Serving State, Provincial & Territorial Fire Training & Education Systems
Focused on Accepted Best Practices in Training to Reduce Fatalities & Injuries
NAFTD 2023 Annual Conference, September 18 to 21,2023
NAFTD 2023 Annual Conference
Join with NAFTD members for networking, education, and training sessions focused on State Fire Training. Meet with exhibitors and vendors displaying the newest innovations for training academies.
The Conference will take place at :
Doubletree by Hilton Annapolis, 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis, Maryland 21401,www.doubletreeannapolis.com
and the NAFTD rate is $133 a night.
To view the agenda and register, visit: https://forms.gle/suBTGpc49Q5oppVY6
For more information contact kwillette@naftd.org , 774-200-7774
NAFTD ADOPTS STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL FF REGISTRY
To better understand the link between on-the-job exposure to toxicants and cancer, U.S. Congress directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create the National Firefighter Registry (NFR).
The NFR will be a voluntary registry of all U.S. firefighters, not just those with cancer. The project is being led by the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which has the knowledge, expertise, experience, and resources to lead this type of project. The NFR will be used to monitor and better understand cancer among firefighters in the U.S.
Participation in the NFR is voluntary. However, it is the position of the North American Fire Training Directors (NAFTD) that all firefighters—structural and wildland, career, and volunteer, active and retired, and those with and without cancer—should take part. Having broad and diverse participation is absolutely critical to the success of the NFR.
By supporting the NFR, NAFTD hopes to learn more about the health risks firefighters’ face. Information gleaned from this project will be useful to fire departments, fire service organizations, standard-setting organizations, and policy makers throughout the country.
NAFTD encourages training directors to take the following steps in anticipation of the NFR opening registration at the end of 2022:
· Advise your organization that the NFR is open to ALL firefighters, not just those with cancer.
· Encourage instructors and students to register and reassure them that the information they provide is confidential. It is anticipated that the entire registration process will take around 30 minutes for many participants. The registration process is likely to be even shorter for new recruits because of their limited work history. More information on the registration process is available at the NFR website (www.cdc.gov/NFR).
· Provide information about the NFR to instructors and students, including the QR code that will direct firefighters to the secure web portal when it launches. Communication materials will be available at the NFR website (www.cdc.gov/NFR) or upon request (email: NFRegistry@cdc.gov)
· Recommend that participating firefighters take part in follow-up questionnaires. These follow-up questionnaires may not be necessary for firefighters to register, but will likely be important for understanding risk factors and answering other important research questions.
· Tell others, including retired and volunteer firefighters, about the NFR. Word-of-mouth will be vital for increasing participation in the NFR.