2010 Friday Conference

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Conference sessions are 90 minutes in length, unless otherwise noted. Program subject to change.

July 23, 2010
8:30 AM	Cast a Web on Maintenance Chris Magiera, Assistant Chief, Algoma FD, WI, VP of Sales, FirePrograms Software Roger Sutton, VP, FirePrograms Software, Beverly Hills, FL CATEGORY: MECHANICS Learn how your Records Management Software (RMS) can automatically keep your apparatus, equipment and department operations "in sync" through the use of Machine to Machine (M2M), wireless internet and embedded apparatus web server technologies. This new technology will be explained and demonstrated utilizing data collected from apparatus fielded across the U.S. Learn how your agency can benefit from rapid web access to vehicle operation, performance, vehicle data recorder and critical maintenance information. This dynamic presentation will review the practical aspects and application of this embedded internet technology using live vehicle data.
8:30 AM	Company & Command Cohesion – “Are We on the Same Page?” Jeff Seaton, Department & Recruit Academy Instructor, Firefighter, San Jose, CA FD CATEGORY: LEADERSHIP Today's command officers and line companies often lack cohesion. Command officers are inundated with special projects, administrative duties and personnel issues. Therefore, interaction between the company and command staff is often limited to actual emergency responses. This program is designed to bring cohesion between the company and command staff, regarding fireground operations.
8:30 AM	Elevator Emergencies Tony Tricarico, Captain (ret.), FDNY, Squad Company 252 CATEGORY: SPECIALIZED RESCUE This classroom presentation will provide attendees with the basics and terminology of elevator emergencies. The differences and similarities of two basic types of elevators will be discussed: wire hoist and pneumatic. Specifics will include: construction, site safety hazards, steel and wire supports, interlock devices, hoist way door operations, lock-out tag-out procedures, how to gain entry without doing any damage and how to locate an elevator and use the two phases of elevator recall.
8:30 AM	Engine Company Standpipe Operations David M. McGrail, District Chief, Denver FD, CO CATEGORY: ENGINE OPERATIONS Quickly and efficiently placing a handline in operation off a standpipe is one of the most important jobs the engine company will perform. Because standpipe operations are low frequency high hazard events, the engine company must be well prepared, both mentally and physically, for these demanding operations. This interactive workshop will provide attendees with a strong foundation, upon which to build a successful standpipe operation. The recommended tools associated with "proper weapon selection," standard operating procedures, and various types of hoseline (standpipe) stretches will be addressed. Attendees will leave armed with quality information that will help them take their respective organization to the next level.
8:30 AM	Fatal LA Freight Train vs. Commuter Train Joe Castro, Battalion Chief , Commander, Tactical Training Section Los Angeles, CA FD CATEGORY: MASS CASUALTY In September, 2008 a Metrolink passenger train carrying 225 commuters from Downtown Los Angeles crashed into a Union Pacific freight train on a sharp curve in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles, killing 25 passengers and seriously injuring over 100. You'll hear firsthand the account of the first LAFD Chief Officer to arrive at the actual train location. Battalion Chief Joe Castro was the Operations Section Chief supervising all tactical operations in the initial action operation period. Chief Castro's presentation will focus on the case study itself, first arriving officers responsibilities relative to establishing an ICS structure to handle a profound Multi-Casualty Incident, and Unified Command concepts.
8:30 AM	FDNY: Changing the Safety Culture Stephen Raynis, Chief of Safety, FDNY CATEGORY: SAFETY The presentation will demonstrate the measures being taken by the FDNY to help change the safety culture in the department. Two safety programs implemented in the FDNY include an Injury Reduction Program which focuses on personal health and wellness, realistic training, safe apparatus operations, building construction, PPE and the consequences a serious injury or LODD has on the firefighter's family, and an Accident Reduction Program that concentrates on apparatus accident prevention and driver safety. The presentation will also include how the partnership with the NFFF and the FDNY is helping to implement the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives. Other initiatives that are helping change the safety culture in the FDNY include Safety webpage accessed via computer kiosks installed in firehouses throughout the department. These computers will provide firefighters and officers access to the FDNY's Safety Command web page as well as internet access to the Everyone Goes Home, Firefighter Close Call, National Near Miss site, the Secret List and more.
