This year at Fire-Rescue International, FireRescue magazine Editor-in-Chief Tim Sendelbach sat down with IAFC Outgoing President Jeff Johnson and IAFC Incoming President Jack Parow to discuss “IAFC – challenges and future plans.”

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A little about President Johnson and President Parow:

Outgoing IAFC President Jeff Johnson is the former Fire Chief for Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) – a combination agency with over 400 career firefighters and support staff, and approximately 100 volunteers.  TVF&R is Oregon’s largest fire district serving a population of approximately 450,000 citizens within nine cities and portions of three counties.

Incoming IAFC President Jack Parow is fire chief in Chelmsford, Mass., a 34-year veteran of the fire service and an IAFC member since 1991.

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Welcome to the Fire Rescue International (FRI)  2009 blog.  Here you will find information about the latest news,  activities and events — all leading up to FRI ‘09 in Dallas, August 25-29.

In the months leading up to FRI, our focus is to share meaningful information that will help you prepare for the event.  As such, we’ve created a new FRI website with improved navigation, making it easy to find what you need with respect to the program agenda, exhibit information, hotel and travel, special events and much more.  We’ve also added some new search features, including the ability to search program seminars and workshops by date or educational track.

In addition to the blog and website enhancements, we are launching several new social media tools, including  webcasts, IAFC-TV, as well as new features in the electronic version of On Scene to keep you informed and engaged before FRI.  We encourage you to utilize these tools to learn about the many new features at FRI ‘09 and to connect with your fellow IAFC members and peers before, during and after the conference to enhance your experience.

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