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The Wisconsin Society of Fire Service Instructors (WSFSI) was formed in 1962 to serve the needs of fire instructors in our State.
Now renamed Wisconsin Society of Emergency Services Instructors (WSESI), the Society assists local instructors through the exchange of ideas, dissemination of information, and the presentation of seminars and conferences. All of this is geared toward helping fire and emergency services instructors in their personal development and assisting them in bringing quality education and programs to their own agencies.
Please tour our site and learn more about how WSESI can serve all of your instructional needs. Your questions and comments are always welcome.
Updates to our webpages will be ongoing and posted as soon as practicable.
Thanks for your patience!
W S E S I NEWS BRIEFS – April 25, 2024
NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY (NFA) COURSE is a GO – WSESI is sponsoring the NFA two-day course Decision-Making for Initial Company Operations (F0457), hosted by the Altoona Fire Department, Sat.-Sun., May 18-19, 2024. PRE-REGISTER by submitting your name, agency, and FEMA Student ID on our Events page.
64th ANNUAL INSTRUCTORS CONFERENCE – Plans are well underway for our return to Janesville in February of 2025 for our 64th Annual Instructors Conference.
Our Call for Presentations remains OPEN – details and the proposal form are posted on the Events submenu: www.wsesi.org/annual-conference-proposals
WSESI has requested two National Fire Academy (NFA) courses to be delivered at the 2025 Conference:
F0322 – Incident Command System for Structural Collapse Incidents
F0146 – Supervising Emergency Medical Services
To inquire or to add your name to our contact list, check in at our Conference webpage:
www.wsesi.org/annual-conference
FROM OUR COLLEAGUES at International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI): This summer is the next opportunity for ISFSI’s Training Officer Credential program, a virtual course scheduled for July 8 – August 16, 2024. Click here to learn more, or check out the link on our Events page.
SEE ADJACENT PIECE from Wisconsin Fire Education Director Ward Lyon regarding developments and opportunities available through Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Fire Service Training. Access this update, complete with download buttons, on our Events webpage.
LIVE LINKS to our events, and any sent in through our associates, will be posted on the WSESI Events webpage:
FROM OUR FRIENDS at Jones & Bartlett – Korie Gospodarski at Public Safety Group has sent a link to the following online article:
In “Why a Focus on Mental Health and Communication Is Vital to Job Performance in the Fire Service,” Chaplain Johns discusses the historic changes in firefighters’ daily lives, how this affects their thinking and their work, and how leaders can change the culture to make a meaningful impact. This is a thoughtful interview that I hope you’ll share with your students and colleagues to spur important discussions.
This link will be posted in the sidebar of our home page.
WSESI MEMBERS: VISIT OUR REPOSITORY for information on our Inventory Retirement campaign, which will continue from now through the end of the calendar year 2024. More details are posted on our Repository webpage (found under the ‘Members Zone’ tab):
Watch for another general update of the New Old Stock titles list. Thanks!
2024 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL CYCLE – Renew-O-Meter – As of Apr. 24:
29 – new and returning members (paid & complimentary)
72 – members of 13 Partner Agencies
8 – Life members
122 – paid Active member renewals
1 – member responded and pending payment
54 -- ?????
Final notices will be mailed by post card on or about May 1, 2024. If you are uncertain regarding your membership status, please be encouraged to call or email.
Don’t delay – renew TODAY!
VISIT OUR LINKS PAGE to check out the many online resources available from our colleagues around the state and across the country. This includes the nonprofit Firefighter Cancer Support Network (FCSN), which since 2005, has provided assistance and one-on-one mentoring to thousands of cancer-stricken firefighters and their families. FCSN also delivers extensive firefighter cancer awareness and prevention training nationwide.
STATEWIDE FIRE SERVICE EVENTS – WSESI will continue to share information that we receive regarding events and programs of Wisconsin’s Fire / Emergency Services organizations throughout the year ahead. Please be encouraged to advise us of any of your agency’s / organization’s plans for events in the coming months, or of any changes that you are aware of. Thanks!
ACTION STILL NEEDED! – From our friends at International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI):
AFG/SAFER/USFA Reauthorization -- We are at a tipping point with AFG/SAFER/USFA reauthorization, and we need to build a wave of pressure to convince Congress to enact the legislation before the programs expire on September 30th. The time to act is NOW. We need everyone to keep pushing until this passes.
Unless action is taken NOW to save AFG and SAFER, they will EXPIRE. The grant programs face a statutory sunset on September 30, 2024 -- just a few months from now. The national fire and emergency services organizations have collectively been working hard to enact the Fire Grants and Safety Act (S.870/H.R.4090), which would reauthorize AFG, SAFER, and the U.S. Fire Administration, but WE NEED YOUR HELP.
Please call or write your Representatives and Senators today.
Having trouble downloading documents? Call 920-235-5494 to request a paper copy of any Society forms or documents, or email your request to kgerarden@wsesi.org .
NEXT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: Tuesday, April 29, 2024 (rescheduled from Apr. 23) -- via teleconference (unless otherwise announced).
Contact your Board members with any agenda items.