8:30 AM	Firefighter Survival, Close Calls and LODD's: Responding to and Operating at Single Family Dwellilng Fires - What Went Wrong? Billy Goldfeder, Deputy Fire Chief, Loveland-Symmes, OH FD, Contributing Editor Firehouse Magazine CATEGORY: SAFETY 3-Hour Class Without question, the most "common" fire response most of us do is to simple single family dwelling fires. Well, at least that's what we often think. After all, it's "just" a simple, single family house fire. What could go wrong? From pre-plan to training...to dispatch, to response, to size-up, staffing and operations, each of these items in the "fire time line" can be the weakest link unless we plan ahead and LEARN from past firefighter injury and death. Join Chief Billy Goldfeder for an extremely in-depth look at the facts that lead to serious injuries as well as line of duty deaths...at seemingly "simple" single family dwelling fires-that turned out to be ANYTHING but simple.
8:30 AM	Firefighting Operations in Basements and Cellars Michael Daley, Lieutenant/Training Officer, Monroe Twp, NJ, Fire District #3 and Rescue Specialist, NJ-TF1 CATEGORY: STRATEGY & TACTICS One of the most dangerous assignments is the area above a fire. Basement and cellar fires expose a firefighter directly to the dangers and hazards associated with these assignments. More firefighters are killed and injured battling cellar fires than operating at fires involving any upper floor fire. This class is designed to aid the first arriving company in operating safely at an incident involving a basement or cellar.
8:30 AM	Gas Detectors for Dummies Various Manufacturers CATEGORY: GAS DETECTORS In a continuing series of workshops with fire equipment manufacturers, we are proud to present a compilation of manufacturers that will be on hand to address their individual types of gas detectors: how they work, what gases they detect, how you can utilize them to their full extent and understand all of the technology that is built into them for varying types of responses. All your questions will be answered.
8:30 AM	HazMat IQ – First Responder Operations (FRO) Cris Aguirre, Co-Founder & Co-Owner, HMIQ Joe Gorman, Co-Founder & Co-Owner, HMIQ CATEGORY: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS This presentation will teach firefighters a system of how to respond safely to hazardous material incidents by addressing mission-specific competencies through the use of monitoring instruments. Developed by firefighters for firefighters, this session will also cover the clues of placards, labels, and container shapes and how they can assist with selecting appropriate tactics and evaluating risk. HazMat IQ - FRO will also show how turnouts, SCBA, and monitoring instruments can handle a majority of the hazmat emergencies that occur in your community. Attendees will be amazed at the simplicity of this system and the immediate benefit of its usage once they return home.
8:30 AM	How to Excel at Fire Service Promotional Exams Steve Prziborowski, Battalion Chief, Santa Clara County, CA FD CATEGORY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT This session will assist fire service personnel specifically prepare for their upcoming promotional exam. Participants will be exposed to and offered key points for the most common events within a fire service promotional process: the written exam, the oral interview, the personnel problem, the oral presentation, and the emergency simulation.
8:30 AM	Implementing National Incident Management System (NIMS) for Fires in Single Family Dwellings Leonard Carmichael, Jr., Battalion Fire Chief, Trenton Division of Fire & Emergency Services Department, NJ FD CATEGORY: INCIDENT COMMAND This course covers the knowledge, skills, and abilities, needed to show the students how to manage resources at a structural fire using the NIMS. Scenario based learning will give the student a game plan for resource management during a structural firefighting situation. Thru lecture and many group scenario assessments, the student will develop organization charts using NIMS. Topics include introduction to NIMS, command and general staff positions with an emphasis placed on managing fires in single family dwellings.
8:30 AM	MAYDAY for Mental Health Patrick J. Kenny, Deputy Fire Chief, Western Springs, IL, FD CATEGORY: MENTAL HEALTH The National Fallen Fire Fighters Foundation's Life Safety Initiative #13 states that "Firefighters and their families must have access to counseling and psychological support." This presentation deals with the challenge of addressing mental health challenges in the fire service and the lack of "tools" to deal with these challenges.
8:30 AM	Thirty Years of Emergency Service Vehicle Training – What Have We Learned? Dr. William F. Jenaway, Chief (ret.), King of Prussia, PA Volunteer Fire Company; Executive Vice President of VFIS CATEGORY: EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE VFIS Emergency Vehicle Driver Training Program has been used over 30 years, in every state, with tens of thousands of vehicle operators trained. Much has been learned about operator behavior, vehicle design and construction impact, and the influence of accidents and regulations. Learn from the experts what we have learned.
