FACILITY FIRE BRI FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES INS FIRE PROTECTION, DETECTION, AN
FIRE SERVICE HYDRAULICS AND WATER SUPPLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN PRINCIPLES OF PASSENGER VEHICLE EXTRICATION GROUND COVER FIRE FIGHTING FOR STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTERS
Ultimately, the delegate selection process was significantly refined. Today, IFSTA advertises new manual committees seeking members though a variety of media means. There is a set deadline for applications. A standard application form was developed to guide the applicants in providing IFSTA with the information needed to determine if they will be selected to the committee to which they applied. The number of candidates selected to each committee varies with the topic of that manual and FPP budget constraints. The average size ranges from 15 to 20 delegates per committee. Certain more popular manuals, such as Essentials of Fire Fighting may have slightly larger memberships. The IFSTA Executive Board Chair selects a Delegate Selection committee to review the applicants for each manual committee and select a balanced roster of members. The IFSTA Executive Board Vice-Chair serves as the standing Chair of the Delegate Selection committee. The committee consists of the IFSTA Executive Director, two members of the IFSTA Executive Board, and two IFSTA delegates at large. Committee balance is a hallmark of the IFSTA validation process. The Delegate Selection committee goes to extraordinary lengths to select members for each committee who are not only highly knowledgeable on the topic being covered, but also represent a diverse section of the fire service who will use the information in the manual. Each committee has delegates who come from career and volunteer departments, large and small departments, regionally diverse locations, fire training agencies, or who are special experts on the topic at hand. North America is divided up into seven (7) geographical regions and every effort is made to ensure that there is representation from each of these regions (Figure 19) . This committee balance ensures that the information in the final product is representative of the broad spectrum of the fire service who will be training with it.
Figure 19
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