Board Message Posted November 2019

Hello everyone, my name is James “Jamie” Brown, the 2020 IFIA President. I am the Fire
Marshal for the New Lenox Fire District. For the last five years I have been the chairman of the Certification Committee for the IFIA.

We have some new things on tap for the IFIA this year. There are some new prices for the

mini seminars and membership – see more a bit later in this article. Also, we are continuing our partnership with the Jensen Hughes Academy. This is where you can get CE towards your Inspector 1 certification at any hour of the day. In March we will be having our annual Fire & Life Safety Conference in East Peoria. The conference committee scheduled some very exciting topics for those in the “Codes” side and for those in the “Fire and Life Safety” side. There is much more later in this newsletter. Our theme for the conference is “Our Vision for Illinois is 20/20”. Please visit Illinoisfireinspectors.org for more information. Please if you have any questions please contact me at , or any of our board members. Have a happy and fire safe new year.

James Brown
President, IFIA