Our History...


1997

Then Assistant Fire Chief, Robert Triozzi, while working with the United Nations in the Balkans, Africa, Southeast Asia and having fought fires in Sarajevo with his Bosnian colleagues while the city was being bombed, realized that fireifghters in these poor and war torn countries needed help. He decided that an organization made up of an international pool of firefighters to help these less fortunate firefighters become efficient and to work safely with the resources at their disposal was necessary. Thus the Fire Rescue Development Program (F.R.D.P.) was born.




1998

Assistant Chief Triozzi, as a U.N. staff member could not directly create the F.R.D.P. and charged Chicago firefighter Brooks Watson to lay the groundwork of getting this idea registered as a non profit, non governmental organization.




1999

24 May 1999
The Fire Rescue Development Program became official having been registered in the State of Illinois, USA.

1999-2001
30 December 1999 we received NGO (non-governmental organization) status with UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo) to assist in the rebuilding and equiping of the Fire Service of Kosovo. Requested by U.N. Fire Rescue.




2001

February 2001
Delivered much needed medical supplies to El Salvador following a disastrous earthquake.
Requested by the Salvadoran Ambassador to the United Nations.

May 2001
Supplied personal protective gear and over 100 sets of breathing apparatus to the Fire Service of Mexico City.
Requested by the Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations.

October 2001
Delivered 5000kg of protective gear and hydraulic rescue tools to the Fire Service of Maputo, Mozambique.
Requested by the Mozambican Government thru USAID.




2003

June-August 2003
Conducted an evaluation of the Fire Service of Iraq and submitted a proposal of how to reorganize the Iraqi Fire Service.
Requested by the International Coalition and the Interim Government of Iraq.

June-September 2003
Conducted an evaluation of the Fire Service of Montenegro and submitted a proposal of how to reorganize the Montenegran Fire Service.
Requested by the European Union.




2004

2004
Continued operations in Montenegro.
Requested by the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro.

May 2004
Contacted to reorganize and train the firefighters of the Nairobi, Kenya Fire Service.
Requested by the Nairobi City Council Fire Services.

May 2004
International Conference on Sustainable Development for the Fire Services of Underdeveloped Countries - Treviso, Italy.

September 2004
Iraq Reconstruction Conference - Manama, Bahrain.




2005

January 2005
Present in Banda Aceh, Indonesia to assist in the aftermath of the tsunami.
Requested by the Spanish Rescue Team sent to Indonesia.

April 2005
Appointed as the consultants to organize a training course/seminar/conference for the urban and industrial firefighters of the Persian Gulf Coast states to take place in Bahrain in May 2006.
Requested by Pennwell/Fire Engineering.

January 2005
United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction - Kobe, Japan.

February 2005
Fire and Emergency Services Conference - Singapore.

April 2005
Fire Department Instructors' Conference - Indianapolis, USA.

June 2005
Interschutz - Hannover, Germany.

August 2005
High Rise Fire and Life Safety Conference - Chicago, USA.

September 2005
United Nations Regional Network for NGO's - Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

October 2005
United Nations Conference for NGO Coordination - Rome, Italy.




2006

January 2006
International Security and Middle East Fire and Exhibition Conference - Dubai, UAE.

March 2006
10th Anniversary of AKUT and Rescue Conference - Istanbul, Turkey.

March 2006
Fire Engineering Conference - Cologne, Germany.

April 2006
Mission to Eleuthra, Bahamas to deliver a fire engine and provide training.

May 2006
Fire Department Instructors' Conference - Bahrain.

September 2006
Called to assist in the reorganization of the Lebanese Fire Service.
Requested by the Ministry of Interior, City of Tyre, Lebanon.

September 2006
Called to write the fire laws of the Republic of Albania.
Requested by the Albanian Ministry of Interior.

October 2006
International and Disaster rediness Conference - Rome, Italy.

October 2006
Cooperation Agreement signed with the Special Operation Medical Institute - Italy.

November 2006
Size-Up Mission to Lebanon to organize logistics for upcoming training mission.




Note..

NOTE: The FRDP has not solicited any mission thus far. All of the aforementioned were requested without solicitation based on the reputation of FRDP.
NOTE: The FRDP attended each of these conferences not as an attendee but as a speaker and to present programs.