Commodities and Services Purchase Information The Virginia Department of Fire Programs Central Office, purchases goods and services required to support the functions of the Agency staff and coordinates all cooperative procurement actions between its division offices. This includes the establishment of term contracts, and cooperative procurement actions. VDFP is located at 1005 Technology Park Drive, Glen Allen, Virginia, with six additional regional offices. Micro Business Certification available for certified SWaM vendors Dear Certified SWaM Business Owners, Effective October 1, 2014, all state purchases under $10,000 shall be set aside for micro-businesses when the price quoted is fair and reasonable. As a certified Small Business by the Department, your company might qualify to be a “Micro Business”. Links Doing Business with the Commonwealth: https://eva.virginia.gov/i-sell-to-virginia.html Vendor’s Manual: https://dgs.virginia.gov/procurement/policy-consulting–review/policy/ State Contracts: https://logi.cgieva.com/External/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=Public.Reports.Report9008_Data eVA Virginia’s Total e-Procurement Solution: http://www.eva.virginia.gov/ SWAM Database/Registration: https://www.sbsd.virginia.gov/certification-division/swam/ Solicitation Opportunities:https://mvendor.cgieva.com/Vendor/public/AllOpportunities Robert Robinson Purchasing Manager 1005 Technology Park Drive Glen Allen, VA 23059-4500 Tel: 804-249-1964 E-mail: robert.robinson@vdfp.virginia.gov
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The purpose of the VDFP Equipment Reutilization Exchange website is to provide a venue for Virginia fire and emergency services personnel to display used serviceable equipment either needed or available. VDFP neither endorses any equipment posted nor assumes responsibility for its quality and/or condition. VDFP’s role is that of an impartial facilitator. VDFP will not take possession or title, temporarily or otherwise, of any equipment posted here. If you are interested in the details of posted equipment, or in consummating an exchange, please call the listing department/organization directly. Postings will expire after 60 days. For questions or concerns regarding this service please contact Webteam@vdfp.virginia.gov. Equipment Wanted None
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Find Virginia Fire Departments The following fire department contact information is generated from the Fire Service Training Record System (FSTRS) database and includes active fire departments as of 07/25/2016. Fire Department Summary, Virginia Fire Department Type Brigade Career Combination EMS Volunteer Other Total Primary Fire Department – 35 44 – – – 79 Fire Station or Substation – – 95 19 502 – 616 Fire Adminstration or Training Center – – – – – 8 8 Fire Brigade 47 – – – – 1 48 Military, Federal, Airport, Other – 46 – – – 31 77 Grand Total 47 81 139 19 502 40 828 Primary Fire Departments are the municipal fire departments that provide fire service response in a community. Fire administration units manage fire service at the local government level. Fire Department Listing Reports Active Primary Fire Admin Fire Departments By Locality Final Report Updated 04-22-15 Active Primary Fire Admin Fire Departments By VDFP Division Final Report Updated 04-22-15 Fire Department Mailing Lists Document available upon request. E-mail: robert.magnotti@vdfp.virginia.gov Update Your Contact Information If you are a Fire Chief or Director, please see the following link to submit corrections to department contact information. VDFP Change of Status Form
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If you are new to Virginia’s fire service and are interested in taking a course, please view the Course Offerings page for listings. For additional information on becoming a firefighter click here. Current VDFP students and instructors, please use the Fire Service Training Records System to verify, download, and save your student transcripts.
ACE Transcript Information
The Virginia Department of Fire Programs’s (VDFP) Pro Board certified courses are now available for ACE college accreditation. To receive ACE college credit recommendations for VDFP courses only, please follow the instructions below. Application Process The Virginia Department of Fire Programs’ (VDFP) Pro Board certified courses are now available for ACE college accreditation. To receive ACE college credit recommendations for VDFP courses only, please follow the instructions below. Complete the ACE On-line Registration Process. This will create your user-id and login password (only required for first time/new users). Once your user-id is created, you can register your VDFP courses using the on-line ACE accreditation process. Once the application process is completed, you will receive e-mail verification from ACE and VDFP. You will receive e-mail verification from ACE once your account is created and whether your courses are approved or denied. Once you receive e-mail verification from ACE that your VDFP courses are approved, you must pay a one time $40 registration fee. At that time, ACE Transcripts can be ordered online at the ACE Online Transcript System:https://www.acenet.edu/transcripts/ Please note that all correspondence from ACE will be via email.
