Risk
Watch® gives teachers, parents, and safety advocates tools to
teach kids the skills necessary to make positive choices every day and
prepare them for unexpected events.
Pine
Tree Burn Foundation is now accepting grant applications.
Grants are limited to $500 per applicant and must comply with
grant requirements. Click on "Grants" in the menu bar above.
A
nonprofit group of fire and rescue service professionals, attorneys, educators,
administrators, and others having interest in the problem of
unintentional injury and dedicated to addressing this issue by
providing information through conferences, workshops and the
legislative process.
How
would you like to bring to your state a big piece $329,000 dollars.
Well it is available and its up to you? This is how, NFPA Scholarships
are out and here is a breakdown; Remembering When Fire and Fall
Program Scholarship
- looking for 80 participants in this three day training
workshop
worth $4,000 per participants that is a value of $320,000. This is for
a team of two a fire service personal and a home visiting agency to
partner up to bring the Remembering When Program to their community.
You may have multiple applicants from your states, several of the New
England States have already brought several teams from their state on a
yearly basis. This is really a win win for those cities and towns who
apply, deadline August 2010 please see attached appliation for details.
Educator of the year Scholarship
- This is a $4,000 dollar value includes registration and lodging to
the next Annual Conference in Boston, plus $1,000 dollar honarirum for
the winner and another $1,000 for their Fire Department. Deadline
February 2011, please see attached application.
Rolf H. Jenson Memorial Public
Eduation Grant
- $5,000 dollars for a comunity wide fire safety education
program/campaign to be implemented into their perspective
community. Deadline February 2011, please see attached
application.
How
much do you think you can bring to your state? The
challenge is on!!!
22nd
ANNUAL FIRE & LIFE SAFETY
EDUCATION CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 15th &
16th 2010
RAMADA
INN AND
CONFERENCE
CENTER
(FORMERLY
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS)
SACO, MAINE
The 2010 NFPA World Safety Conference and
Exposition Scholarship for Vegas.
NFPA is awarding up to 30 scholarships for fire and
life safety educators. This is will help the Fire Department’s in Maine
send those Public Fire & Life Safety Educators whom may be
struggling to attend any public fire and life safety education
trainings.
Winners will get free
conference registration, three nights lodging, and some of the meals
will be covered. What is not covered is airfare, airport transfers,
some meals and miscellaneous expenses.
The
travel dates for the winners will be on 6th June
2010 to arrive for an evening reception that will take place after our
annual meeting with the Public Educators Network. This is a perfect
opportunity for you to introduce the winners from your state to the
members of Public Educators Network. This conference provides many
opportunities to network, contribute your expertise and represent your
states Public Education Initiatives as well as participate in the
public education session’s provided.
For
more information about the Pine Tree Burn Foundation please contact any
member of our Board of Trustees.
Jerry
DiMillo, President
FOUNDED BY DR. RICHARD BRITTON
MAINE MEDICAL CENTER
PORTLAND, MAINE