Division 20 Latest News

The application period for the Division 20 Tuition Reimbursement is currently open.  Information can be downloaded here.  Application deadline is April 1.

At their January 9, 2008 meeting the Division 20 Chiefs approved the Incident Rehab Policy as recommended by the EMS and Training Committees.

State Certification test sites will continue at Triton College.  Each Division 20 town has been assigned dates to assist the proctor at the State testing site at Triton College.  Information and dates for 2008 has been posted.

Congratulations to the 2007 FDIC drill team on their 3rd place finish at this year's competition in Indianapolis.  The team of FF Brandon Santiago (Berkeley FD) , FPM Kelly Johnson (Broadview FD), LT. Glen Busch (Hillside FD), FPM Doug Halverson (Franklin Park FD), FF Pat Quinn (Schiller Park FD), FPM George Taylor (Westchester FD) , FF Don Mitchell (Alt) (Berkeley FD), and FF Rich Mahoney (Alt)   (Westchester FD) for their overall score of 98.2%.  

Updated By-laws and Committee assignments were approved by the Chiefs at their October 11, 2007 meeting.

Congratulations to Chief Richard Belmonte on his appointment as Fire Chief of the Westchester Fire Department.

We have posted the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan.

Congratulations to Chief John Campbell on his, well-deserved retirement from the Leyden Fire Protection District.  On behalf of all the Division 20 Fire Chiefs, thank you for your fellowship, brotherhood, help and friendship.

Congratulations to Chief Tom Rafferty on his appointment as Fire Chief of the Leyden Fire Protection District.

Division 20 Safety Officer forms and checklists are available here.

For information on the STARCOM21 radio we have all received go the the ILEAS web site: http://www.ileas.org/radio%20programs/Main.htm.  Thanks to Mike Dravo and the Berkeley Fire Department for passing along this information.

MABAS has approved "Recommended Practice #2" "MABAS Box Card Design".  To download this policy, click here.  To download the sample Box Card Template go to www.mabasradio.org.  All Chiefs have been asked to have their Box Cards in this format and submitted to Norcomm before June 1.

The current list of EMS Advisors is available here.

Triton College has announced a new Associate's Degree program with an emphasis on supervision, "Leadership for Paramedics", Curriculum C251B.  Certified Paramedics will receive 23 hours of equivalency credit.  Contact John Ryan, EMS Coordinator at Triton College, 708-456-0300 ext. 6101 for details.

FDNY UFA Widows and Children's Fund thanks you. PDF File  Leary Firefighters Foundation thanks you.  PDF File

Division 20 SOG's are now available under the "SOG/ SOP" link on the main Division web page.

Check out our latest list of fire service related web sites under the "Links" section on the main Division web page.

Any Division press releases, announcements, training and meeting updates, training courses can be posted here.  Forward any ideas or suggestions to the Committee for consideration.