Zach Bruhn: OSFA Educational Advisory Committee Report

Planning and logistics of this year’s John F. Futhey II Oklahoma State Fire School is finished.

Your Educational Advisory Committee and the OSFA staff worked diligently to create another outstanding State Fire School May 4-6 in Tulsa, Broken Arrow and Owasso. This year’s John F. Futhey II State Fire School offers a wide variety of amazing nationally recognized instructors who come from all over the nation to present right here in our great state.

If you missed this year’s event, put it on your calendar for next May. This event is free to OSFA members and only $100 for unlimited conference access to non-members. We all know that traveling to attend class at national conferences is way more expensive than it should be. So don’t waste your time and money traveling out of state to see these FDIC experienced classes and instructors.

Just make a short trip over to the Tulsa metro area next year for the Oklahoma State Fire School.

d. Proceed to legislation.

UPDATE: This is due in the 1st quarter of 2025.

3. Enhance the participation of the Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Service in the OSFA/VFSC to enable buy-in and participation for the goals and objectives of the committee.

a. Develop protocols for hand off of requested information and training/promotional material for district committee members.

UPDATE: This is due in the 1st quarter of 2023 and is in process currently.

b. Develop district representation to promote OSFA & VFSC to all assigned areas.

UPDATE: Due in the 3rd quarter of 2023 and is in discussion currently.

c. Develop training credit for attending the volunteer caucus.

UPDATE: Due in the 1st quarter of 2024 and is in discussions.

The entire committee is involved in the strategic planning session and the objectives that are discussed above, with seven of the committee members, as well as the OSFA Staff, being assigned to the major objectives.

As you can see, the Volunteer Fire Service Committee is very involved and committed to moving the membership forward and taking care of their needs. It’s been a busy year for this committee, but we feel like we’re accomplishing important work for the Oklahoma Fire Service.