We're in full swing on producing "The Voice" on a weekly basis. Steve Pegram is taking over hosting duties and you can find The Voice on the Fire Engineering homepage. Please feel free to give us feedback on topics that instructors want to know more about. If there is something you'd like us to cover, drop us an email or post here. Also, if you are an instructor who is doing something cool, let us know! You might be featured on the program!
We're in full swing on producing "The Voice" on a weekly basis. Steve Pegram is taking over hosting duties and you can find The Voice on the Fire Engineering homepage. Please feel free to give us feedback on topics that instructors want to know more about. If there is something you'd like us to cover, drop us an email or post here. Also, if you are an instructor who is doing something cool, let us know! You might be featured on the program!
Chief Forest Reeder was selected as the ISFSI 2007 George D. Post Instructor of the Year recipient for his 25 years of tireless dedication and hard work in the
field of fire service training. Forest serves as the drillmaster for
www.FirefighterCloseCalls.com a website devoted to information sharing
and news relating to firefighter safety and survival. In addition to
this weekly drill feature, Forest is the author and a weekly
contributor to Fire…
Chief Forest Reeder was selected as the ISFSI 2007 George D. Post Instructor of the Year recipient for his 25 years of tireless dedication and hard work in the
field of fire service training. Forest serves as the drillmaster for
www.FirefighterCloseCalls.com a website devoted to information sharing
and news relating to firefighter safety and survival. In addition to
this weekly drill feature, Forest is the author and a weekly
contributor to Fire Engineering Magazines www.sacthai.com
on-line drill feature. These drills are products designed to assist
fire departments in training their members using these basic
drill/discussion templates. To date, over 500 quick drills have been
developed and are in use in fire departments throughout the country.
Forest currently serves as the Chief of Training for the Pleasantview (IL)
Fire Protection District. He is also the Director of Training for
Southwest United Fire Districts, a training consolidation of the
Darien-Woodridge, Pleasantview and Tri-State Fire Protection Districts
in the Chicago suburbs. These responsibilities include the design,
implementation and coordination of all training activities for the
combined 150+ members of these fire districts.
Forest also serves as the Vice-President of the Illinois Society of Fire Service
Instructors and was the Fire Science Coordinator at Moraine Valley
Community College for 10 years. Forest is a field staff instructor for
the Fire Service Institute and the Illinois Fire Chief’s Foundation. He
additionally is the coordinator of the Fire Officer I and II programs
for the Illinois Fire Chief’s Foundation. Forest is an Illinois Fire
Officer III, has an Associates of Applied Science Degree in Fire
Science Technology and a Bachelors Degree in Fire Department
Administration from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He
graduated from Lewis University with a Masters Degree in Public Safety
Administration in 2004.
Please join us on Friday, April 11, 2008 in Room 202-203 at 1:00pm as we present Chief Forest Reeder with
the 2007 George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award.