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COLORADO EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIANS
ASSOCIATION
P.O.BOX 17961 DENVER, COLORADO 80217
WWW.CO-FMA.COM
April 2015
Chairman’s Corner
Inside this issue:
Chairman’s Corner
1
Upcoming Events
1
Secretary Report
Membership
2
Academy Info
3
Vendor Letter for 2015
Academy
4
Employment
Opportunities
5
Corporate Sponsors
6
Corporate Sponsors
7
Corporate Sponsors
Cont’d
8
Associate Members
9
Can you believe it? It’s
April already! Before you
know it, the 2015 Academy
will be here. This year,
you can expect some exciting updates to the training
offered. Our Aerial and
Engine Maintenance
classes have been updated.
Please check our website
as information is being updated all the time.
As we are moving forward
towards the Academy, your
Board is hard at work tying
up loose ends, making
every effort to continue to
improve the valuable training each of us should ex-
pect. This is where you,
the membership continue
to help us get the Academy
off the ground; your continued support through
your annual membership
dues allow your Association to continue to improve
upon the training we offer.
Please, if you’ve not done
so already, visit our website and pay your 2015 Annual Dues. Additional support comes from the voice
of our membership. Please
speak up, we want to hear
any ideas or suggestions
you may have. Every direction the Association
takes is based on the feedback we receive from you.
I hope to see everyone at
our next meeting. Adams
County Fire and Garry
Aranda have offered to
host the meeting on the 29th
of this month. Vice Chairman Ken Roland is going
to provide us with some
updated Detroit Diesel
training.
As always, please do not
hesitate to contact me with
any questions you may
have or if there is anything
I can do to help you.
Bill McCartney
Upcoming Events
Next General Meeting
29 April, 2015, 0900 hrs
Adams County Station 11
3365 W. 65th Ave Denver, CO 80221
Please join us to provide support to each others organization through helpful dialogue
and sharing of resources. We will also be discussing 2015 Academy preparations.
2015 Academy
27 July, - 31 July, 2015
North Metro Fire Rescue
This is a great opportunity to provide yourselves/staff with training that would otherwise
be much more costly and time consuming.
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Scholarships
The Barrie Niebergall Memorial Scholarship Fund has money available for scholarships that
will help better fire mechanic's and fire engineers in the State of Colorado. The process for application is very simple. If there is a department out there that doesn't have money budget to send students to the Mechanics' Academy or other like trainings that are available to them, this is a good
source of those needed funds. The money is basically there for the asking if some minor criteria are
met. For more information contact:
Chris Turturici
PO Box 710
Breckenridge, CO 80424
Membership Has Its Privileges
We as people who are responsible for the providing first responders with their primary link between those who need help and those who have the training to provide help; function in a world where
our crucial roles can be easily overshadowed. This means that we have to learn how to be highly effective with limited resources and even less support. The Colorado Emergency Vehicle Technicians Association is here to provide the support and collaborate on how to best manage limited resources. Perhaps
another suitable name would be the “Getting Water From a Turnip Association”.
We are a solutions oriented group of people who believe in what we are doing. Therefore, we embrace these challenges and are proud to be the unsung, behind the scenes support. But we ourselves need
support, and get that by supporting one-another. Meeting on a regular basis gives us the opportunity to
voice our frustrations and share in our wins. We are a group whose sum is greater the totality of its parts.
Our strength is gleaned from your attendance. While dues are helpful, they are very nominal.
Your participation, working together with your fellow behind the scenes heroes across Colorado will
help all of us maintain a cycle of continual excellence.
Please, log on now to coevta.org click on “Membership”, follow the simple prompts to pay your dues with
credit card or Paypal and plan on attending the next meeting, April 29, 2015, 9AM, Adams County Station 11.
If you have any additional questions regarding membership, please feel free to call me on my personal cell:
303-829-4767
Eric-
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2015 Academy info
2015 Emergency Vehicle Maintenance Academy July 27-31st
North Metro Fire Rescue Training Center
Equipping one other for excellence
Academy Schedule
The current class schedule is as follows;

