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2011 FAMA Fall Member Meeting

2011 FAMA Fall Member Meeting. October 7, 2011 Arlington, Virginia. WELCOME. SPONSORS. FAMA SPONSOR Spartan Motors – FAMA Breakfast FAMA/FEMSA JOINT SPONSORS PennWell Corp. Firehouse Companies AMDOR Fire Chief Publications FireRescue1. INTRODUCTIONS. 2011 Board Members

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2011 FAMA Fall Member Meeting

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  1. 2011 FAMA Fall Member Meeting October 7, 2011 Arlington, Virginia

  2. WELCOME

  3. SPONSORS FAMA SPONSOR • Spartan Motors – FAMA Breakfast FAMA/FEMSA JOINT SPONSORS • PennWell Corp. • Firehouse Companies • AMDOR • Fire Chief Publications • FireRescue1

  4. INTRODUCTIONS 2011 Board Members Past President Peter Darley Sr. Director at Large Jan Polka Jr. Director at Large Mike Power 2011 Officers President Grady North Vice President Greg Kozey Treasurer Harold Boer Secretary Bruce Whitehouse

  5. GREETINGS Fire Chief Jim Schwartz Arlington, VA

  6. TREASURER’S REPORT Dues/New Members Up $6,600 GAC Donation (Fire Eng./FDIC) Up $5,000 Meeting Sponsors Fall Down $1,500 Spring Down $5,500 Income: Close to or above budget Income/ExpenseNotes

  7. TREASURER’S REPORT Income/ExpenseNotes • Accountant Fees: • Up $1,245 • CFSI: • Up $1,000 • Education/Grant Fund: • Up $2,000 • Statistics could go over? • Have not used contingency fund • Expect to be close to meeting budget

  8. PRESIDENT’S REPORT • Membership is at an all time high • Monday morning NAM report • Technical Committee newsletter • Tech-Ed Sub-Committee • Web page portal for Technical Committee • Industry outlook survey • Expert review and analysis of surveys • FAMA/FDSOA partnership

  9. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS Nominating Committee Chairman Jerry Halpin Vice-Chairman John Sztykiel Member and Board Liaison Peter Darley

  10. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS • President:  Greg Kozey • Vice President:  Harold Boer • Treasurer:  Bruce Whitehouse • Secretary:  Mike Power • Past President:  Grady North • Jr. Director-at-Large:  Phil Gerace

  11. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS FLOOR NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN ACCCORDING TO “ROBERT’S RULES”

  12. John Granby, Co–Chair Bill Lawson Bill Latta John W. McNulty,lll Mike Natchipolsky Craig Sharman Lee Morris, Co–Chair Ken Creese George Goros Stewart McMillan Steve Stein GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Dave Gatton – Washington Consultant Richard Boyes - CGC Liaison Mike Power - FAMA Board Liaison

  13. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 2011 Activity • Hill Day – CFSI combination • 74 meetings, 22 companies participated • Home days – 3 major events in PA, Ill, Ohio. (Down from 5 last year) • Alliance Lunch – Oct 4 • Ongoing meetings with members, staff and committee members • GAC alerts and newsletter to all members

  14. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Hill Day Successes • Hill day, well organized and staged • High energy among attendees • 74 meetings with Congressional offices • Well received by legislators & Alliance partners • Fire Caucus successfully increased House baseline amount for Fire Act twice (2011 & 2012)

  15. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 2011 Legislative Agenda • $405 Million for AFG in 2011 • $335 Million for AFG in House Bill, and $375 Million in Senate Bill for 2012 • State/Federal fire truck weight laws (FAMA) • Federal Fire Act Grants Program Reauthorization • DHS Reauthorization

  16. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 2011 Goals • Continue to promote our core initiatives • Full Funding for the Fire Act • Reauthorization and continued support for the program • Full funding for the U.S. Fire Administration • Greater member participation • Hill Day/CFSI • Home day • More targeted communications and timely information

  17. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS GAC tasks to Members • This is a Relationship Business!! • Call your Congressional Offices • Fire Act Funding Update • Election Outlook • Call Before and After Election Day • Report Back to GAC

  18. EDUCATION Tammy Laridaen – Co-Chair Jeff Hupke – Co Chair Curt Ignacio Rebecca Schenk Russell Chick Harold Boer – FAMA Board Liaison

  19. EDUCATIONFire Chief Survey Objective: Identify key issues facing departments today and provide insight into what this may mean for FAMA/FEMSA members Survey outline Type of organization Funding Economy Department changes made or anticipated Process changes made or anticipated Equipment changes made or anticipated Equipment needs / requirements that manufacturers should address

  20. EDUCATION Fire Chief Survey Develop and review survey instrument (complete) Committee feedback and Board review of survey (complete) Conduct survey (Oct-Jan) Complete analysis and draft report (Feb) Review report with FAMA Board (Feb) Presentation at Spring Meeting Schedule & Timing

