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F.I.E.R.O.
FIRE
INDUSTRY
EQUIPMENT
RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION
F.I.E.R.O. (Fire Industry Equipment Research
Organization) was founded in September 1990 and is based in the
southeastern United States. The organization was modeled after
the SAFER (Southern Area Fire Equipment Research) organization
in Southern California. The original purpose of F.I.E.R.O. (like
SAFER) was to network fire service personnel and fire equipment
manufacturers/distributors/dealers about firefighting equipment
and firefighter safety. As fire service members started
communicating with each other, they realized they had many
common equipment and safety problems. F.I.E.R.O. and SAFER were
able to open lines of communications with dealers and
manufacturers to solve many problems.
As the decade of the 1990’s progressed, communications within
the fire service improved. With the emergence of the internet
and its many fire service websites and blogs, however, the need
for face-to-face networking waned. F.I.E.R.O. realized that the
fire service needed information about design and construction of
fire stations. In March 2000, F.I.E.R.O. offered its first Fire
Station Symposium—the first of its kind anywhere. The response
was so overwhelming that it has become an annual event. In 2007,
F.I.E.R.O. saw a need for a PPE Symposium. Realizing the
complexities of PPE, especially after 9-11, an educational task
group with the PPE project of NFPA worked with F.I.E.R.O. to
develop the first ever PPE Symposium in March of 2009.
Currently, this symposium is a biennial event.
F.I.E.R.O. is a not-for-profit, organization under the guidance
of a Board of Directors. Its purpose is to improve firefighter
health and safety through providing educational conferences.
Cost?
ANNUAL DUES:
$20 for an individual
$50 for a fire department
$100 for a dealer
$125 for a manufacturer
In addition, there is a small registration fee (usually around
$20) for each meeting. This fee covers lunch, breaks, speaker
expenses, etc.
TO JOIN OR FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION
Contact:
President Robert Tutterow
fieroinfo@earthlink.net
704-576-1386
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