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Highlights
from Board of Directors
Planning
and Annual Board Meetings
May
24 – 25, 2005
Tony
O'Neill
Secretary/Treasurer
The
National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications held its Annual
Board meeting in Landover, Maryland this year. A Board planning session
preceded the Annual Meeting. Here is a brief description of actions taken
at these meetings summarized by Tony O’Neill, Secretary/Treasurer:
- Established
an ongoing review process of the Pro-Board’s Mission Statement, Core
Values, and its Operational and Fiduciary Objectives (to be reviewed
with the Accredited Agency representatives at the Accreditation
Conference on November 18-19, 2005 in Singer Island, Florida)
- Reviewed
emerging trends in certification caused by federal regulatory changes,
particularly in Haz Mat readiness and response
- Established
a process to develop an Operational Plan to increase the number of
Accredited Agencies and certified individuals
- Reduced
the $7.50 fee to $6.50 for those Accredited Agencies that
electronically process all of their certificates for Pro-Board
certification into the National Registry (see
special message from Chairman Estepp)
- Sent
a letter of appreciation to Bill Langston, Director of Alabama Fire
College for his service to the Board upon the occasion of his upcoming
retirement
- Reviewed
the relationship between the “Chief Fire Officer Designation”
program sponsored by the IAFC and the NFPA Fire Officer Professional
Qualifications Standards and voted that “the Pro-Board’s position
is that Fire Officer III Pro-Qual certification be part of the
requirement for CFOD designation”
- Heard
reports from the Accreditation Manager, Program Manager, Advisory
Committee Chair and approved the Treasurer’s Report and a proposed
budget for FY 06 starting July 1st, 2005
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