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In FY 2007, The Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) delivered the following: | |||||||||||
652,942 Student Hours | 55,049 Enrollments | 22,087 Class hours | |||||||||
1,006 Fire Departments | PLUS | 163 other organizations | |||||||||
1,294 Classes | 349 Class
Locations | 100 Illinois Counties | |||||||||
Attended by 1st Responders from 100 Illinois Counties | |||||||||||
From the Director
I am pleased to present the 2007 Annual Report of the Illinois Fire Service Institute at the University of Illinois.
IFSI staff enjoyed a productive and successful year, which culminated in the busiest month in the history of the Institute. In June, we hosted four major events in Champaign: the 83rd annual Fire College, the National Fire and Emergency Services Exploring Conference, the statewide Technical Rescue Team Validation sessions and the first-ever HazMat Validation exercises. In those four weeks, more than 2000 people passed through the IFSI campus facility, which usually handles around 9000 students a year.
June also marked the month when we received some of the biggest news of the year. The Department of Homeland Security notified us that our Firefighter Life Safety Research Team would receive a $900,000 grant to continue our heat-stress research.
Shortly thereafter, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees issued final approval for the construction of a new, 24,000-square-foot Learning Resource and Research Center on the grounds of our current 27-acre training facility. The Center will provide permanent space for the Firefighter Life Safety Research Team and will house an expanded IFSI Library and emergency operations center training rooms. It will also be home to a memorial hall and museum to honor our state’s firefighters.
Along with these notable events, we reached over 55,000 students through our regular training operations at the Champaign campus and 349 training and fire department locations throughout the state. Total hours of instruction increased by 13 percent above last year—another new record. Enrollment in auto-extrication tripled this year, and we expanded our Agricultural program to include ethanol fire fighting.
We are proud of our accomplishments of the past year, but our focus remains on helping firefighters on the front lines to do their job. For the coming year, we will continue earning your support by delivering the nation’s most innovative and comprehensive fire-related training, education and research programs.
Richard Jaehne
Illinois Fire Service Institute Director
FY07 Annual Report -- See the completed annual report for further accomplishment information.
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