FLORIDA FIRE SERVICE April 2018 4 Message from the FFCA President . . .6 The City of Miami Fire-Rescue Department sUAS Program. . . . . . 10 Aerial Firefighting and the Florida Forest Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 FROM THE SECTIONS FEATURES Members on the Move . . . . . . . . . .8 CFFCA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 NVFC Training Summit . . . . . . . . .14 Stress Busters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 2018 National Emergency Vehicle Technician Training Academy . . .18 Department Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . .22 Vigiles Societas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 FFCA New Members . . . . . . . . . . .26 A Safe Haven for Newborns . . . . .26 Search and rescue Training . . . . . .27 Featured Vendor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 In brief . . . news from around the state . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 2018 Annual Memorial Service . . .38 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Events Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Florida Fire Service is the monthly publication of the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association, provided to Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association (FFCA) members, by the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association. Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association 880 Airport Road, Suite 110 Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Phone: (386) 676-2744 • Fax: (386) 676-5490 Email: [email protected] • www.ffca.org FFCA Staff Wm. Ray Colburn - Executive Director Denise Holley - Office Manager/Web Administrator Scott Leisen - Marketing Director Marcella Miller - Administrative Assistant Ragan Vandegriff - FFCA Chaplain FFCA Board of Directors Otto Drozd III, EFO, CFO - President John Miller - 1st Vice President Darrel Donatto - 2nd Vice President Daniel Azzariti - Immediate Past President David Downey - Secretary/Treasurer Jonathan Kanzigg - Northwest Region Director Ty Silcox, MPA - Northeast Region Director Timothy Mossgrove, MPA, CFO, EFO - West Central Region Director Gene Prince, EFO, CFO - East Central Region Director Michael Murphy - Southwest Region Director Neal de Jesus - Southeast Region Director Wm. Ray Colburn - Executive Director Michael Long - Foundation Chairman Ronald Parrish, MPA, CFO, EFO - Senior Member Editorial Submissions [email protected] (386) 676-2744 Advertising Scott Leisen, Editor in Chief [email protected] (386) 717-0055 Subscription rate for members is $36, which is included in member dues. Archived electronic monthly editions of Florida Fire Service magazine are available at www.ffca.org. Log in as a member and click on the Publications tab. Florida Fire Service April 2018, Volume 26, Number 4 USPS # 016-759 Periodical postage paid in Daytona Beach, Florida, and additional post offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Florida Fire Service, 880 Airport Road, Suite 110, Ormond Beach, FL 32174. Statements of fact and opinion are the responsibility of the author’s alone and do not imply an opinion on the part of the officers or the members of FFCA. Copyright 2018 by the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association. All rights reserved. Materials may not be reproduced without written permission. FURTHERMORE 28 33 34 38 27 10 16 8 12 6 26 15 14 22 18 April 2018 FFS.QXD 4/10/18 1:30 PM Page 4