Group Objectives and Scope

Objectives

To build a bridge between scientists and firefighters by providing an International forum for Firefighters, Educators, and Fire Scientists to share knowledge and experience with objective of developing training systems for fire fighters and fire officers.

Scope

• Compartment Fire Behaviour
• Compartment Fire Suppression
• Fire Ventilation Techniques and Tactics
• Command Decision Making
• Realistic Training

3rd International Fire Instructors Workshop

The 3rd International Fire Instructors Workshop will be held in Ottawa, Canada from the 16th of May. This will be followed by The OTTAWA F•I•R•E• 2010 symposium at the Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada May 17 – May 21st 2010. This event was conceived to address the needs of Ottawa Fire Services personnel in response to the recommendations of the Workers’ Report on Critical Injuries as a result of the Forward Avenue Fire on February 12, 2007.
The Ottawa Professional Firefighters Association in partnership with the Ottawa Fire Services, the National Research Council of Canada and Carleton University’s Industrial Chair in Fire Safety Engineering will host the Symposium in Ottawa at Carleton University. The partners in this endeavour seek to examine the issues facing the fire service through relationships, education, discovery and advocacy.
The scope of FIRE 2010 will be a comprehensive presentation of subjects related to:
1. Firefighting
2. Instruction
3. Research
4. Engineering
More information about this even can be found at http://www.ottawafirefighters.org/ottawafire2010/index1.html#toppage
So far registrations include participants from Spain, Germany, France, USA, Australia, UK, Holland, Belgium, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden and of course all parts of Canada.

CFT Special Interest Group

The IFE CFT Special Interest Group is in an embryonic stage at the moment and we are looking for enthusiastic members to take on the role of SIG Member. If you have a particular interest in CFT and would like to contribute to the Group, please email the IFE Technical Officer, Jim Robson: jim.robson@ife.org.uk

Welcome to the IFE Compartment Fire Training Blog site

This blog has been created following the success of the IFE Fire investigation and Research blog site (www.ifefir@blogspot.com). Please feel free to add a comment. New posts will be developed in the near future to encourage discussion on this topic