Fire

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MTAS Resources

"Seven Deadly Sins of Fire Departments." by Ray Crouch, MTAS Fire Management Consultant. TAMCAR Spring 2009 Presentation Material
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City of Columbia Standard Operating Procedures and Personnel Procedures

NIMS -- Resolution to Adopt the National Incident Management System

Tennessee County Fire Handbook (CTAS)

Assistant to Commissioner Courses

This series provides the training required to meet the Assistant to the Commissioner training law passed in 2006. All Chief Officers from recognized Tennessee fire departments hired or elected after July 1, 2006 must complete 16 hours of training. The series includes a variety of subjects including: legal, budgeting, human resources, safety, state requirements, TFIRS, water utilities, etc. This series of courses may be offered at the TFACA or in local jurisdictions.

Please go to the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy website to register.

Tennessee Fire Service Mutual Aid Project MTAS is assisting the Tennessee Fire Chief's Association (TFCA) in developing a Statewide Mutual Aid Resource Deployment System. More information on project.

State Resources

Fire Department Directory (State of TN Fire Prevention Division)

TN State Fire Marshall's Office

Federal Resources

EPA. Office of Emergency Management

• 2008 Nationwide Survey of Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs)

• Firefighters Grant Support
• Public Assistance Guide. FEMA provides the basic provisional and application procedures for FEMA's Public Assistance Program (Oct. 1999)

• Water Supply Systems and Evaluation Methods.
  • Volume 1: Water Supply Systems Concepts
  • Volume 2: Water Supply Evaluation Methods