Welcome to the State Fire Rescue Training Area 14 Web Site.
Our goal is to provide you an electronic avenue to assist you in your training needs. A great deal of time and thought has gone into the production of this site. The emergency service personnel of this region and the Commonwealth were first and foremost in the layout and content. The information of this site will change on a very regular basis as information, technology, and training opportunities will present themselves. The firefighters and emergency service personnel of this Commonwealth have an enormous responsibility in the day- to- day protection of life, property, and the environment. Challenges and conditions confront each of us regularly in efforts to preserve the very things we protect. Our initial drive is a continuum of safety?our safety. Our job is to provide you the quality training you deserve in order to successfully defend those encounters you face in your communities.. Our professional staff from our office to the classroom and to the drill grounds looks forward for the opportunity to serve you. State Fire Rescue Training is historically about teamwork. This web site is developed and maintained by the office staff and field staff of Area-14, made possible by the teamwork of these committed individuals. Thanks for visiting us and as always, if there is anything we can do for you in your training needs, contact us.
Charles W Shaw
Area Coordinator
The Mission of State Fire Rescue Training The mission of Fire Rescue Training is to plan, direct and administer a quality, comprehensive and uniformly delivered training program through the most efficient use of available resources to assist in meeting the training needs of fire, rescue, and other emergency services personnel so that lives and property may be saved more safely and effectively. In addition, to provide health and safety training programs for industries, institutions, government agencies and other such entities to assist in meeting their training needs mandated by federal, state and local laws.
State Fire Rescue Area 14 is pleased to announce the addition of a mobile communication and command trailer to our fleet. The mobile communication trailer is a state of the art unit which supports communication, coordination , command, interoperability and dispatching functions. These units are for the purpose of providing support to major events, major disasters, etc. State Fire Rescue Area 14 is now offering training(C-0000 Fire Alarms & Communication)for the mobile communications and command trailer so that individuals understand it fullest capability. Currently State Fire & Rescue has a total of 4 communication and command trailers. They are based out of the following State Fire & Rescue training offices . • Area 3, serving Western Kentucky • Area 7, serving Northern Kentucky and Northeast Kentucky • Area 13, serving Southeast Kentucky • Area 14, serving Central Kentucky Training Request Contact: Please submitt a training request, either by paper or by our website at http://www.sfrtarea14.com/traning.php. Audiences Targeted: Fire Chiefs & Officers, Emergency Management Officials, Dispatch Supervisors & Dispatchers, EMS Managers, Law Enforcement Supervisors, any other individuals who may assume the role of managing a large scene where the mobile communication trailer is needed. Additional Information: State Fire Rescue Area 14 385 Old Greensburg Road Campbellsville, Kentucky 42718 (270) 465-8633
Charles (Sparky) Sparks, Adair Co., KY (1961-2011) He loved his work. He loved what he did and quietly and competently performed vital roles with an extraordinary passion and absolute dedication. He commanded profound respect during his too brief lifetime - respect now realized even more in homage paid not only from members of his home town, but among colleagues across the state. It was respect shown so many times today along the path of his epic homecoming cortege from Louisville as it wended its way south through communities which lined the route with the highest symbolism of honor. It was manifest as Adair Countians met with unspoken understanding of a shared, deeply felt loss. Charles Sparks was a descendant of great pioneer Adair County families, born into a tradition of public service. He carried on that tradition with great honor. He was a Deputy Kentucky State Fire Marshal for the past 23 years, a fire and rescue instructor for the Kentucky Community Technical College System, Assistant Fire Chief of the City of Columbia Fire Department, a member of the Columbia - Adair County Volunteer Fire Department for 32 years, and an Emergency Medical Technician for the Adair County Ambulance Service. Charles Sparks was a member of the Columbia Christian Church where visitation and memorial services will be held Sunday and Monday, July 10 and 11. Charles "Sparky" Sparks, age 49 years of Columbia, KY passed away Friday, July 8, 2011 at 4:35am at the Audubon Hospital in Louisville, KY from an apparent heart attack he suffered on June 30, 2011, while fighting a house fire in the Garlin Community of Adair County. The funeral service will be Monday July 11, 2011 at 1pmCT, at the Columbia Christian Church, 206 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY 42728 with Bro. Raymond Martin & Bro. Terry White the officiating clergy. Burial will be in the Haven Hill Cemetery, 1276 Liberty RD, Columbia, KY with funeral honors presented by members of the Kentucky Fire Commission, Kentucky State Fire Marshal Office and from fire departments across Kentucky. Visitation will be after 2:30pmCT, Sunday, July 11, 2011, at the Columbia Christian Church and after 6amCT, Monday until time for service at Columbia Christian Church. Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.