Pump Operation and Maintenance Mon-Fri

Aerial Operation and Maintenance Mon-Fri

Cummins Diagnostics and Emission Controls Mon-Wed

Small engines/tools Mon-Wed

Pierce apparatus electrical Mon-Tue

Kussmaul Wed or Thursday

Harrison wed or Thursday
Class registration cost will remain the same as last year,
Week long classes: $450.00 for members, $500.00 non-members
*Or per day classes: $100.00 for members, $150.00 non-members.
Host Hotel
Hampton Inn Denver-North/Thornton
243 E 120th Ave
Thornton, CO. 80233
303-451-7900
$94.00 per night, plus tax
*Guests must say they are with the CO-EVTA to receive a discount
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Colorado Emergency Vehicle Technicians Association
PO Box 17961 ~ Denver, CO 80217
CALLING ALL VENDORS!
The Colorado Emergency Vehicle Technicians Association proudly presents the 2015 Colorado Emergency Vehicle Maintenance
Academy. The annual event is scheduled to take place July 27 th- 31st, 2015 at the North Metro Fire Rescue Training Center located
in Erie, CO.
We look forward to your continued participation for Vendor night on Tuesday the 28 th. Without you this organization would have a
difficult time accomplishing our goal of providing cost effective training to our technicians involved in the Emergency Services
arena.
We are changing things up this year!
We will still be having a Vendor/Dinner type function but, we will be having it at the North Metro Fire Rescue Training Center. We
hope this will keep the students on location and give our Vendors more exposure.
Confirmed setup times are still being determined but, we will tentatively plan for 3-5pm on Tuesday July 28th. We will supply the
tables (6’ x 2’), chairs, and electricity for your display.
For participating vendors two dinner tickets are provided and additional tickets may be purchased for $10 each. Dinner is planned to
start no later than 6pm.
You also have the ability to display apparatus or other large equipment items that are included in your fee.
At the North Metro Fire Rescue Training Center for the entire week. 1006 Weld County Road 11, Northglenn, CO 80516. Call me
for additional information and/or directions.
In addition you can also place a stand-alone banner representing your company in the registration area of the North Metro Facility
for the week. Please contact me ahead of time if this is something you plan to take advantage of so that I can plan for space.
For your convenience all forms for registering are available on our web site at http://www.coevta.org/. You may pay your fees
online, or mail a check to the above address.
If you have any questions or need any assistance, please email or call me.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Thanks for all of your support!
Jeannie Schneiderwent
[email protected]
Vendor Coordinator
Office – 303-289-9909
Fax – 303-289-9969
Cell – 720-320-7973
Employment Opportunities
North Metro Fire Rescue District
EVT Mechanic
Closing Date – April 20, 2015
Salary Range $32,938 - $54,897 per year DOQ plus Benefits
North Metro Fire Rescue District is seeking a career minded individual for the position of EVT Mechanic. This position
offers the opportunity to work in a positive, team orientated environment focused on the repair and maintenance of emergency response vehicles for a progressive Denver area fire department.
Applicants must be a US citizen (or provide proof of US employment eligibility), 18 years of age or older, and pass a background check and pre-employment drug screen. Applicant will be required to provide own basic mechanic tools upon hire.
Resume must be submitted to North Metro Fire District Headquarters, Attn: Heather Brown at 101 Spader Way, Broomfield, CO. 80020 no later than 5:00 PM on April 20, 2015 (no e-mail resumes accepted).
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CORPORATE SPONSORS
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Associate Members
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL TIME IS HERE!
PLEASE GO TO COEVTA.ORG TO BEGIN RENEWING
YOUR MEMBERSHIPS FOR 2015!
COLORADO EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIANS ASSOCIATION
P.O.BOX 17961 DENVER, COLORADO 80217
WWW.CO-FMA.COM
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS UP AND
RUNNING ON THE WEBSITE
WWW.COEVTA.ORG
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
ACADEMY CLASS REGISTRATION