Fire Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

Dealing With Employees Who Have Been Charged With a Crime ... has not yet been convicted? For example, can an employer fire such an employee before any charges have been the subject of a formal trial? Alternatively, can the employee be suspended for such an offense, and if so, is it justifiable to do so with or without pay? Because more and more employers are finding themselves faced with this dilemma, this teleconference will discuss the legal limits on  more...

Lawful Hiring ... 557 U.S. ___ (2009) shows how an employer (the New Haven Fire Department in that case) can violate discrimination laws when taking steps to attempt to achieve nondiscriminatory selection and testing procedures. This teleconference will cover the leading laws that regulate or affect the hiring process. The teleconference will go beyond explaining the laws and will give practical guidance on  more...

2009 Updates to the International Residential Codes ...hether or not to adopt the new codes, such as residential fire code provisions, as system manufacturers and installers work to keep up with the mandates. Some professionals view the changes as unnecessary, express technical concerns or unjustified expense. On the other hand, homes that are constructed under the new 2009 IECC are forecasted to save 15-20 percent more energy than homes built  more...

Differing Site Conditions ...gh BIM, the structural steel, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, fire sprinkler and communications subtrades can all determine whether the new and existing utilities, beams, piping and conduits are going to run into each other or not. Accordingly, there should be less in the way of differing site condition claims as between those subtrades if BIM is in use. However, BIM has only been used in the most  more...