ICMA-RC awarded 24 surviving relatives of firefighters with its Public Employee Memorial Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year. ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarships are presented annually. ICMA-RC and its Board of Directors established the Fund in 2001 and have raised more than $1 million and awarded scholarships to more than 300 students across the nation. Individuals are eligible to apply for the ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarship if they are the child or spouse of a local or state government employee who has died in the line of duty and planning to study full-time at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or a vocational-technical school.
www.icmarc.org/scholarship.
MSA awarded 30 firefighters with scholarships to an O2X Human Performance Workshop—the first of which took place in Champaign, Illinois. The O2X Human Performance Workshop is designed to help firefighters start, stay, and finish their careers strong. Wherever firefighters are in their health, wellness, and safety journey, MSA hopes to help maximize their performance by offering the firefighters the chance to participate in this physical and mental health optimization program. Two additional sessions are planned to take place in Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas, November 13-16. www.msafire.com/H2Thealth.
ACELA TRUCK COMPANY announced the expansion of its purpose-built High Water/Flood Rescue Truck line of response apparatus to include multiple new custom body configurations and larger 6 × 6 models of its Monterra high-mobility chassis. The Acela Monterra line of trucks were originally designed for use by the U.S. Army. In addition to flood rescue operations, Monterra flood rescue trucks can be used for virtually any disaster response such as tornados, hurricanes, blizzards, mudslides, and earthquakes, easily traveling over or through large debris, doubling as brush/wildland fire engines, urban search and rescue support vehicles, cargo haulers, and SAR/SWAT team troop carriers in rural and urban environments. www.acelatruck.com.
