. >> i'm kevin o connor, there's 300,000 members proudly serve communities in -- i'm currently a constituent of member sahr vains and after november will be a proud constituent of the ranging member. as firefighters take on additional responsibleties and extended capabilities, so, too, must the fire administration evolve to meet the needs of the 21st century fire service. the primary function was to put out fires. today's fires are well education -- responders with broad responsibleties. the first boots op the ground for any manmade or natural disaster. the prevalence of the fire based delivery systems requires the agency to integrate training into its mission. we want to ensure the ems be forded its appropriate attention. while the fire administration continues to integrate into its programs, it must work the change the perception focused simply on fire. one way that problem may be solved is to simply change the agency's name to preflekt its current mission. the u.s. fire and administration would better describe the role of both the modern fire service and the agency. after the well publici