  21. EDUCATION “Outlook” Survey Objective: To assess the 1-3 year business outlook of FAMA/FEMSA members and to gain a better understanding of concerns and growth strategies [this will be an annual survey where we will also compare the annual outlooks and how they are changing] Survey outline [all to be kept confidential] General business questions Capacity & employment Economic factors Growth strategies Media influences Capital investment expectations

  22. EDUCATION “Outlook” Survey Develop and review survey instrument (complete) Committee feedback and Board review of survey (complete) Conduct survey (Oct-Dec) Complete analysis and draft report (Jan) Review report with FAMA Board (Feb) Presentation at Spring Meeting Schedule & Timing

  23. EDUCATIONScholarship 2011 Phillip L. Turner Fire Protection Scholarship Awarded to University of Maryland student Chad Lannon Special thanks to Akron Brass Company for sponsoring the scholarship again this year and increasing it from $3000 to $5000. Akron Brass will continue its sponsorship for the foreseeable future. Tammy will be trying this year to incorporate visits to the department heads of the colleges to see if that helps to promote awareness of the scholarship and therefore increase applications

  24. MEETING PLANNING Corporate Sponsors PennWell Corp. – FEMSA/FAMA Hospitality Suite Firehouse Companies – FEMSA/FAMA Networking AMDOR – FEMSA/FAMA Thursday Business Speaker Fire Chief Publications – FEMSA/FAMA Fire Chief Roundtable FireRescue1 – FEMSA/FAMA Banquet Open Bar Spartan Motors – FAMA Breakfast

  25. MEETING PLANNING Dates/Attendees

  26. MEETING PLANNING Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Date: March 30-April 4, 2012 Hotel: Marriott Ft. Lauderdale Spring 2012FAMA Meeting

  27. MEETING PLANNING Spring 2012

  28. MEETING PLANNING Spring 2012

  29. MEETING PLANNING Spring 2012

  30. MEETING PLANNING Location: Glendale, AZ Date: Sept. 26-29, 2012 Hotel: Glendale Marriott Fall 2012FAMA/FEMSA Joint Meeting

  31. MEETING PLANNING Location Requirements • Suitable warm climate • Alternate location in country if possible with warm weather (East, Central, West) Airport Requirements • Flights available from all major cities • Distance to the hotel must be under 35 minutes • Travel time from member’s home city within reasonable time (5 hours) • Flight must be a maximum of one stop to & from home city • Airport shuttle service to / from hotel • Airport has the ability to get 150 people in and out in one day Hotel Requirements • Hotel room rates under $300.00 including all add-on charges • Beachfront hotel if possible • Must be at least a 4 star rated hotel • Must be a business and resort hotel • Must be part of a major chain hotel • Hotel should have had a complete restoration in the last 4 to 5 years • FAMA must be the largest group in house • No children or school activities going on while we’re there (spring break) • Attitude of all hotel staff and management on first contact • Experience of hotel planner • Lobby clean and spacious • Check hotel for proper fire law compliance • Golf course within reasonable distance • Activities within walking distance from hotel. (shopping, restaurants, site-seeing) • Free Internet and no resort fee

  32. MEETING PLANNING Hotel Grounds • Overall sense of safety and security, in and around hotel • Free parking Meeting Rooms • Meeting rooms to be adequate size and style • Check seating capacity for our group size • Business center with all necessary equipment • Meeting room breakfast and network breaks/on time, quality of food, and service Audio Visual Service • Availability of audio visual personnel anytime needed • Ability to meet our technical/equipment requirements • Prices within our budget Hospitality Area • Hospitality area or suite to be of adequate size & distance from pools and meeting rooms • Our first choice is an outside area next to or near the pool • Adequate rainout back up • Adequate bartender service Hotel Restaurants • Variety of restaurants from coffee shop to gourmet • Different types of menus (i.e., American, Italian, Mediterranean, Oriental) • Quality of food, service and cleanliness of each restaurant

  33. MEETING PLANNING Food and Beverage Menu • Cost of all items on hotel food & beverage menu must be under the FAMA budget • Quality and service of the food & beverages in meeting rooms Farewell Dinner • Adequate choice of menu items • Table set up, table dressing • Quality of overall service and wait staff • Adequate size and type of banquet room Hotel Shops • Variety of hotel shops from a convenience store with toiletry supplies, drug items, travel supplies and gifts items • Other shops for men’s and ladies’ items Hotel Sleeping • Cleanliness and condition of room • Check bedding, linens, carpet/floor • Working order of guest room amenities (TV, remote, phone, internet ) • Room service capability • In room refrigerator or service bar • Bath tub and toilet are clean • Bath room has amenities and supplies • Rooms quiet from outside noise • Rooms are to be cleaned by 3 pm • Heating, cooling and lighting system working to our satisfaction • Cleanliness of base boards around the base of the room • Condition of carpeting, cleaned daily • Noise level of sleeping room from outside noise • Non-smoking rooms free of smoke odors • Inspect behind the bed board and under mattress label. General • Areas in and outside of hotel to network in, open bars, living room type seating areas in and outside cleanliness • Lawns and shrubs well kept • Pool area clean and spacious Spouse Activities • Ideas from hotel on a spouse program • Shopping and activities within reasonable distance of hotel Hotel Services • Speed and efficiency of front desk check-out • Attitude of Front Desk staff • Attitude of hotel staff • Attitude of Management

