>If anyone has been to any training or knows of any training that may be
>benficial to us, please share what you have been up-to and how the
>program was.


The National Fire Academy at Emmitsburg, MD has good training programs for
fire safety and fire prevention specialists/officers. The Academy's Fire
Prevention: Technical Curriculum especially geared for specialists just
starting in the business, is an excellent program.  I believe this
curriculum is beneficial to seasoned FSP's, as well.  Another valuable
aspect of going to the Academy is having the opportunity to network with
other fire safety/prevention personnel from all over the USA and the
world.  And to top that - training is FREE.  It's federally funded (I
guess we all pay for it, I should say).

Further information on the Academy is available on the Internet at:

                http://www.usfa.fema.gov

Upon request, the academy will also send you its catalog of courses for
the current fiscal/academic year.



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