International Firefighters Training Association Donates Fire Engine
On October 30th, Comala, Colima, Mexico Fire Chief Francisco Alejandro Rodriguez Garcia arrived in Beckwourth, California to officially accept and celebrate the fire engine and fire/rescue equipment donated by the International Firefighters Training Association. The staff from the Beckwourth Fire Department then provided engine orientation, drivers training, pumping and operations to Chief Rodriguez Garcia.Learn More…
The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico Fire Department donated an ambulance and fire/rescue equipment to the International Firefighters Training Association in collaboration with the Santa Barbara/Puerto Sister Cities Committee. Learn More…
IFTA in collaboration with Francisco Alejandro Rodriguez Garcia host summer training symposiums.
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International Firefighters Training Association volunteers load donated fire and rescue equipment into the “Code Azul” truck to begin the transport to Comala, Colima, Mexico.
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The International Firefighters Training Association, has once again donated to the 2020-2021 school year scholarship of University Student Wendy Maria Angelino Lopez. Wendy is in the Rotary Club Sur Becas Scholarship Program. Wendy is continuing her studies at the University of Guadalajara, Campus Vallarta.
The International Firefighters Training Association answers a call for help in Puerto Vallarta due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has brought the thriving Puerto Vallarta’s tourist economy to a halt. Many people relied on tourism jobs for their livelihood.Learn More…
IFTA sponsors the City of Puerto Vallarta’s softball team with a new design and team uniforms for the fall season.
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Francisco Alejandro Rodriguez Garcia, Director of the Municipal Unit of Civil Protection Comala, Colima, Mexico presents the IFTA with a custom original graphite painting.
The artist is Carlos Martinez. In addition to being an artist he is also a nurse and originally from Colima.Learn More…
On July 1, 2020, during the Santa Barbara Sister Cities monthly board meeting (via Zoom) the International Firefighters Training Association, in collaboration with Chief Russell II, Beckwourth Fire District, and the Santa Barbara / Puerto Vallarta Sister Cities Committee presented Francisco Alejandro Rodriguez Garcia Director of the Municipal Unit of Civil Protection for the municipality of Comala, Colima Mexico and the entire community of Comala with a 1987 Van Pelt Duplex Pumper.Learn More…
International Firefighters Training Association President Bret Russell delivers a project update at the Puerto Vallarta Sur Rotary Club meeting.
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