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Objectives and Purposes of the SCFMA are...
  1. To unite for mutual benefit those public officials and private persons engaged in fire inspection and prevention of fires.
  2. To provide for exchange of technical information and developments.
  3. To cooperate with other inspection agencies and associations to further fire prevention, fire inspections and life safety protection.
  4. To encourage a high professional standard of conduct among fire inspectors and to continually strive to eliminate all factors which interfere with administration of fire prevention, inspections, and life safety protection.

Golf Tournament to Benefit Gordon McDonald
The South Carolina Fire Marshal's Association will host a Golf Tournament, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, to Benefit Gordon McDonald. Click her to download a copy of the registration form and to read a little about who Gordon McDonald is.

Nominations for Fire Marshal of the Year and the Thomas E. Forrester Jr. Award
Nominations for Fire Marshal of the Year and the Thomas E. Forrester Jr. award are being accepted until May 20, 2013. Please send your nomination to Scott Keeley, nomination forms can be found of the web site under awards.

SCUBA Trip
Scuba season is fast approaching. We are putting together our annual scuba outing for the Fire Marshal Association and you are being invited! Read more...

Association Patch Designers Wanted
A committee is being formed to come up with a patch design for the Association. Anyone wishing to submit a patch design should submit it to Patrick Bradshaw at pbradshaw1@sc.rr.com. The design should include things that reflect our mission statement and be recognizable as representing our Association. We also need several people to serve on a committee to review patch designs and decide on three designs to submit to the board.

Member Intent to Run for Office
The following is a list of members who have made their intentions to run for office for 2013. Elections will be held at the Spring Conference.

Ben Bunting, Town of Summerville: Director of Education
Barry Davis, Greer Fire Dept: First Vice President
Todd Griffin, University of South Carolina: President
Tim Dickson, Anderson County: Second Vice President
Patrick Bradshaw: Director of Benefits
Scott Keeley, City of Greer: Executive Secretary

Division of Fire & Life Safety Strategic Planning Report

Learning Partner Scholarship
As a learning partner with Columbia Southern University, members and employees of your company or organization receive a 10 percent tuition discount via the partnership program. To enhance this great offer, CSU is now offering a special scholarship for learning partners only!

Click here to read more about the program.

SC FALSE Live Demonstration
The South Carolina Fire & Life Safety Education Association was created with the goal of providing a forum for anyone interested in helping to reduce injuries and heighten awareness of safety issues that affect us all. Public education is perhaps the most proactive approach to helping our state realize that safety is everyone's responsibility. Our association is committed to spreading the message. To set up a live fire demonstration in your county, contact Diane Woods at (803) 370-1988 or by email at insurancewoods@gmail.com.

Visit SC FALSE on the website.

2011 - 2012 Installation of Officers
President - Frank Maples
First Vice President - Todd Griffin
Second Vice President - Barry Davis
Director of Member Benefits - Patrick Bradshaw
Director of Training and Professional Development - Ben Bunting
Past President - Gary Mocarski
Executive Secretary - Scott Keeley

Executive Committee of the Association
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Association News

File Download - Sprinkler Presentation
Here is the sprinkler presentation that Patrick Bradshaw presented at the Fall Conference. Right mouse click on the link and click on "save target as..." You'll need an unzipping program such as Winzip to unzip the file. If you have any problems, please contact the webmaster at kgarrett67@yahoo.com.


USFA To Issue CEUs For Coffee Break Training Volumes
Students who need continuing education units (CEUs) to maintain professional certification in fire prevention and code enforcement now can obtain them from the United States Fire Administrations NFAOnline, the National Fire Academys website for distance and online learning. Read more...

job opportunities
Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition

SCFA Training Schedule
SCFA Training Schedule

2013 Civilian Fire Fatalities

16

Last Updated: 04/08/2013

Additional information:
Fire Fatality Reporting

2012 Civilian Fire Fatalities

69

Last Updated: 12/27/2012

Additional information:
Fire Fatality Reporting

2011 Civilian Fire Fatalities

49

Last Updated: 12/13/2011

Additional information:
Fire Fatality Reporting


photo-imageWhat is Fire Team USA?

Fire Team USA is a special day and a half informational training conference on fire protection and your community. Fire Team USA is about bringing resources to help you enhance the fire protection that your community offers. Creating partnerships in the community and working with all stakeholders is important to improving the public policy on fire protection. All you have to do is coordinate your team, sign up, and show up!  Click here  to read more about Fire Team USA.




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