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News Items of Note

 

President
Keith Lewis

Comal County ESD No. 3

Vice Pres.-
Education
Scott Morgan
Harris County ESD
No. 29

Vice Pres.-
Membership
Steve Hambric
El Paso County ESD No. 1

Sec. -Treas.
Mike Howe

Travis County ESD
No. 2

Board of Directors

JJ Arida
Bexar County
ESD No. 4

Paula Barr
Travis County
ESD No. 6

James Kelly
Montgomery County
ESD No. 8

Gil Perez
Bexar County
ESD No. 1

Cliff Avery
Executive Director (nonvoting)

 

SAFE-D Documents

 

MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND SAFE-D's ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Feb. 22-24, Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center, Galveston
Approved for up to 11 hours of ESD commissioner training
by Texas A&M's VG Young Institute, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Click here for a copy of the tentative schedule (subject to change)

Click here to REGISTER ON-LINE.


State law requires all ESDs to submit a report
to the Texas Dept. of Agriculture by Jan. 1

SAFE-D is working with TDA to make reporting easy.

Click here to provide your information on-line. SAFE-D will present it to TDA

to assure your compliance.

For an advance look at the information to be provided, click here.


SAFE-D's FIRST-EVER WEBCAST WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!
If you missed it, you can purchase access to an archived version or a DVD.

EARN 1 HOUR OF COMMISSIONER TRAINING CREDIT (SB917).

Only $25 for web streaming; $45 for DVD

Click here to place your order

Get the PowerPoints from the Presentation (click the topic below)

Strategic PlanningImpact of New Legislation


Legislative News: Senate Bill 917 has passed both houses of the Legistlature
and has been signed by the Governor.
The Bill:

• requires ESD commissioners to get 6 hours of training over 2 years.

• clarifies issues related to overlapping ESD districts.

• makes it easier for neighboring ESDs to consolidate.

Click here for a copy


The Official SAFE-D Newsletter for Summer 2011 is in mailboxes across Texas.

THANKS, SPONSORS
TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL, AUSTIN

SAFE-D appreciates the support of these organizations:

THANKS TO THESE SPONSORS
of the 10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

DIAMOND SPONSORS
Armbrust & Brown
Government Capital Corporation
Municipal Accounts & Consulting
Siddons-Martin Emergency Group
VFIS of Texas/Regnier & Associates

PLATINUM SPONSORS
Burns, Anderson, Jury and Brenner LLP
Coveler & Katz
The Carlton Law Firm
Wells Fargo Government Banking

GOLD SPONSORS
Brown Reynolds Watford Architects, Inc.
Hall-Mark Fire Apparatus, Inc.
KA Hickman Architects & Interior Designers
MuniServices, LLC
Tax Revenue Consultants, LLC

BRONZE SPONSOR
TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool


Creating and Organizing an Emergency Services District
The Texas Department of Rural Affairs
has released a new manual for ESDs.

Report on Volunteer Firefighter retention

The U.S. Fire Administration has issued a report "Retention and Recruitment for the Volunteer Emergency Services: Challenges and Solutions"

Click here for a copy of the report (7.5 MB)


 

NEWS ITEMS OF NOTE

VFDs concerned about rising gas prices

July-August 2006 issue of County Magazine
(Texas Association of Counties)
spotlights ESDs & SAFE-D
Click here for a PDF of the story

 9-11 Coverage: How Safe is Texas? (SA Express-News Article, PDF)

Number of volunteer firefighters decline (USA Today Article, PDF).

Engine 22 responds without any men (New York Times Article, PDF)

 


ESDs featured in September '07 County Progress magazine
Official publication of County Judges and Commissioners
Association of Texas
Click here