Don't Delay, Offer Expires September 5, 2008 Don't miss the first ever pre-race celebration for firefighters and stay to watch race No. 2 in the "Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup" at Dover! For just $99 you get: a.. Race ticket ($84 price level) b.. Trackside Tour on the racing surface while teams prepare for the race c.. Corporate style hospitality including all-you-can-eat buffet and beverages (Pepsi and Anheuser-Busch products) d.. Special guest appearances and a monster good time! A portion of the proceeds will benefit the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation ? (Limited availability. Offer expires Sept. 5, 2008) Get Your Tickets Today at DoverSpeedway.com/NFFF08 or 1-800-441-RACE. For group tickets contact Rich Schrenker at 302-883-6554 and use the code NFFF08. If you believe that you received this message in error and/or do not wish to receive further emails, please Click here. &R=657217382&C=7501651&K=HkNM"> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://vaems.org/pipermail/es-fire-ems_vaems.org/attachments/20080910/e99dcf5c/attachment.html From hcarpenter5 at msn.com Fri Sep 12 13:15:41 2008 From: hcarpenter5 at msn.com (Hollye Carpenter) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:15:41 -0400 Subject: [ES-Fire-EMS] CISM Peer & Group Training Message-ID: Calling all First Responders (Police, Fire & EMS), 911 Dispatchers, Nurses, Doctors, etc. It would be great if each Fire & EMS agency would have at least one member take this course! Basic Critical Incident Stress Management International Critical Incident Stress Foundation's Individual Crisis Intervention, Peer Support & Basic Group Crisis Intervention Course Sponsored by the Tidewater Critical Incident Stress Management Team September 26, 27 & 28, 2008 Friday 6:00pm-10:00pm Saturday 8:00am-5:00pm Sunday 8:00am-5:00pm Must attend all three days to receive credit Cost: FREE Cost includes ICISF Certificate and Book. Coffee and light refreshments provided. Lunch is on your own. Location: Shore Memorial Hospital, 6th Floor Board Room, Nassawadox, VA (Eastern Shore) Registration: Contact Hollye Carpenter by email to register at hcarpenter5 at msn.com or by phone 757-678-0411. Hollye B. Carpenter, NREMT-P FIELD COORDINATOR (Eastern Shore) Tidewater EMS Council,Inc. Office: (757) 678-0411 Fax: (757) 678-7288 email: hcarpenter5 at msn.com email: hcarpenter at co.northampton.va.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://vaems.org/pipermail/es-fire-ems_vaems.org/attachments/20080912/b7c9a038/attachment.html From medic20_31 at yahoo.com Tue Sep 16 08:30:38 2008 From: medic20_31 at yahoo.com (tabitha borum) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:30:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ES-Fire-EMS] Mass Casualty Incident Management Message-ID: <416266.94562.qm@web38005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> The attached files are the course flyers for both the Mass Casualty Incident Management ? Module I (Awareness) Course and the Mass Casualty Incident Management ? Module 2 (Operations) Courses to be held at Oak Hall Volunteer Rescue Squad on Saturday, 11 October and Sunday, 12 October 2008 respectively. Please distribute these flyers as needed to advertise the course in your region. ? About the MCIM Courses: ? * The MCIM ? Module 1 course will consist of the ?normal? 4 hour didactic presentation PLUS a hands-on scenario. (Tabitha is helping me put this together. Thank you Tabitha!) The course size for this course will be limited to 50 people. ? * The MCIM ? Module 2 Course consists of the didactic presentation plus a tabletop exercise. The course size for this course will be limited to 30 people as we will need to use some of the tables for the tabletop exercise set up. ? Please note that students must complete the MCIM ? Module 1 course before taking the MCIM ? Module 2 course. ? Students can register for both courses either on-line or via telephone. Registration will close for both courses on Thursday, October 8th at 2359. I will NOT advertise the courses to anyone outside of the Eastern Shore until Saturday, September 27th. This will give EMS Providers on the Shore three weeks to register for the courses before anyone else will be able to. ? For on-line registration have students go to: http://www.hrmmrs.org/olr.html . Students MUST enter the appropriate Event Code for each course. The event codes are as follows: ? * MCIM ? Module 1 (Awareness) Course- Enter event Code: S9N ? * MCIM ? Module 2 (Operations) Course- Enter event Code: V67 ? ? (Please note that this is a new on-line registration system purchased by the Office of EMS for use by all 11 EMS Councils.) ? If your students have any questions, please contact the Ms. Stephanie Hackett at the TEMS Office via e-mail at hackett at vaems.org or via telephone at (757) 963-0632. ? If you have any questions about these courses, please contact me via e-mail at jshuck at vaems.org or via telephone at (757) 642-1858. I am out of the office for the next two days but I will be available by cell phone at the number provided. ? All the Best ? Judy ? HMC Judith A. Shuck USN (Ret.) Mass Casualty Preparedness Coordinator HamptonRoads Metropolitian Medical Response System Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council6353 Center Drive, Suite 101 NorfolkVA 23502 Office:? ? 757.963.0632 Cellular: 757.642.1858 E-Mail:? ?jshuck at vaems.org Web:????? www.hrmmrs.