National Fire Protection Association Blog

Updates to NFPA's Electric Vehicle Safety Training discussed in NFPA Journal

 

This Chevy Volt was involved in a two-car accident in Geneseo, New York, in May.

NFPA's Electric Vehicle (EV) Safety Training Project continues its expansion.

An EV training course is now available online for $19 per participant. To cover this cost, fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service providers can apply for grants available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. For more information, visit the EV Safety Training site.

Another new component to this project is NFPA's EV Emergency Field Guide, which offers tips on properly responding to an EV in an accident. Moreover, details on a new EV safety summit have been announced. Learn all the specifics in the latest edition of NFPA Journal.

NFPA Journal applauds the 2011 Jensen Award winner

The winner of the 2011 Rolf H. Jensen Memorial Public Education Grant was the College Station Fire Department in College Station,Texas, home of Texas A&M University. NFPA presents the $5,000 grant each year to a local fire department in the United States or Canada to support a community-wide fire and life safety education program or campaign.

According to Lisa Braxton, project manager for NPFA's Public Education Division, the fire department used the grant to support its Rental Housing Fire Reduction Education Program for the college community. "Off-campus rentals provide housing to more than 40,000 students who attend Texas A&M University and Blinn College," she notes in her "Outreach" column in the latest issue of NFPA Journal. 

Through this campaign, the fire department reached more than 2,500 students in person at student conferences, fire safety events, and fire drills, and more than 40,000 households.

The application deadline for the next Jensen grant is February 8, 2013. For more information, visit nfpa.org/Jensen. 

—Kathleen Robinson

 

 

NFPA seeks applications for Rolf H. Jensen Grant for fire department public education programs

NFPA is seeking applications for the 2012 Rolf H. Jensen Memorial Public Education Grant, funded by the RJA Group. The amount of $5,000 is provided annually to a local fire department in the United States or Canada to support its fire and life safety education program or campaign. Last year’s award went to the College Station Fire Department in College Station, Texas, to support a fire safety education program for the more than 40,000 Texas A& M students who live in off-campus housing. Contact Lisa Braxton if you have any questions about the award and application process.

The application deadline is February 3, 2012. Mail the application to the National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA  02169, Attention: Public Education/Jensen Application. Or e-mail the application to education@nfpa.org.

-Sharon Gamache