8:30 AM	Understanding the U.S. Fire Problem: A 360 Degree View Michael Love, Division Chief & Fire Marshal, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, MD Division of Community Risk Reduction Services CATEGORY: LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION Investigations have become very much centered only on fire origin and cause. After determining the origin and cause many fire investigation units then are either satisfied with having completed the investigation or as circumstances dictate move in a criminal investigative direction. The 360 Fire Evaluation includes all the usual requirements of a fire investigation but also begins to look at many other factors to attempt to solve the fire problem as opposed to just solving the cause of an individual fire. It also brings in the whole range of resources to understand the fire including code enforcement, engineering and public education. Police departments throughout the U.S. have been using a much more finite and intense process to analyze vehicle collision over the last 20 years. The 360 Fire Evaluation uses the same principle of an all out effort to pin point and document what really causes fires. This process may meet resistance as it is not yet well known. For more information or to answer questions please contact Mike Love at (301) 633-8511, or by email at bbl_44@msn.com.
8:30 AM	View From The Street - Commercial Building Operations Richard Blatus, Battalion Chief, FDNY CATEGORY: STRATEGY & TACTICS Decisions made by the incident commander are based on the information provided from the company officers and firefighters inside of the structure. Commercial buildings complete with complex floor plans, unreported renovations, and in some cases large open areas, often present some of the most difficult operations for the incident commander. What information is paramount? What should you be looking for? Discuss the hazards, obstacles, and potential dangers present in commercial occupancies and how they will impact the operational decisions made by the incident commander.
10:15 AM	Aerial Ladder & Tower Ladder Placement and Operation Mike Wilbur, Lieutenant, FDNY, Tom Shand, Contributing Editor, Firehouse Magazine CATEGORY: STRATEGY & TACTICS Topics covered will be the characteristics and operating features of rear-mount, tractor drawn aerials, platforms and quint apparatus. Special emphasis will be made on truck company placement for various types of occupancies, rescue and life safety strategies and tactical work of quint apparatus. Finally strategies and tactics will be discussed in the operation of and proper position of aerial ladders and tower ladders and how to successfully deploy both at the scene of a fire. Students will then employ this knowledge in a series of outside hands on demonstrations.
10:15 AM	Chiefs Commissioners Panel James Clack, Fire Chief, Baltimore, MD FD, Alvin Benson, Fire Chief, Memphis, TN Mark McLees, Fire Chief, Syracuse, NY CATEGORY: LEADERSHIP This session is open to all attendees who want to hear what chiefs and commissioners from across the US have to say about important topics concerning today's fire service.
10:15 AM	Developing Great Leadership in the Fire Service Kimberly Alyn, Best-Selling Author, International Fire Service Speaker CATEGORY: LEADERSHIP Leadership issues are not just for the chiefs and company officers. Great leadership needs to be developed all the way to the front line. When you take care of the leadership development in your department, you will take care of most other issues as well. This session is for all levels in the fire service and will cover important topics like real leadership versus positional leadership, taking responsibility, how to get people to want to follow, raising morale in the department, and developing your future leaders.
10:15 AM	Firefighters Charged with Manslaughter!! Curt Varone, Director, Fire Service Division, LLRMI CATEGORY: LIABILITY Firefighters criminally charged with manslaughter. It sounds unbelievable and is enough to unnerve even the toughest among us that firefighters who have devoted their lives to saving others could be charged with such a serious criminal offense for a line of duty action. Chiefs, officers, instructors, apparatus drivers, and even fire inspectors have been charged, and in some cases convicted of manslaughter. How can this happen? Is it a new trend? Are you at risk? This informative lecture will look at a number of actual cases and common scenarios that have given rise to manslaughter charges against firefighters.
10:15 AM	Fireground Strategies: Private Dwellings Anthony Avillo, Deputy Chief, North Hudson Regional, NJ Fire & Rescue CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED CATEGORY: STRATEGY & TACTICS This course covers various types of private dwellings from both a fire spread and structural problem viewpoint. Also discussed are both firefighting concerns and life safety concerns inherent in this type occupancy. Strategic considerations and interior fire control factors are discussed, with the point of entry rule of thumb explained in detail to assist the fire and command officer in proper decision-making on the fireground. Engine and Ladder Company tactics are discussed as well as tactical considerations common to these occupancies.
