Austin, TX – Fire Chief Walter Groman awarded Chief Fire Officer (CFO) designation by the Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC).
West Des Moines – CFAI Commissioner Jeff Pomeranz has been selected as the new City Manager of Cedar Rapids, IA. Mr. Pomeranz will leave West Des Moines after twelve years as City Manager. In addition to serving on the CFAI Commission, he is an executive board member of the Iowa League of Cities and president of the Iowa City Management Association. He also serves on the Board of Choose Des Moines Communities, the United Way Campaign Cabinet, and the adjunct faculty of Drake University’s masters of public administration program.
Greensboro, NC – An 80 Ft. storage tank containing approximately 20,000 gallons of fuel, struck by lightning burst into flames, surrounded by even larger storage tanks located in the largest tank farm east of the Mississippi River. The fire was brought under control quickly and completely extinguished in approximately five and one-half hours. Although the fire was at a junction on the major pipe lines bringing gasoline and other fuel oil products to the Mid Atlantic and Northeast, there was no interruption of product to markets or users (which include the nation’s capital and the US Atlantic Fleet). There was no catastrophic environmental damage from the event, and the majority of the community was not impacted, or else returned to normal circumstances with the rising of the sun. Greensboro Fire Department was the first department to be awarded CFAI accredited agency status.