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VDFP ACE Transcript information Catalog ACE Transcript Service About ACE – www.acenet.edu Founded in 1918, the American Council on Education (ACE) is the nation’s unifying voice for higher education. ACE serves as a consensus leader on key higher education issues and seeks to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives. By fostering greater collaboration and new partnerships within and outside higher education, ACE helps colleges and universities anticipate and address the challenges of the 21st century and contribute to a stronger nation and a better world. Our members and associates are approximately 1,800 accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities and higher education-related associations, organizations, and corporations. Three key drive ACE’s activities: (1) Representation, (2) Leadership development, and (3) Service. Mission Statement ACE, the major coordinating body for all the nation’s higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives. Challenges of a New Century A message from David Ward, President, American Council on Education The story of higher education in the United States over the past half-century is one of extraordinary achievement. After World War II, America’s colleges and universities made revolutionary strides—providing successive generations of learners with greater access to education, fostering research and innovation that fueled unparalleled economic growth and scientific development, and raising our higher education system to global preeminence. The last century, however, ended on an uncertain note for higher education, with diminishing state investment, growing criticism of management approaches and high tuition costs, escalating regulatory burdens, and demands for new measures and methods of accountability. The 1990s also introduced unprecedented technological advances (along with their high capital and operating costs) and brought competition from for-profit providers into the learning community. The increased movement of faculty members and students across international boundaries, along with the export of more educational programs and services, has broadened the reach of colleges and universities even as it has generated a new set of complex issues for them.In the face of these challenges, many schools—whether public or private, large or small, non-profit or for-profit—will confront the issue of preserving an appropriate degree of academic breadth as they identify and market their unique niche. Some colleges and universities will continue to provide a traditional, comprehensive program of undergraduate and graduate studies. Others will choose to sharpen the distinctiveness and focus of their offerings, with the conviction that specificity of mission will be a source of strength in meeting the needs of a diverse community of learners. As institutions promote their individuality and autonomy, they will also need to enter into a wide array of partnerships and strategic alliances to maximize their effectiveness and quality.Today’s college president must balance all these complex and sometimes conflicting demands. The challenge for ACE is to help presidents in this task by providing timely and relevant information, programs, and services. At the same time, ACE will need to intensify its representation of the entire higher education community to sustain this community’s ability to serve the public good. ACE sees these challenges as opportunities; taking advantage of them will depend in significant measure on ACE serving as a unifying voice, a principled advocate, and an essential resource for colleges and universities.