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://vaems.org/pipermail/es-fire-ems_vaems.org/attachments/20080916/98a79ec8/attachment.html From hcarpenter5 at msn.com Tue Sep 16 09:20:04 2008 From: hcarpenter5 at msn.com (Hollye Carpenter) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:20:04 -0400 Subject: [ES-Fire-EMS] Mass Casualty Incident Management Courses Message-ID: Mass Casualty Incident Management - Module I (Awareness) Course Mass Casualty Incident Management - Module 2 (Operations) Course Oak Hall Volunteer Rescue Squad Saturday, 11 October and Sunday, 12 October 2008 respectively. About the MCIM Courses: * The MCIM - Module 1 course will consist of the "normal" 4 hour didactic presentation PLUS a hands-on scenario. (Tabitha is helping me put this together. Thank you Tabitha!) The course size for this course will be limited to 50 people. * The MCIM - Module 2 Course consists of the didactic presentation plus a tabletop exercise. The course size for this course will be limited to 30 people as we will need to use some of the tables for the tabletop exercise set up. Please note that students must complete the MCIM - Module 1 course before taking the MCIM - Module 2 course. Students can register for both courses either on-line or via telephone. Registration will close for both courses on Thursday, October 8th at 2359. I will NOT advertise the courses to anyone outside of the Eastern Shore until Saturday, September 27th. This will give EMS Providers on the Shore three weeks to register for the courses before anyone else will be able to. For on-line registration have students go to: http://www.hrmmrs.org/olr.html . Students MUST enter the appropriate Event Code for each course. The event codes are as follows: * MCIM - Module 1 (Awareness) Course - Enter event Code: S9N * MCIM - Module 2 (Operations) Course - Enter event Code: V67 (Please note that this is a new on-line registration system purchased by the Office of EMS for use by all 11 EMS Councils.) If your students have any questions, please contact the Ms. Stephanie Hackett at the TEMS Office via e-mail at hackett at vaems.org or via telephone at (757) 963-0632. Hollye B. Carpenter, NREMT-P FIELD COORDINATOR (Eastern Shore) Tidewater EMS Council,Inc. Office: (757) 678-0411 Fax: (757) 678-7288 email: hcarpenter5 at msn.com email: hcarpenter at co.northampton.va.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://vaems.org/pipermail/es-fire-ems_vaems.org/attachments/20080917/149c10da/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The SAVES Act, which was introduced by Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) in the Senate (S. 3237) and Representative Jason Altmire (D-PA) in the House (H.R. 6461), would create a federal grant program to allow volunteer fire departments to recoup 75 percent of the difference between the prices they are paying for gasoline and diesel today compared with the prices in their region of the country in 2007. Senator Casey is attempting to have the SAVES Act included as part of an economic stimulus package that Congressional Democrats are hoping to pass before Congress adjourns, likely for the last time this session, at the end of September. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that an average volunteer fire department would save $1,725 per year under the bill and potentially more as the price of fuel increases in the future. "High gas and diesel prices have put a strain on millions of Americans, particularly those operating on razor-thin budgets like our volunteer fire companies," said Senator Casey at a July 9 press conference attended by a contingent of firefighters from York, PA, as well as NVFC Director of Government Relations, Dave Finger. "We must help our firefighters so they aren't forced to choose between their budgets and saving lives." To cope with the high cost of fuel, volunteer departments across the country have had to ramp up private fundraising efforts, alter vehicle dispatch procedures, and cut back on budgets for planned equipment and apparatus purchases. In letters sent to Senator Casey and Representative Altmire endorsing the SAVES Act, NVFC Chairman Philip C. Stittleburg outlined the unique challenges facing the volunteer fire service and why the recent spikes in gas and diesel prices are hitting so hard: "Close to 40 percent of the population lives in communities protected by all-or mostly-volunteer fire departments, mainly in rural or semi-rural areas where residents and structures are spread out over a large area. As a result, volunteers often have to drive long distances to respond to calls and attend training. To engage in fire suppression, departments have to use multiple apparatus to transport water to the fire ground if there is no local water supply present, which is often the case outside of urban and suburban communities. Because emergency response in rural areas is so fuel-intensive, volunteer departments are extremely vulnerable to spikes in the price of gas and diesel. This is exacerbated by the fact that many volunteer departments are already operating on shoestring budgets. Because volunteer departments have little to no personnel costs, almost all of their budget revenue is spent on operations. This saves local taxpayers across the country an estimated $37.2 billion every year, but also means that even relatively small increases in operations costs can be significant when considered as part of the overall budget." The NVFC urges you to contact your Senators to ask them to support inclusion of the SAVES Act in any economic stimulus package that Congress considers. Contact information for U.S. Senate offices as well as talking points on the SAVES Act can be found at www.nvfc.org. Virginia Senators: Senator John W. Warner Jim Webb 225 Russell Building 144 Russell Building Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 http://warner.senate.gov/ http://webb.senate.gov/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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