Click to download summary. Maine fire service membership, We, the fire service stakeholders, sincerely appreciate your participation in the OSHA Emergency Response Standard Survey. As we have many times throughout history, the collective fire service in Maine has a new challenge to navigate and overcome. Most of us are familiar, to some degree, with the… Read more »
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Basic Fire School Qualification Program Firefighters and Wildland Firefighting
Basic Fire School Qualification Program Firefighters and Wildland Firefighting Recently a question was brought to our attention in regards to a Maine BLS inspection on training files. It was noted that those that hold a Basic Fire School (BFS) Qualification do not have training for wildland firefighting, due to the BFS program not containing a… Read more »
The Bugle’s Echo (Jan/Feb) 2024
Happy New Year! May 2024 be a year of great forward progress and keep you safe from the hazards of the job. I hope you all enjoyed a safe and happy holiday season. As we welcome in 2024, we can be sure that it will be yet another full year of firefighter training all across… Read more »
An Alliance of State Agencies for Fire Training
On October 16, 2023, the Maine Fire Service Institute, Maine State Fire Marshal, Maine Forest Service and SafetyWorks! signed an agreement to collaborate on Fire Training opportunities and information sharing. Safety Works!, Maine Fire Service Institute, Maine State Fire Marshal, and Maine Forest Service recognizes the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and… Read more »
Maine Fire Chiefs Workshops
A program of the Maine Fire Chiefs Association and supported by Maine Fire Service Institute. The Maine Fire Chiefs Workshop was created to provide current, new and aspiring fire chiefs with an understanding of important considerations for the delivery of fire protection services in their community. The workshop will provide information to assist in the… Read more »
Penobscot Fire Academy Spotlight by Channel 5
Excellent news story about the Penobscot Firefighter Academy. We are proud of all your hard work and efforts by the Penobscot County Fire Chief’s Association and partner fire departments. The training equipment and trailers managed by MFSI and made possible through grant funding can be see maintained and managed by our Maine State Fire Instructors… Read more »