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rll ----'\) ( ); ~l}( **ITEM 3.12.** River MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Bruce A. West, Fire Chief DATE: June 14, 1999 SUBJECT: Attendance at National Fire Academy Firefighter training is available for fire service executives not only within the state of Minnesota's sectional and state fire schools, but also at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. In past years, the Elk River fire department has sent numerous personnel to the National Fire Academy to attend firefighter and executive development training. . The opportunity to attend the National Fire Academy continues to be outstanding training for fire department's throughout the United States. The cost is, and continues to be, one of the best values for fire departments. The National Fire Academy reimburses the cost of the airfare for the students who are attending training at the academy. The room, tuition, and books are also paid for by our federal government and the National Fire Academy. The only cost to the city and the fire department for my attendance at the National Fire Academy is for the meals, in an amount of$180.00. . I will be attending a training session titled, "Executive Analysis of Fire Service Operations in Emergency Management" FROM August 23 to September 3, 1999. This course is designed to prepare senior staff officers in the administrative functions necessary to effectively manage the operational components of a fire and rescue department. Some of the areas that will be covered in the course are: risk assessment, incident documentation, media/political considerations, legal mandates, integrated emergency management system, and advanced procedures in incident command and capability assessment. Along with the coursework to be presented at the National Fire Academy, there will be a series of senior staff level issues that will require executive analysis and action. The actions implemented will be applied to a mock community in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the decisions, thus testing the mock community's fire and rescue departments' overall operational readiness. Exercises will take place during the course with the Emergency Management Institute that require the student to apply what they have learned to a complex set of events that impact your mock community. 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425