10:15 AM	Fitness for Your Crew Rich Meyer, Firefighter, Nashua, NH Fire Rescue and CSCS CATEGORY: FITNESS Training at the company level is a necessity in the fire service. So why should fitness at the company level be any different? Fitness facilities at firehouses are just as varied as fitness programs. However, this seminar will discuss how a company can get fit together in a short amount of time in any facility. We'll discuss ideas on circuit training, cardiovascular exercise, and nutritional choices to keep your company healthy and fit.
10:15 AM	Haiti Earthquake Discussion Panel Larry Collins, Battalion Chief, USAR Task Force 103, LA County F, Joe Downey, Battalion Chief, FDNY, Task Force 1 Dave Downey, Battalion Chief, Miami-Dade Fire & Rescue Dept CATEGORY: MASS CASUALTY The intent of this panel session is to consider the potential for a Haiti level earthquake (or other cause) catastrophe that levels buildings and traps people for many miles, exceeding the normal levels of response capability. One goal is to improve understanding among firefighters about the challenges posed by widespread collapse disasters, and how to deal with them at the first responder/and USAR team/Rescue Company level. The emphasis of this panel session will include discussion of strategy and tactics, equipment, structure triage, wide-area search, sustained rescue operations in a disaster setting, and other operational issues "on the ground" in major disasters of this nature.
10:15 AM	House Fires - Common Fireground Mistakes Robert Pressler, Lieutenant (ret.), FDNY CATEGORY: STRATEGY & TACTICS This class, through the use of both Power Point and videos, examines our everyday fires and some of the recurring mistakes that lead to unsafe and inefficient operations. The class will identify the problems and will offer possible solutions to help address your everyday operational problems.
10:15 AM	NFPA #1911-Apparatus Maintenance, Documentation & Records Ben Brown, Head Mechanic, Lisle-Woodridge, IL, Fire District Al Conkle, Territory Manager, FoamPro and Captain, Lake Township CATEGORY: MECHANICS Once the new apparatus is delivered and accepted, NFPA 1901 goes away and the normal service, tests and checks fall under NFPA 1911, The Standard for Inspection, Maintenance, Testing and Retirement of In-Service Automotive Fire Apparatus. This program will outline what 1911 covers, how you can get the most benefit from following the recommendations in 1911 and what records you should be keeping to be able to compare performance from year to year. Also, our speakers will discuss the importance of record keeping especially when determining the possible causes for an accident.
10:15 AM	Passenger Rail Emergencies: A Comprehensive Look at Passenger Rail Systems and the Potential They Pose to First Responders Al Mullins, Battalion Chief, Fairfax County, VA FD, Jim Forgo, Battalion Chief, Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue, VA CATEGORY: RAIL EMERGENCIES This presentation will look at what can happen when a passenger rail emergency occurs. Many fire departments in the United States have railroads that run through their areas of responsibility. In this presentation, we will give them a look at what they can expect if that nightmare event occurs.
10:15 AM	Start Safe-A Report on Progress and Challenges in Advancing Family Fire Safety for Our Youngest Children Angela Mickalide, Ph.D., CHES, Director of Education and Outreach Home Safety Council CATEGORY: LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION A new Home Safety Council resource for community education funded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Come learn how to partner with Head Start and other preschools to implement this free, highly-received, well-evaluated program in your own community. In addition, the Expert Network Academy, an online injury prevention course for fire and life safety educators, also will be showcased at this workshop.
10:15 AM	The Engine Company Officer from the Firehouse to the Fire Floor Timothy J. Klett, Lieutenant, FDNY Engine 88 CATEGORY: ENGINE OPERATIONS This lecture will cover the day-to-day duties of the company officer from training and breaking in new members to actual fireground decision making. It extensively covers how we come about our decisions and how we implement them into sound fireground strategies.
10:15 AM	VES-Ventilation, Entry and Search Mickey Conboy, Lieutenant, FDNY CATEGORY: VENTILATION Three vital functions must be performed on the fireground in America today. This class will discuss in detail these essential firefighting functions and how they are linked together and should be performed. Using a multimedia presentation we will show how you can successfully save lives or contribute to serious injuries and death to civilians and firefighters.