Technical Rescue
Jamey Brads
Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting
About the Program ARFF Photo Gallery Since 1998, the Virginia Department of Fire Programs has utilized the Kidde Fire Trainer, Inc A-3000 Mobile Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Training Simulator (MARFFTS) to support its ARFF program. Computer controlled and fueled by propane, the MARFTS allows airport fire department personnel to train at their facility with their equipment and mutual aid departments. The MARFFTS also meets the job performance requirements (JPR’s) of the National Fire Protection Association Standard 1003, “Airport Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications.” The MARFFTS travels to all nine of the commercial air carrier airports in the Commonwealth. In 2004, the Virginia Department of Fire Programs revised their General Aviation class by adapting William Tacketts’ book General Aviation Firefighting for Structural Firefighters. This sixteen-hour class involves a field trip to the local airport, group exercises, as well as traditional lecture. There is no live fire training associated with this class. The student manual for this class is available for downloading by clicking on the links below. ARFF News ARFF FY 19 Training Schedule Course Start Date End Date Location Aircraft Live Fire Training and Full Scale Incident 9/3/18 9/7/18 Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional Airport Response to Aviation Accidents for First Responders 9/8/18 9/9/18 Wise Regional School Aircraft Live Fire Training 9/17/18 9/20/18 Charlottesville/Albemarle Airport Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter CLASS IS FULL 9/23/18 9/28/18 Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Response to Aviation Accidents for First Responders 10/20/18 10/21/18 Chesapeake Fire Department/Hampton Roads Executive Airport Response to Aviation Accidents for First Responders 10/20/18 10/21/18 NOVA (Fairfax) Regional School/Dulles Airport (Jet Aviation) Aircraft Live Fire Training 10/22/18 10/26/18 Newport News/Williamsburg International Aircraft Live Fire Training 11/5/18 11/9/18 Richmond International Airport Aircraft Live Fire Training 11/12/18 11/16/18 Wallops Island Flight Facility Aircraft Live Fire Training 3/11/19 3/15/19 Norfolk International Airport Aircraft Live Fire Training 3/25/19 3/29/19 Richmond International Airport Aircraft Live Fire Training 4/8/19 4/12/19 Charlottesville/Albemarle Regional Airport Aircraft Live Fire Training 4/22/19 4/26/19 Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional Airport Response to Aviation Accidents for First Responders 4/27/19 4/28/19 Caroline Regional School Aircraft Live Fire Training 5/6/19 5/10/19 Lynchburg Regional Airport Aircraft Live Fire Training 6/3/19 6/7/19 Ft Belvoir Lynchburg ALFT May 2016 Richmond Airport Drill April 2016 Norfolk ALFT March 2016 Rockingham County ARFF March 2016 Newport News ALFT October 2105 Wallops Island ALFT October 2015 Shenandoah ALFT September 2015 Frequently Asked Questions What are the prerequisites for the ARFF certification class? The prerequisites for the Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter (ARFF) certification class are Firefighter II and Hazardous Materials Operations, either Pro-Board or IFSAC. This is an intense six day class, approximately twenty four hours of lecture and twenty four hours of practical skills testing and live fire evolutions. There is a written test of one hundred questions, you must score 70% or higher, and successfully complete all practical skills testing to earn certification. Students who successfully complete the class will earn 42 hours of Category II OEMS CEU’s. What do I need to attend the ARFF certification class? You need the current edition of the IFSTA Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting textbook. You will need to bring turn out gear, it does not need to be proximity gear, SCBA with two spare bottles and face piece. How much does the IFSTA textbook cost and where can I buy it? The IFSTA textbook is available thru the VDFP bookstore, check with the Bookstore Coordinator for current price. The textbook can be ordered online at www.vafire.com, click on Bookstore, click on ISFTA and other publications. The item number is 1002 5e. What are the prerequisites for the Response to Aviation Accidents for First Responders class? You must be eighteen. There are no firefighter prerequisites for the class. The class is for those emergency service responders -fire, law enforcement, rescue, airport personnel, emergency management personnel and other members of the community that may be involved in the mitigation of an aviation accident/incident. There is NO LIVE FIRE associated with this class. Students who successfully complete the class will earn 11 hours of Category II OEMS CEU’s. What are the prerequisites for the Aircraft Live Fire Training? The Aircraft Live Fire Training is not a formal training class. It is for the Airport Fire Department to meet its Federal Aviation Administration requirement of annual live fire training and to provide mutual aid training to those that would respond to an aviation incident. Those firefighters wishing to participate in Aircraft Live Fire Training should contact the ARFF Program Chief at 804-249-1980 and must meet the criteria of NFPA 1403 as stated below: 5.1 Student Prerequisites 5.1.1* Prior to being permitted to participate in live fire training evolutions, the student shall have received training to meet the job performance requirements for Fire Fighter I in NFPA 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, related to the following subjects: Safety Fire behavior Portable extinguishers Personal protective equipment Ladders Fire hose, appliances, and streams Overhaul Water supply Ventilation Forcible entry