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JOLA II – The Junior Officers Leadership Academy sponsored by the Caribbean Association of Fire Chiefs begins on November 16, 2009 at the renowned Rose Hall Hotel and Resorts in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

The training focuses on Leadership, Management and Basic S… Continue

The Barbados Fire Service may be experiencing a manpower drain but it is flooded with applications from people eager to join the service.

Acting Chief Fire Officer Randolph Cox told the DAILY NATION that it was proving to be a challenge to respond to the many applications which they receive almost on a daily basis.

"We are bombarded . . . actually swamped. There is no shortage of people who want to join the service and our civilian staff are hardpressed to acknowledge all of the applications,"… Continue

The first ever CAFC Firefighter Challenge will be held at this year's annual conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica November 16 - 20, 2009. Leading Fire Chiefs and their Deputy Chiefs in the Caribbean have been notified to start the selection process now. Trophies, medlas and cash prizes to be… Continue

The "constant depletion" of human resources is of concern to the Barbados Fire Service.
Speaking at the Chief Fire Officer's Parade and Awards Ceremony at the Arch Hall Station, St Thomas, yesterday, Acting Chief Fire Officer Randolph Cox said the service had lost five senior officers in the last 15 months d… Continue

The Barbados Fire Service marks 54 years of ardent assistance to the nation with renewed commitment to “build and maintain relationships within our community”.

Vows from the men and women of the fire service will be made during a 9:45 a.m. thanksgiving service today Sunday, September 27, at the Mount of Prai… Continue

Randolph Cox has been named the new acting Chief Fire Officer of the Barbados Fire Service (BFS). Cox took over from last Tuesday and is now in charge of a staff of nearly 244 uniformed officers and approximately 24 civilian support personnel.

A member of the fire department since 1973, Cox had… Continue

cdera_to_cdema.pdfWHAT IS CDEMA?

CDEMA is the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. This is the new name of the regional disaster management body formerly known as CDERA, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency.

September 1, 2009 is the official date of transition to CDEMA.

IS CDEMA MORE THAN A NAME CHANGE?… Continue

"WTC - 9/11" - Video commemorating the events at the World Trade Center in New York, NY on September 11, 2001. The video and accompanying web site have been created to honor those whose lives were lost and as a tribute to those whose lives ...were forever changed by the events of that day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj-GkDJpr2Y Continue

Acting Chief Fire Officer Anthony Blackman has retired after 41 years in the Barbados Fire Service. Blackman began his career with the Fire Service in 1968, and spent his last day on the job on Friday, August 28, 2009.

He became the acting Chief Fire Officer in 2008 after former Fire Chief C… Continue

The Barbados Fire Service (BFS) will commence celebrations for its annual Week of Activities with a Thanksgiving Service at the Mount of Praise Wesleyan Holiness Church, Tudor Bridge, St. Michael on Sunday, September 27, 2009.

The Department will be celebrating its 54th Anniversary this year. During the week,… Continue

The Barbados Fire Service values the public's assistance in fighting fires but that help must come under the guidance of its officers.

Divisional Officer Randolph Cox said civilians were not allowed to take up and use any of the service's equipment.

"I can understand people's enthusiasm and that they want to assist but they have to do so under the guidance of the fire service," he said.

Cox was speaking to the Press last Friday at the scene of a fire in Mason Hall Street, The City, where one… Continue

There has been a 50 per cent reduction in fires for the year so far, when compared to the same period last year.

That glowing report card was presented by acting sub-officer responsible for the fire prevention unit, Henderson Patrick yesterday.

Recent statistics from the Barbados Fire Service (BFS) show that there were 1 102 fires up to yesterday, compared to 2 111 for the same period last year, and 1 548 in 2007.

"Most significant to us, we had a reduction in structural (private dwelling hou… Continue

Photo with Hon. Guy Mayers - Minister of Home Affairs and National Security (St. Lucia), CFO Leslie Fontenelle (St. Lucia), CAFC President CFO Gregory N. Richards, Chief Kwame Cooper, Los Angeles California,Chief Reginald Freeman of Atlanta Georgia, DCFO Andre West (Montserrat) and JOLA 2009 Graduates

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The Caribbean Fire Chiefs JOLA Event St. Lucia.

Update on JOLA 2009 Event in St. Lucia.

The Junior Officers Leadership Academy is in progress at this time. The training is been conducted at the REX St. Lucia Hotel in the Town of Gros Islet. There are thirty two… Continue

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HEY ALL,

I WAS INFORMED OF THE SADDEST NEWS REGARDING FORMER FIRE CHIEF OF THE DOMINCIA FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES, MR. JULIEN JNO BAPTISTE, THIS MORNING.

YOU WOULD KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE SINCE HIS KIDNEYS FAILED IN 2004. HE IS NOW NO LONGER WITH US.

I WILLSEEK TO INFORM YOU OF MORE SPECIFICS IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS REGARDING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. I AM DEEPLY SADDENED BY THIS EVENTUALITY. OUR PRAYERS ARE NOW WITH THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND THAT OF HIS WIDER FAMILY. A TREMEND… Continue

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Managing Relationships On The Job

It was the same story, just a new location. Firefighters and officers had been fired, suspended and demoted because of allegations that they had consensual sex on the job. The female firefighter involved, the only woman on that particular department, had been fired. A 17 year veteran officer had also been terminated. Two others had been suspended or demoted.

When male and female firefighters engage in sex on duty, cl… Continue