Scholarship Deadline:  July 31, 2019

The Louis Jones Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of the late Louis Jones, Fire Chief for the City of Roswell, New Mexico who died in the line of duty on March 26, 2002.

When: September 26 – September 29, 2019

Where: Ruidoso Convention Center
New dates, same format.  This year’s 21st Annual New Mexico Fire Service Conference will begin on Thursday, September 26th and conclude on Sunday, September 29th.

The Los Pinos Fire Protection District, its headquarters located in Ignacio, protects an area of approximately 325 square miles with a population of about 8,000.

I. The chief is responsible for overall safety. Even though the chief delegates some or all of the functions associated with providing a safe work environment, the ultimate responsibility for department safety remains with the head of the department.

In the early 1990s we in New Mexico had to take a long, hard look at the implications of having radioactive material and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in our state.

OK, your budget is on the chopping block, you are looking at layoffs, closing stations, and reducing services.

Published in the March, 2002, issue of The Voice, a publication of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors

By Thomas W.

Chief Thomas Aurnhammer, EFO Farmington (N.M.) Fire Department Fire Chief Jan 1, 2002

Nowadays, it seems that every fire department across our great nation has a mission statement, but sometimes they may raise more questions than they answer.

By Thomas W. Aurnhammer Fire Marshal
Farmington (N.M.) Fire Department

Performance appraisals can be as awkward to give as to receive, yet they’re invaluable to the employee and to the department.

Anticipating a wave of retirements, this department started up a professional-development program that encourages personnel from firefighters through captains to prepare for positions one or even two steps above their current ranks.