| Greetings from the Fire Commission, I hope you are about to enjoy the Thanksgiving Holiday season with family and friends and that you are blessed with safety in your travels. In the event you are cooking for family and friends or need some outreach materials for your community, visit https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/outreach/cooking.html this site is loaded with great tips that will help ensure a safe holiday.
As we near the end of 2016 for those in our Educational Incentive Pay program we want to ensure you have the resources needed to submit your 2016 forms. As a result we have provided a presentation on our website at http://www.tn.gov/fire/commFireFighting.shtml the presentation titled “How to Submit Forms in Acadis” will explain which forms need to be mailed in and which forms need to be submitted in Acadis. In addition, the required forms are available for download as well and include the following:
http://www.tn.gov/commerce/article/ffc-educational-incentive-forms
In-Service Verification Sheet [Excel] – Complete and upload in Acadis (Set Dates to 2016)
http://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/commerce/attachments/fire_In-ServiceTrainingVerificationSheet.xlsx
In-Service Substitution Forms (PDF) Complete and upload in Acadis (Set Dates to 2016)
http://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/commerce/attachments/FireFFCInServiceSubForm.pdf
Notarized Statement of Fire Chief – Complete and send certified mail (Set Dates to 2016)
http://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/commerce/attachments/FireFFCNotarizedStatement.pdf
Educational Incentive Request - Complete and send certified mail (Set Dates to 2016)
http://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/commerce/attachments/FireFFCEducationalIncentiveRequest.pdf
If you have questions, feel free to contact our office.
Next, we want to thank everyone for working with us in submitting their 2017 In-Service through Acadis. The peer –reviews will take place:
December 2nd Peer Review-East TN-Knoxville Training Center 9:00 Eastern Time 3411 Vice Mayor Jack Sharp Road; Knoxville, TN
December 6th Peer Review-West TN-Memphis Training Center 9:00 Central Time 4341 OK Robertson Road; Memphis, TN
December 8th Peer Review-Middle TN-TFACA 9:00 Central Time 2161 Unionville Deason Road; Bell Buckle, TN
Our Next Commission meeting (Work Session) will be 2/2/2017 at 9:00 AM Central Time at TFACA located at 2161 Unionville Deason Road; Bell Buckle, TN. This will be followed by the Business Meeting on 2/3/2017 9:00 AM. Anyone with business to bring before the commission needs to send a request to our office by January 15th 2017. Also, meeting dates have been set for April 25th and 26th in Gatlinburg at the Park Vista. |
