Today is Tuesday, January 6th     

TO ALL TARS UNITS

Updated April 24, 2008

REGION MEETINGS

The June Region meetings will be here soon. Enclosed is your respective region meeting letter. Please post it and encourage your members to attend. Remember to give the host squad the courtesy of a note or call as requested regarding how many from your unit is expected to attend. Be sure to also note the scheduled time for your Region's meeting. We are continuing to hold the meetings one (1) hour earlier than the traditional times in past years.

Region I June 7 More info
Region II June 14 More info
Region III June 21 More info
Region IV June 28 More info

RESCUE SQUAD WEEK - MAY 18 -24, 2008

A facsimile of the proclamation to be released by the Governor for Rescue Squad Week is enclosed. It is up to you to take time to educate the citizens and local public officials about the work that you do in service to your community. Make arrangements now with your local media to promote your unit.

OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

• THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ARE ENCLOSED.
• FOR SALE: STATE OFFICE VAN
  As was announced at the Board of Directors meeting, the 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan "Sport" is scheduled for replacement and available for sale. It has approximately 114K miles, quad seating, rear air, all power. Photos are posted on web site www.tnars.org. Minimum bid is set at $3500 and must be in writing postmarked by April 30, 2008 and sent to the TARS State Office.
• The Annual Instructor Updates are winding up, completing the transition to a two-year Re-cert time frame for TARS Instructors. Roughly half of the Instructors are now renewing on odd calendar years. The remainder of the Instructors are renewing on even years. The continuing growth of our squads/departments' Instructor program has required us to make that change. The final Vanessa K. Free Act (Module 3) is officially released and being distributed to participating agencies.

Sincerely,

Steve Carden, Executive Director T.A.R.S. - State Office