Certification Board Use - State Firefighters' & Fire Marshals' Association of Texas

Next Meetings

December 9, 2020 - 6:30 PM
Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/96762793177?pwd=Ry9oUk1JMXpYYzhJSisvaFV2UnlqUT09Meeting ID: 967 6279 3177
Password: 151425

Documents for Meeting

Agenda Updated 4:23 PM
Minutes from October 2020 Meeting
Minutes from July 2020 Meeting - Pending
Minutes from June 2020 Meeting - Pending
Minutes from January 2020 Meeting - Pending
Minutes from December 2019 Teleconference - Pending
Military Waiver Proposal - Uploaded 06/19/19
Master Firefighter Proposal - Updated 07/19/19
Certification Board Member Duties - Uploaded 07/17/19
Certification Board Committee Duties - Uploaded 07/17/19
Fire Chief Development Program - Assessment / Continuing Education
Training Officer Development Program - Proposal
NFPA 1002 Chapter 8 Wildland Fire Apparatus
NFPA 1002 Chapter 10 Mobile Water Supply Apparatus

Master Applications

The following applications are open for review. Please complete and forward the signature page indicating your approval or items for clarification. Once the Zone Representative approval has been received, any of the full board members can submit a follow-up approval.

Acceptable coursework excludes NFPA 1001: Firefighter I and II training. With the removal of First Aid from the firefighter curriculum, coursework previously used toward lower level certifications can be reallocated toward Master Firefighter.

Zone - Department	Received	Applicant Name	Fee Status		Zone Representative	2nd Approval	3rd Approval
			Paid	Review Sheet

Submitted but not ready for board review

Zone - Department	Received	Applicant Name	Fee Status	Reason(s) Held
01 - Brazos Co Pct 3	05/16/2018	Steven Wayne Kehlenbrink	Paid	06/11/18 - FD/CC notified old Level I & II Instructor certs not accepted and only holds Instructional Techniques. Only 4 categories with 40 Hour minimum.
01 - Cameron FD	07/27/2020	John Wayne Hillman	Paid	08/24/20 - FD/CC notified need CTBS/TIM, workshop expired, Prov Period Expired.
01 - Meridian FD	05/08/2018	Kristopher Michael Chandler	Paid	05/08/18 - FD/CC notified page 2 of the application and Zone Rep page not submitted.
02 - Ganado FD	07/08/2019	Michael Carl Helmcamp	Not Paid	08/16/19 - FD/CC notified Coordinator/applicant have Fire Chief sign and pay $325 application fee balance.
06 - Anahuac FD	06/11/2020	Cody Rhett Van Deventer	Paid	10/30/20 - FD/CC notified NFPA 1081 coursework too closely matches 1001 material. This drops total to just over 300 hours.
07 - Center FD	12/03/2017	James Cleveland Brown, Jr.	Not Paid	09/24/15 - FD/CC notified need fee along with full FF II.
15 - La Coste Lions FD	02/07/2018	Francisco Jose Arocha	Paid	03/19/18 - FD/CC notified need FC/CC signatures, page 2 left blank, submit to Zone rep for review.
18 - Cypress Creek FD	04/03/2019	Michael Jerald Harris	Not Paid	08/07/19 - FD/CC notified prerequisite Firefighter II not yet issued.

Certification Workshop Documents

Workshop PowerPoint Presentations
New PowerPoint (October 2020)

GrowthZone Training PowerPoint Presentations

Add a New Member (PPT, PDF, VIDEO)
Inactivate an Existing Member (PPT, PDF, VIDEO)
Enroll a Member in a Certification Training Program (PPT, PDF, VIDEO)
Certification Individual Report (PPT, PDF, VIDEO)
Add Objectives to a Single Member (PPT, PDF, VIDEO)
Add Multiple Objectives to Multiple Members (PPT, PDF)
Download Full Roster into Excel (PPT, PDF, VIDEO)
Find Certifications in Admin Review (PPT, PDF)

Workshop Sign-In Sheet

Board Term Expirations

Standing Committees

Volunteer Fire Chief - Ubaldo Perez, R.J. Thomas, Billy Tidwell, Brent Allen, and Patrick Dooley
Testing - Board Chair and Executive Board Liaison(s)
NFPA/Skills Updates - Edwin Baker, Brad Hargrove, Mark Wobus, Cary Roccaforte
TEEX Course Breakdowns - Cary Roccaforte, Brent Allen, Andy Dexter, and R.J. Thomas
Continuing Education - Clay Deatherage and Brent Allen
Fire Department Audit - R.J. Thomas, Clay Deatherage, and Brad Hargrove
Approved Training Providers - Edwin Baker
Skill Examiner Credentials - Andy Dexter, Brad Hargrove, R.J. Thomas, and Frank Marcinkiewicz
Master Certification - Billy Tidwell, Andy Dexter, Nate Mara, Jeromy Dawson, Patrick Dooley and Kendall Hunting

NFPA Standard Revision Schedule

Standard	Title	Current Ed.	Next Ed.	SFFMA Ed.
1006	Rescue	2013	2017	2013
1002	Driver/Operator	2014	2017	2014
1001	Firefighter I and II	2013	2018	2013
1041	Instructor	2012	2019	2012
1021	Fire Officer	2014	2020	2014
1051	Wildland Firefighter	2016	2020	2016
1031	Fire Inspector	2014	2021	2014
1033	Fire Investigator	2014	2021	2014
1061	Telecommunicator	2014	2021	2014
1035	Fire and Life Safety Educator and PIO	2015	2021	2015

Accepted Minutes from Previous Meetings

Certification Board Use Only

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