Membership Information

GUIDING THE DESTINY OF OREGON'S FIRE SERVICE
Today you, the Chief Officer, face more challenges than ever before. You find yourself deep in Federal and State legislative issues, social change, increasing consumer expectations with dwindling budgets, and fire and life safety problems that may permanently debilitate your professionals at any time. The Oregon Fire Chiefs’ Association is prepared to help you face those difficult challenges through a network of activities and resources designed to extract the most and best experiences and knowledge from the fire service industry.

INFORMATION
OFCA members get accurate and up-to-date information on issues affecting the Oregon Fire Service. The Oregon Fire Chiefs’ Association provides this information through this website. The information covers the activities of valuable committees, OR-OSHA, the legal and insurance sectors, United States Congress, the NFPA, and other Associations that interact with the OFCA. Critical issues such as Oregon legislation, code development, research and development, management/command training, and new tool innovations are reported.

REPRESENTATION
The OFCA maintains determined participation in regulatory and legislative activities, not only providing feedback to the membership, but also testifying and lobbying in their behalf. The members further participate in OFCA committees that shape the destiny of Oregon’s fire service. A sampling of committees include: • Legislative • Fire Advisory Committee to DPSST • Wildland Interface • Joint Conference w/OFDDA • Fallen Firefighter Memorial • Chief Officers’ Training Program • Northwest Leadership Seminar • OR-OSHA

PROFRESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
The OFCA provides more professional development and educational opportunities than any other organization in the Oregon Fire Service. The Spring and Fall conferences include several hours of formal educational presentation on current subjects by fire and management professionals from throughout the West Coast. The Northwest Leadership Seminar brings together public service leaders from the eleven western states and several Canadian provinces with North America’s finest management development leaders for several days of intensive and thought-provoking learning. The OFCA is certainly a chief officer’s best ticket to professional development.

http://www.nwleadershipseminar.com/

NETWORKING
There is an abundance of knowledge, experience, and skill within the membership of the OFCA. By attending conferences and other functions and interacting with chief officers from all over Oregon, you will find that the solution to a problem can be only a handshake or a conversation away. The friendships you create will provide not only information and support in difficult decision making, but also solace when those decisions don’t produce the results you desire.


To register to be an OFCA member or to renew your membership please follow the link:  http://ofca.org/membership_registration.asp