Building upon the groundwork and arrangements made by IFSI, through previous LSTA and other funded grant projects, the project entitled “Creative Use of Libraries (CUOL Grant!) – Deliver Right Information to Illinois Firefighters at Right Time” employs innovative technology to create a new library service - “The Digital Illinois Fire Departments Training Network Database” (Network Database) which addresses firefighters’ local training needs. The IFSI Library is training 25 or more selected fire departments to maintain a digitized record of their training calendars and activities and provide access to this digital information. With this systematic knowledge about today’s firefighters’ changing training needs, the IFSI Library responds to them in a timely manner and provides pertinent information resources via our partners, their local public libraries. This new service helps improve the training of firefighters’ by providing “at the right time” access and usage of fire emergency information resources. The project strengthens partnerships the IFSI Library already has established between fire departments and local public libraries.

More Information:

• Full grant proposal document
• Information brochure
• Participating Fire Departments Map
• Public Libraries Map