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From the President
Dear Members,
As you may know, on the advice from the Association’s accountancy, we have been working on obtaining our Federal Non-Profit Exemption, Scott has worked very hard and some very long hours to obtain this exemption and I am proud to announce that as of February 9, 2012 we are a non-profit organization recognized by the IRS. Unfortunately, as part of this exemption, we had to suspend our scholarship program; the Board is currently looking into how to re-establish this program and not jeopardize our non-profit exemption. Until a time that the Board can come up with an approved program that meets the requirement of the IRS, no scholarships will be funded. I know that this come during a hard time for many members of the association but in order to keep our association from having issues with the IRS, this is something that has to be done. I hope that everyone understands that the Board is looking out for the best interest of the Association. I want to thank Scott for all of his hard work. I know that he put in over 70 hours of work on this matter and has gone above and beyond his duties to insure that the IRS had everything that they needed for us to receive our non-profit exemption . Through Scotts hard work we were able to obtain our exemption within less than a year from the time he started, Thanks for all your hard work. Frank Maples |
Objectives and Purposes of the SCFMA are...
Learning Partner Scholarship
As a learning partner with Columbia Southern University, members and employees of your company or organization receive a 10 percent tuition discount via the
partnership program. To enhance this great offer, CSU is now offering a special scholarship for learning partners only! Click here to read more about the program.
SC FALSE Live Demonstration
The South Carolina Fire & Life Safety Education Association was created with the goal of providing a forum for anyone interested in helping to
reduce injuries and heighten awareness of safety issues that affect us all. Public education is perhaps the most proactive approach to helping our
state realize that safety is everyone's responsibility. Our association is committed to spreading the message. To set up a live fire demonstration in your county, contact Diane Woods at (803) 370-1988 or by email at insurancewoods@gmail.com. Click to here to see when and where live burns are being conducted. Visit SC FALSE on the website.
Ben Bunting and Archie Bunker
Changes to the 8506 Quarterly Fire Marshal Training
The August, October and November 8506 Quarterly Fire Marshal Training has been changed to non-mandatory. However, we encourage all resident fire marshals to attend this informative training session to assist in obtaining required training hours. The August course entitled, “The 2006 International Fire Code: What the Code Says and What We Can Do With It” will be taught by Jeff Allen. Those attending should bring a 2006 IFC Code book. Please register as soon as possible. For more information, please see page “J” of the Public Fire Service Course Catalog.
2011 - 2012 Installation of Officers
First Vice President - Todd Griffin Second Vice President - Barry Davis Director of Member Benefits - Patrick Bradshaw Director of Training and Professional Development - Ben Bunting Past President - Gary Mocarski Executive Secretary - Scott Keeley
Executive Committee of the Association
Bill Galloway Retires After 32 years of service including twenty years with the State Fire Marshal’s Office Bill Galloway has announced his retirement effective April 1, 2012. We thank Bill for his unselfish service to the State and we wish him well in his future endeavors. File Download - Sprinkler Presentation Here is the sprinkler presentation that Patrick Bradshaw presented at the Fall Conference. Right mouse click on the link and click on "save target as..." You'll need an unzipping program such as Winzip to unzip the file. If you have any problems, please contact the webmaster at kgarrett67@yahoo.com. USFA To Issue CEUs For Coffee Break Training Volumes Students who need continuing education units (CEUs) to maintain professional certification in fire prevention and code enforcement now can obtain them from the United States Fire Administrations NFAOnline, the National Fire Academys website for distance and online learning. Read more...
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