IFTA once again teamed up with the Huntington Park Sister Cities to bring a training symposium to Yahualica, Jalisco. Topics included:
Vehicle Extrication
Patient Removal and Stabilization
Advanced Life Support
Traumatic Injuries

During the weekend of March 20, 2023, IFTA sponsored another fire training symposium in Coquimatlan, Colima, Mexico. The fire training topics included: hydraulics and pumping operations, forcible entry, extending, deploying and operating fire attack hose lines in elevated locations.
At the conclusion of the symposium all participating fire departments received firefighting/rescue/safety equipment donated by the International Firefighters Training Association.
Special thanks to:
IFTA Training Coordinator, Aldofo Ramas Garcia
Instructors-Fausto Facio Morjarro and Edgar Omar Espinoza
Support in Logistics- Brandon Eymard Sanchez Mejia, Luz Arcelia Rios Bautista, Alma Berenice Decena, and Norma Edith Lopez

Fire departments that participated in this symposium included:
Municipal Civil Protection Unit Tecoman, Colima, Mexcio
Volunteer Firefighters Tarimoro, Guanajuato, Mexico
Municipal Civil Protection Unit Armory, Colima, Mexico
Crasma Volunteer Firefighters Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Municipal Civil Protection Unit, Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco, Mexico
Municipal Civil Protection Unit, Ixtlahuacan, Colima, Mexico
Municipal Civil Protection Unit, Coquimatlan, Colima, Mexico
Volunteer Firefighter of Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico
Municipal Civil Protection Unit, Tonaya, Jalisco, Mexico