FSTI News

Posted: 20 June, 2009

FSTI presents NWCG S-230 Crew Boss and S-231 Engine Boss on July 6 - 10, 2009, at the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District training room, 911 Walnut Ave., in Carpintera. This program provides you with the necessary skills and responsibilities of a Single Resource Boss. Reservations are requried. Please call the CSFA office at 800-451-CSFA. The course fee: $20.

We are currently working on another S-215 and a S-290 class at the LAFD Hotchkin's Training Center. There will be more information here shortly. A S-290 class is also under development for S-290 at the Carpinteral-Summerland Fire Protection District training room for sometime in August. 

FSTI will be providing classes at Firehouse World 2010 in San Diego. More information will be availabe soon.

The Los Angeles Area Fire Marshals Association, The California State Firefighters' Association and FSTI provide FSTINet and CalArsonNet Communication Lists to the public safety community. 

The California State Firefighters' Association (CSFA) and the Fire Services Training Institute (FSTI), in mutual agreement with the Los Angeles Area Fire Marshal's Association (LAAFMA), provide three communication networks, LAAFMA Net, FSTINet and CalArsonNet. These lists are provided as a free service to fire professionals in California. FSTINet addresses training issues. The CalArsonNet focuses  on arson investigation, standards and practices. FSTINet and  CalArson Net join the already successful LAAFMA Discussion List network of with more than 900 members in California.

These networks are informal communication networks that allow one member to post a message via a secure server which is then sent directly to the email in box of every member within that network. The lists provides an instant communication tool and resource asset for members on the secure roster for each respective networks.

Membership to FSTINet is aimed primarily at fire and public safety training professionals. The intent is to bring together fire safety professionals, department training officers, public and private safety training personnel, and others under the FSTINet program which is dedicated to coordinating and providing statewide fire training opportunities and assistance via this website.

CalArsonNet consists of the members of the California arson investigative community. It is open statewide to other active arson fire investigators, peace officers, forensic personnel, legal entities and specific government agencies that are actively engaged in the investigation and prosecution of arson cases. An approval process of those desiring access to this list will be overseen by the CSFA Arson Committee and LAAFMA.

CSFA and FSTI are proud to join the Los Angeles Area Fire Marshal's Association in providing these valuable tools to the fire and public safety community. Anyone interested in joining any of the three networks is encouraged to visit the FSTI website at www.cafsti.org and the CSFA website at www.csfa.net.

Click here to sign up.