FIOANH is proud to present our next professional development seminar, "Leadersip, Learning, and Laying In" featuring Lt. Brian Brush, West-Metro, Colorado Fire Rescue, as a National Fallen Firefighters Foundation benefit event!

Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Congratulations to the following recent award recipients:

Captain Michael T. Balcom, Gilford Fire Department, has been recognized as the 2012 Peter J. Carver Fire Officer of the Year.  Capt. Balcom was nominated for his dedicated service to his department and years of mentoring young firefighters as an instructor.

President Greg Bolduc received a 2012 Academy Award from the New Hampshire Fire Standards & Training Commission in recognition of his dedication to improving fire service education.

Deputy Chief Mark Klose, Bedford Fire Department, received FIOANH Life Membership in recognition of his dedicated service to the Board of Directors & leadership in organizing the Granite State Fire Service Support Team.

Lieutenant Jessica Wyman, Nashua Fire-Rescue, received FIOANH Life Membership in recognition of her dedicated service to the Board of Directors & leadership in organizing Camp Fully Involved.

President Greg Bolduc & Vice President Bill Campbell received Meritorious Service Awards from the New Hampshire Fire & Emergency Medical Services Committee of Merit for the work organizing the New Hampshire 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb events, honoring the memory of our fallen FDNY Brothers while raising funds for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

Please extend your congratulations to these very deserving recipients!

We have received several requests from/for departments in NY and NJ that were severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy and the nor'easter that followed it. There is a serious need for serviceable PPE that is less than 10 years old.

Please take a few minutes to read the attached letter from President Greg Bolduc updating the membership on the status of the Fire Instructors & Officers Association of New Hampshire.  We are in the midst of some very significant changes, and the Board of Directors wants the members to be as informed and involved as possible.

If you are not sure of your current membership status, please contact us.  If your membership has lapsed, we welcome you to join us again by downloading a new membership application from our website and sending it in with this year's dues.  Thank you for your time and continued support of FIOANH!

The Fire Instructors and Officers Association of New Hampshire is extremely proud to support the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in their mission to honor our Brothers and Sisters who have made the supreme sacrifice.  In the past five years, FIOANH has organized approximately $50,000 in donations to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation through two very successful New Hampshire 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb events our annual Firefighter Safety and Survival Symposium training seminars.

Thank you to all who took the time to watch the live broadcast National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend as it was streamed live from the event here on FIOANH.org.

The FIOANH Board of Directors has extended the nomination period for the 2012 Peter J. Carver Fire Officer of the Year Award and the John T. Ayers Fire Instructor of the Year Award.  Nominations will remain open until Monday, October 15, 2012.  Attached are two documents explaining the nomination process for each award.

These awards are considered to be an extremely prestigious recognition of career achievement; the list of past recipients reads as a "who's who" of the New Hampshire fire service.  Please take the time to reflect on your own fire service career and nominate an individual who has positively impacted or mentored you.

The Fire Instructors and Officers Association of New Hampshire is pleased to invite you to our next training seminar featuring Division Chief Jimm Walsh of the Winter Park, FL Fire Department and owner of VentEnterSearch.com

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This presentation is the direct result of student feedback and was developed specifically to address topics we have received requests for over the past year.  We had over 100 participants at our last leadership seminar with Chief Walsh, and would love to see that many of you again!  Please help us get the word out by forwarding this to your email contacts, posting it in your firehouse and on your Facebook, and talking it up at the kitchen table!

From the Firehouse to the Fireground:
Tactical Company Leadership

Click below to download a registration form today!

The Fire Instructors and Officers Association of New Hampshire (FIOANH) was very proud to host the second annual New Hampshire 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb to support the  National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.  

This year's climb was held on September 9, 2012 in Manchester, NH, and offered local firefighters, thier families, and members of the public the opportunity to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center by repeating the footsteps of our 343 fallen FDNY Brothers in climbing 110 stories.  Each climber was afforded the special honor of carrying the photograph of one of our fallen Brothers.

This event was the ONLY NFFF 9-11 Stair Climb held in New England and 296 climbers raised over $14,000 for NFFF!

If you'd like to contribute to next year's event, either by volunteering your time or through a donation, please contact FIOANH Vice President Bill Campbell at bill@nh9-11stairclimb.org.  For more information or to register for the Climb, visit www.nh9-11memorialstairclimb.org.

It is with deep regret that the we announce the Line of Duty Death of Chief of Department Richard Schaefer of the Hopkinton, NH Fire Department as the result of an on duty medical emergency he suffered on Sunday, September 2, 2012.

Arrangements are as follows:

Wake:
Friday. September 7, 2012
1600 - 2000 hours
Hopkinton Middle High School
297 Park Ave Contoocook, NH 03229

Celebration of Life:
Saturday, September 8, 2012
1100 hours 
St. Theresa's Catholic Church
Henniker, NH 03242

The Board of Directors has contacted to the Hopkinton Fire Department, and if there are any needs they will be communicated to the membership.

The Fire Instructors & Officers Association of New Hampshire sends it condolences to the Schaefer family, the Hopkinton Fire Department, and all those who knew Chief Schaefer through his distinguished 33 year fire service career.

May our fallen Brother rest in peace.

The FIOANH's 2011 John T. Ayers Fire Instructor of the Year Award and Peter J. Carver Fire Officer of the Year Award were presented at the 20th Annual New Hampshire Fire & Emergency Medical Services Committee of Merit Awards Ceremony held on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011.  The ceremony took place at the New Hampshire Fire Academy.

The 2011 John T. Ayers Fire Instructor of the Year Award was presented to Chief Christopher T. Silver, Hampton Fire/Rescue.

Chief Silver was nominated in recognition of his longstanding commitment to improving fire service education in New Hampshire, throughout New England, and beyond.

Chief Silver is an instructor at the New Hampshire Fire Academy, the Interstate Emergency Unit, Safe-IR, and is a Hands-On Training Program Instructor at Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC).  He co-authored the New Hampshire Rapid Intervention certification program and has been involved in numerous other aspects of program development.  Chief Silver's teaching style of delivering a high quality education with great respect for the student has positively impacted countless firefighters while simultaneously mentoring the next generation of instructors.

The 2011 Peter J. Carver Fire Officer of the Year Award was presented to Battalion Chief Guy T. Newbery, Concord Fire Department.

Chief Newbery was nominated in recognition of his over 31 years of service and his dedicated leadership as a Shift Commander.

Chief Newbery is well known as an exceptional Incident Commander.  He is also known to be fair but demanding of those under his command.  He demonstrates his concern for all current members and retirees of the department though his leadership of the Concord Firefighters Relief Association.  Chief Newbery is said to embody the values that we all seek in a leader: fairness, integrity, commitment, compassion, deep pride in the department and fire service, technical expertise, and unrelenting devotion to his community and coworkers.

Please join the Board of Directors in congratulating this year's two very deserving recipients!