The New Mexico Fire Chiefs Association is a subsection of New Mexico Municipal League whose membership is comprised of all incorporated municipalities in the state.  Additionally, the League sponsors groups of professionals from several areas of municipal government.  These groups include Fire Chiefs, Police Chiefs, City Clerks, Finance Officers, City Attorneys, City Managers, Municipal Judges, Public Works Officials, Zoning Officials and Airport Managers, just to name a few.  In fact, there are currently 14 such professional groups that are called “Subsections” at the League.

Each of these professional organizations are formed under the overall aegis of the New Mexico Municipal League and have their own Bylaws and/or Constitutions, which spell out, among other things, their mission, how officers are elected, what their dues are and other relevant information for the groups functions.  Each subsection must have their Bylaws approved by the Municipal League’s Board of Directors in order to become operational.  More information on NMML Subsections.

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We are an organization created with the purpose of cooperating with other organizations to promote programs that further the goals and objectives of the fire services within the State of New Mexico.

We also seek to develop an active program dedicated to the continual well-being of the Fire Services and Emergency Medical Services within our state.

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Posted by Linda Gaume Jaramillo on 12/19 at 11:39 AM
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This is a new course, condensed from the two week course previously taught at the National Fire Academy at Emmitsburg, Maryland.

This course will assist the student in verifying that construction documents comply with applicable building and fire codes for fire protection and life-safety requirements. Subjects addressed include site plans review for emergency apparatus access, water supply, and hydrants. Additionally, architectural drawings will be reviewed for construction requirements, life safety egress, compartmentalization, evaluation of HVAC systems, exit illumination, and emergency power supplies. The assessment of the need for built-in fire protection systems and smoke control/management will also be discussed.

This course is for individuals who are, or expect to be, responsible for verifying code compliance of construction documents from a fire protection standpoint. This includes fire service personnel actively involved in code compliance and city or county building plans examiners.

Pre-requisite: All students must have completed Incident Command I-100 and I-200 to be eligible for this class. Copies of your certificates must be attached to your application. Acceptable courses are I 100 or IS-100a and I-200 or IS-200a from the NMFTA, NWCG, USFS, BLM, NFA or EMI. These courses may be taken on line at www.training.fema.gov/IS.

Please forward completed NMFTA applications and ICS certificates to the Academy at:

Box 239
Socorro, NM
87801
Fax: (575) 835-7506

Space is limited for these courses to 30 students for each course.

Application deadline is April 27, 2009

Posted by Linda Gaume Jaramillo on 04/15 at 06:03 AM
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Keynote Speaker
Denis Rubin, Chief of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department for the District of Columbia, will be the keynote speaker for this years conference.  Chief Rubin has more than 35 years’ experience in fire and rescue service.  He has been an adjunct faculty member of the National Fire Academy since 1983 and is a long-standing contributing editor of FIREHOUSE magazine.

Be sure to save the dates and watch for a registration packet in the mail and on this site.  Registration will be available by mail, fax and online (www.nmml.org).

2009 Fire Service Conference Preliminary Program

Posted by Linda Gaume Jaramillo on 02/12 at 11:29 AM
Category: Conference •