Desert Southwest CRR Conference
The Arizona Fire and Burn Educators and the Arizona State Fire Marshals Association welcomes you to the Desert Southwest Community Risk Reduction Conference 2025!
Designed for Fire and Life Safety Educators and Fire Prevention Professionals at all levels—beginner to advanced — this conference offers practical tools to initiate or enhance your programs and professional knowledge.
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November 4
Become a CarFit Technician! Enhance your older adult safety programming!
CarFit was created in 2006 in collaboration by AARP and the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The program is designed to help older drivers find out how well they currently fit their personal vehicle, to highlight actions they can take to improve their fit, and to promote conversations about driver safety and community mobility. A proper fit in one's personal vehicle can greatly increase not only the driver's safety but also the safety of others.
Three quick examples underscore the importance of road safety to the CarFit program, which reviews twelve key areas of the driver's fit to the personal vehicle.
Example one: Knowing how to properly adjust one's mirrors can greatly minimize blind spots for drivers who may wish to change lanes.
Example two: Good foot positioning on the gas and brake pedals is important. If the driver is reaching with his or her toes to press on the pedals, it can cause fatigue in one's leg and slowed reaction times.
Example three: Drivers run a risk of serious injury if they are sitting closer than 10 inches to the steering wheel.
The class will provide you the training to be able to discuss road safety for our older adult drivers. We expect class schedule to be about 1:30-4 pm, but is subject to change slightly as we get closer.
All classes will be presented at the Glendale Regional Public Safety Training Center
Cut off for the booking link is Saturday, Oct. 4