The Alliance is hosting an Entry Level Firefighter Test on March 5, 2012 at 9 a.m. Please register online at www.NationalTestingNetwork.com

Candidate Physical Ability Testing (CPAT)   CPAT Candidate, Thank you for your interest in completing the CPAT process through the Miami Valley Fire/EMS Alliance. The CPAT process is highly regulated. Listed below are the basics of the process. This document serves as a notification to inform the candidates of the expectations and requirements of the CPAT Exam process. CPAT was developed to create a fair method allowing fire departments to obtain a diverse pool of candidates who are physically capable of performing the tasks required in recruit school. The second edition of the CPAT requirements reflects the experiences of U.S. and Canadian fire departments to implement the comprehensive CPAT program. In 2006, the following orientation and pre-test procedures were implemented after a conciliation agreement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): All candidates will attend at least two (2) mandatory orientation sessions within an eight (8) week period prior…

Blue Card training and certification is designed to prepare fire service professionals for the awsome responsibilities of incident management. To see a demonstration of Blue Card and have your questions answered click here.

Road Construction on I-75 and U.S. 35 is causing travel problems. Today, area south of Dayton are impacted. See the map below. And, to stay informed on changes, click here.  

The Miami Valley Fire Investigator’s Association, for their October seminar, is in need of a home/prior residential structure that they can set burn scenes in. They ask for a local fire department to donate the structure and complete the necessary documents and to be present with them during the test burn of the scenes. The Fire Investigators Association would be willing to do all the hard work of preparing the building for use. They request that the host department complete the safety documents and handle the suppression of the training fires.  At the end of the training the host department could continue to burn the structure down as long as all the legal requirements were met. The host department would be provided with up to 10 students in the class at no charge for the donation of time and management and energy. If you are interested or able to step…

The Alliance Communications Committee will meet at  0900 hours on Wednesday, September 7th.  Chief Fletcher has agreed to chair the committee and agenda items will include the Communications SOP, follow-up on Care Flight concerns, and future training and exercises. Please note that this meeting will take place in Room 215 instead of the computer lab.

The Alliance Training Committee will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 9 am in the 2nd floor Conference room at Sinclair College.

The Alliance is now a regional testing site for the ECOMM/Dispatcher exam from Ergometrics! Test dates have been scheduled for August and September, 2011. Additional test dates for Firefighter have been added! Upcoming dates for both exams are on the Alliance web site. Register for Firefighter or ECOMM/Dispatcher at www.NationalTestingNetwork.com Through our affiliation with the National Testing Network, candidates from across the state, or even across the country, can test here in Dayton and be entered into the national database. Hiring departments in the network have access to candidate's scores. Candidates may register to have their test scores applied to more than one hiring department.

The Communications SOP is being finalized and should be available for distribution very soon. The next meeting of the Alliance Communications Committee is July 13, 2011, 9:00 am at the Alliance office, Building 20, Sinclair Community College..

From the Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal:   May 19, 2011 To Ohio's Fire Service; Recently the Atlanta (GA) Fire Rescue Department was forced to recall more than 18,000 smoke alarms after an investigation by the FBI and Underwriters Laboratories found the smoke alarms were counterfeit. Although the Division of State Fire Marshal is not aware of any similar issues in Ohio, we wanted to make certain all fire departments were aware of the problem that was reported by CBS Atlanta. Their article, with video, can be found at this link: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/27868897/detail.html A legitimate smoke alarm should have an Underwriters Laboratories (UL) sticker and issue number along with a manufacturer's label and model number. The counterfeit smoke alarms uncovered in Georgia contained only a hologram Underwriters Laboratories (UL) sticker with no issue number or manufacturer's label. The Division of State Fire Marshal encourages your fire department to purchase smoke…