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Permalink Reply by Brandon on October 9, 2007 at 8:00pm

Our department was actually meeting the requirements before the VKF Law passed. We do the VKF and EVOC every year. Our Chief has been very strict on attendance for the class. If you don't attend, you don't drive the apparatus. We have 2 EVOC Instructors in our department, so it's easy to keep up the training. We are actually scheduled to have a class the end of this month.

Permalink Reply by Brian Davis on October 10, 2007 at 8:26am

This is Great to hear. I think the law is a very good law to protect the public and ourselves. YOU CANT JUST THROW ANYONE ONE BEHIND A 44,000 POUND TRUCK AND EXPECT THEM TO DRIVE IT SAFE.has anyone had a near miss on thier dept or has had an accident while responding to a call. 1 of our 2nd in depts totalled a engine enroute to a fire that they where primary on because the driver didn't have the training and drove it like a car

Permalink Reply by Butch McCurdy on October 14, 2007 at 4:16pm

VKF is not an option it is state law. TARS has a great program, it was made in conjunction with VFIS lawyers so it complys with all of the law requirments. Check out there wed site for more info. WWW.tnars.org.