● The NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION selected Deputy Chief William H. Goldfeder, E.F.O., to serve on the board of directors. Goldfeder, a speaker and advocate for fire service safety, will serve on the 12-member board that directs the Foundation’s many programs. Goldfeder, a firefighter since 1973 and a chief officer since 1982, serves with the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department in southwest Ohio. He is a commissioner on the Commission of Fire Accreditation International, has served on several NFPA and IAFC committees, is a member of the IAFC Health and Safety Committee, is an IAFC representative on the National Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting Task Force, and is an editorial advisory board member of Fire Engineering and the FDIC.
● The U.S Navy Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR) Training Systems Division (TSD) awarded a contract worth more than $10 million to KIDDE FIRE TRAINER, INC. to supply Mobile Aircraft FireTrainer® systems over the next five years. The Mobile Aircraft FireTrainer® is a commercially available Live Fire Training System® that simulates fire emergencies on military fighter and transport aircrafts. The trailer-mounted aircraft replica uses retractable wings, enabling easy transport to training locations all over the world. The Navy will use the trainers in training its firefighters. KiddeFT developed the world’s first live fire training system for a U.S. Navy contract in 1979 and has delivered 22 FireTrainer devices to the U.S. Navy to date. The computer-controlled training systems are fueled by propane or natural gas for realistic fire training in a safe, controlled, and environmentally sound manner.
● The Boston Fire Department has ordered 2,000 VIKING FIRE FIGHTING suits over a three-year contract. The Viking turnouts chosen featured a lightweight Nomex Titan outer shell, Gore PTFE moisture barrier, and Viking MHT liner. Viking was selected for its reduced weight, flexibility, and overall heat stress mitigation.
● AMERICAN LAFRANCE has donated an Eagle® cab for use in an interactive fire safety display at the Historic Belmont Fire House in Portland, Oregon. The company donated the cab to realistically reflect modern fire service technology. The historic firehouse, with a structure dating back to 1912, features a hayloft reminiscent of the horse-drawn apparatus days. Conversion to a museum took place in 2003, after the completion of a modern fire station in the area. The American LaFrance cab will be displayed next to an 1879 pumper. The museum display includes a full spectrum of fire equipment, including historic and contemporary fire engines.
American LaFrance has named Doug Kelley the new product manager for pumpers and tankers. He served several years as the fire body engineering manager at the company’s Ladson, South Carolina, facility. Kelley was instrumental in the development of the L3 class pumper and tanker product line. He will oversee new business and industry growth opportunities specific to the pumper and tanker product line, including marketing, sales, strategic product offerings, and pricing initiatives.
● RAE SYSTEMS INC. has launched an online store, RAE MarketPlace US, offering a range of accessories and consumable items including calibration gases; sensors and filters; as well as single-use tubes for gas detection, separation, and humidity filtering. The online store was established in response to customer requests to make availability of high-demand items faster and easier. The RAE Systems eCommerce program, RAE MarketPlace US, delivers product accessories and consumable items at http://ecommerce.raesystems.com. RAE MarketPlace US requires no minimum order. Since orders go directly to the factory, they can be processed, fulfilled, and shipped faster than purchasing through a third party. The eCommerce program is for U.S. orders only. For more information, call (877) 723-2878. Web site: www.raesystems.com.
RAE Systems received the first order against a five year “Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity” contract to supply the U.S. military with MultiRAE Wingtank Entry Kits. The contract specifies a minimum order of 150 units each year, and the first order has been placed for 280 units. The Wingtank Entry Kit is customized specifically for entering and servicing aircraft wing-tanks. Alarms, gas measurement scales, and calibration gases are specially tailored for use in environments containing jet fuel vapors. The kit uses photoionization detectors (PIDs) instead of traditional Wheatstone bridge lower explosive limit (LEL) sensors for measuring jet fuel vapors.
● PELICAN PRODUCTS appointed Bill Prunty as a regional sales manager in the commercial sales division, responsible for the management and oversight of all Pelican’s business development and sales activities in Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota.
● PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP., provider of a patented information system that captures digital, aerial oblique, and orthogonal images and related software, announced that Hardin County, Tennessee, is the first county in the state to implement the company’s software and imagery in its E9-1-1 Dispatching Center. Hardin County encompasses 578 square miles and has a population of approximately 26,000 residents.
Pictometry’s software enables public safety agencies and 9-1-1 call takers to easily access up to 12 different views of any property, building, highway, or other feature in a county. It also enables users to create measurements such as distance, height, elevation, and area directly from the oblique imagery as well as insert GIS content and other data. Using the pictometry system, when a 9-1-1 call comes in, responder agencies can get the location, the phone number, and the address and, with a mouse click, obtain a photo of the house to which the agency is responding and a visual view of how to get emergency vehicles there. For more information, visit www. pictometry.com.