  34. MEETING PLANNING Financial Requirements • Meet our credit requirements and terms • Master billing due in 30 days if possible • Master bill executed to our specifications Contractual Requirements • Acts of God clause • All F&B items under $35,000 • Cancellation Policy: 12 months prior to the event for any reason with no penalty • Free room for meeting planner • Free upgrades for FAMA President and Past President • Low room rate guarantee when we’re in house • No bartender fees                                                            • No cancellation penalty for departing early • No hotel construction/restoration projects, during our stay • No or very little deposit; pay deposit after we collect meeting fees • No resort or internet fees • Ability to reduce room block 20% thirty days before the meeting • Room rate available 3 to 4 days before and after the meeting dates • No deposits until 60 days before meeting

  35. TECHNICAL Co-Chairs David Durstine Mike Moore Subcommittee (Co-Chairs) Aerial/QuintARFFAmbulance Jim Salmi Grady North Steve Cole Jeff Aiken Marty Huffman Steve Rowland Body ChassisElectrical Bill Proft Roger Lackore John Doperalski TBD TBD Peter Luhrs FoamPumps & Plumbing Tech Education* Dominic Colletti Doug Miller Maria Hovanes TBD Chad Trinkner Dan Veselsky * Tech Education was created to develop & maintain a repository of technical topics, papers, presentations and speakers that will be available to the organization and the industry.

  36. TECHNICAL 2011 Initiatives Published a quarterly Technical Committee E‐Newsletter. Promote Communications and Committee Work outside the 2 Technical Meeting Held. Fire Apparatus Graphical Symbols Initiative EPA Greenhouse Gas & NHTSA Fuel Consumption Standards

  37. TECHNICAL 2011 Spring Tech Meeting Was held March 24th, 2011 Special to Thanks to Spring Meeting Sponsor

  38. TECHNICAL 2011 Fall Tech Meeting Was held August 25th, 2011 Special to Thanks to the 2010 Fall Meeting Co-Sponsors

  39. NFPA 18 NFPA 18 – Wetting Agents and Water AdditivesFAMA representatives: Jerry Halpin (A) and Dominic Colletti (P)

  40. NFPA 18 Technical Committee is responsible for two separate documents: NFPA 18 – Standard on Wetting Agents NFPA 18A –Standard on Water Additives For Fire Control and Vapor Mitigation NFPA 18 is through cycle and complete. NFPA 18A was completed in the Fall of 2010, and the document has been released by NFPA. Next meeting for NFPA 18 will be the ROP meeting in the Fall if 2012.

  41. NFPA 1500 NFPA 1500 – Fire Service Occupational Health and Safety FAMA representatives:Leroy Coffman (A) and Dominic Colletti (P)

  42. NFPA 1500 Two documents are “in cycle” and have gone through the Report On Proposals (ROP) phase: NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program;  NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments;

  43. NFPA 1500 Last full committee meeting to develop ROP was held in San Francisco on February 10 through 12, 2011. NFPA 1500 submitted proposals and committee proposal were reviewed. In relationship to fire apparatus, these include: Method to secure and/or contain hose and exterior mounted equipment – this will be retroactive. Increased requirements for the AHJ to train members in the operation of specific department owned fire apparatus. Placarding on the vehicle dashboard with a “Do Not Exceed XX mph” by the AHJ.

  44. NFPA 1500

  45. NFPA 1500 • Next planned 1500 technical committee meeting is to develop Report On Comments (ROC): • October, 10 through 12, 2011, Baltimore, MD

  46. NFPA 1901 RepresentativeDavid Durstine Alternate Mike Shoeberger

  47. NFPA 1901 Responsible Documents & Revision Cycles NFPA 1901 Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus Fall 2013 Revised Edition Date: 2014 NFPA1906 Standard for Wildland Fire Apparatus Fall 2011 (Revised from Fall 2010) Revised Edition Date: 2012 (Revised from 2011) NFPA 1911 Standard for the Inspection, Maintenance, Testing, and Retirement of In-Service Automotive Fire Apparatus Fall 2011 Revised Edition Date: 2012 NFPA 1912 Standard for Fire Apparatus Refurbishing Fall 2010 Revised Edition Date: 2011

  48. NFPA 1917 • There will be a meeting of the Ambulance Committee 1917 on Oct. 12 and 13, 2011 in Baltimore. • On the proposed rulings, there were only 43 comments which should be disposed of in short order. • The members have not received the comments yet due to a power problem at NFPA. We expect to receive the comments by the first week of October. We will update FAMA as the work progresses.

  49. MARKETING/INTERNET 1ST QUARTER 2011 FAMA SPONSORSHIP FOR FDIC Banners Video on Bus Ad Bag

  50. MARKETING/INTERNET 2ND QUARTER 2011 DISCUSSION OF NEW COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES Technical Meeting Promotion Technical Group Interaction between meetings, internet “board” HTML Templates for Emails from FAMA Reach out to Other Committees

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