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Support
of the proposed Bill 5, A Bill to Amend the Workers Compensation Act to
recognize certain types of cancer associated with firefighting. |
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Lobbying
to improve the delivery and funding of firefighter training in New Brunswick |
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Lobbying
government to enact legislation to control the rapidly escalating false
alarm rate for fire alarms. |
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Lobbying
the government to assist fire departments in providing medical first
response programs; particularly in rural areas. |
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Continuing
to lobby the federal government to enact tax changes to reflect the valuable
contribution volunteer firefighters provide across Canada. |
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Working
with the Office of the Fire Marshal and provincial government to develop
programs to improve the ability to recruit, train and retain volunteer
firefighters. |
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Continue to strongly
support the Annual Fire Service Training Workshop with financial and
personnel support; a highly successful venture in it’s sixth year of
operation. |
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Implementation of two heavy
Regional Hazardous Materials Response Teams initiative and a further three light teams being planned for implementation in 2005. |
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Implementation of a Fire
Apparatus Standard, for Local Service Districts.
This has not only improved the quality of fire apparatus in these
jurisdictions, but has offered the ability of municipalities to take
advantage of savings with participation in volume purchasing tenders. |
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The two year Alarmed
and Ready Program just wrapped up with a partnership with State
Farm Insurance, the Office of the Fire Marshal and the NBAFC in
distribution of over 4,000 smoke detectors and 10,000 free batteries. |
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The NBAFC ‘s annual
colour book fundraising campaign, which sees over 6,000 free fire prevention
bilingual colouring books distributed across the province. |
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A significant reduction in
the cost of the Annual NBAFC Conference held in Moncton in May 2004. |
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The cooperation of the Fire
Marshal in providing and installing free computers in fire stations across
the Province, to allow for electronic transfer of Fire Report forms and
internet access. |
We encourage all members of the
fire service, as well as interested citizens to utilize the NBAFC website as a
tool to communicate with the various fire departments and government agencies.
We would also remind all Fire
Chief’s of the importance of filing in a timely manner, the Fire Reports for ALL
INCIDENTS your fire department responds to.
It is of vital importance, that
the OFFICE OF THE FIRE
MARSHALL have accurate records to reflect the activity of
the fire service in New Brunswick.
Chief Rob Simonds, President