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                 VFPASNY Report for the
                         State Convention
                Saratoga County – Region 3
               Timothy E. Scrom – Delegate

April – May 2025 The timeframe is generally slow for the Saratoga County Fire Police Association
April 5, Participated with Zone 4 Fire Police in providing Traffic Control (and Water Rescue) for the Mechanicville White Water Derby.

April 12, Attended the County Wide Training in Aircraft Fire/Rescue presented by Calderwood Training Associates, and the Saratoga County Fire Officer Association. All officers of SCVFPA also attended this training and represented our County Fire Police.

May 6, Prepared VFPASNY Convention Report.

May 8, Coordinated Albany Co (Tom With) on upcoming training events and discussed the possibilities of Alternating our yearly Training events

May 21. Will be attending the Bimonthly meeting of the SCVFPA. This month’s Training will be FPO response to HazMat Incidents. I will also be handing out various VFPASNY material and Information

 During this time, I have been busy coordinating the Planning of the Saratoga County Fire Police Annual training seminar. Our program this year will be a Saturday in October, I have been coordinating specific dates with DeCrescente Distributers for the Training Room, again this year. Food arrangements have already been made.

At various times during the month, I have been working on the Saratoga County Fire Police Webpage. - I am working with our county SFI’s to develop a 90-minute Fire Police Leadership/Supervision Training Course tailored to Saratoga County Operations. It is based on the NFA Leadership in Supervision Course (N0645), Leadership Principles for the Fire Service, (Firefighter Nation) and Leadership and Professional Development in the Fire Service (FireHouse.Com). We are also incorporating material from NYS Officers training classes and other State Fire Courses. Additionally, I am using knowledge from leadership and supervision training and Public Information Officer training from my role at the National Weather Service. We aim to complete this program by our October Seminar

We are also discussing an Active Shooter presentation with a member of the County Sherriff Department utilizing video from Active Shooter Events in Mechanicville NY and Webster NY.