10:15 AM	“It Takes More than Plastic Fire Hats!” Taking Public Education to Another Level Daniel Byrne, Lieutenant, Fire Marshal, Beaufort FD, SC CATEGORY: LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION The sharp decline in fires and fire deaths we enjoyed in the 1970s has stopped; in fact, overall residential fires are again on the rise. Society has evolved, along with how we learn and what we value, yet many departments continue to approach fire prevention the same as they did over three decades ago. This program is designed to get students rethinking their department's current approach to public education, as well as "outside the box" thinking and ideas to developing new programs and finding new non-traditional partners to make your public outreach more dynamic and effective, along with reshaping the fire service's message to influence change. If you want to do more for fire prevention than hand out plastic fire hats, this is the class for you.
12:00 PM	Common Threads in Firefighter Tragedies - MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY! Richard Bowers, Fire Chief, Montgomery Cty, MD, Jennie Collins, Battalion Chief, Prince William County, VA CATEGORY: SAFETY The transmission of those three words sends a chill down every incident commander, officer, and firefighter's spine. Too many firefighters are injured and killed in the line of duty during operations at single and multi-family dwelling structure fires. What commonalities emerge when these types of incidents are reviewed? What can the industry learn from this? Firefighter injuries and line of duty deaths need to be examined to understand what has happened, what is occurring, and what can be done to try and prevent additional firefighter tragedies. Common Threads in Tragedy will be an interactive review of six fire incidents that occurred at single family homes and multi-family dwellings where firefighters were engaged in fire attack, as well as search and rescue operations.
12:00 PM	Connecting the Pieces of Firefighter Safety and Fire Safety Education…Is Our Culture Killing Us? William D. Hayes, National Advocate Program Manager , NFFF and Dir of Public Info and Com Affairs For the DC Fire and EMS CATEGORY: LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION Every year in the United States, the fire service encounters approximately one hundred firefighter line of duty deaths, and in most cases, these deaths are preventable. While we tend to focus our attention on operational issues on the fireground that may have lead to this tragedy, we overlook the cause of the event that initiated the response. This presentation will examine the culture towards prevention and the many factors as to why it may exist, as well as discuss how fire and injury prevention may be the answer to making a significant reduction in firefighter line of duty deaths and injuries. In the end, we must ask ourselves if our culture truly is killing us and is the fire service prepared to make a culture change?
12:00 PM	Economics 101: FD - $$$ = ??? Don Abbott, Owner, Command Emergency Response Training CATEGORY: INNOVATIVE FUNDING This program will examine the issues facing many departments: loss of funds, people, equipment and stations. What do we do with the money we have? Where do we go from here?
12:00 PM	Firefighting Ethanol-Blended Fuel Incidents Joel Hendelman, Battalion Chief (ret.), City of Fairfax FD, VA Richard Miller, Captain, Fairfax, VA FD CATEGORY: ETHANOL OPERATIONS This session will provide an overview of the Northern Virginia approach to flammable-liquid firefighting and the mitigation of an ethanol-blended fuel incident. Attendees will review current information regarding ethanol and its effect on available flammable-liquid firefighting foam concentrates. Students will review the process of determining resource needs and developing an action plan to mitigate a spill or fire involving ethanol blended flammable liquids.
12:00 PM	Fireground Orientation - The Most Critical Skill John J. Salka, Jr., Battalion Chief, FDNY CATEGORY: TRAINING Take a look at the firefighter fatalities for any given year and you will find that there are many different causes of death listed. Even when you examine the NIOSH firefighter fatality investigation reports you will see numerous causes of death including smoke inhalation, thermal burns and crushing injuries. If you take an even more careful look at these reports you will also see that many of them begin with a statement such as "A 40 year old male career firefighter dies after becoming lost inside a commercial building..." One of the most common denominators concerning firefighters that die inside burning buildings is that they get lost! Once you are lost, then you run out of air and die. Or get trapped in an area that flashes over and you die. Or before you can find your way out, the building falls down and you die. Getting lost, or staying orientated is the MOST IMPORTANT SKILL for interior structural firefighters. Join FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka as he describes his fireground orientation training program which includes skills such as "counting the corners" and "mapping the room" and how it can increase you chances of survival at your next structural fire.
12:00 PM	High-Rise Firefighting Part Two: Understanding the Theater of Operations Curtis Massey, Massey and Associates, Virginia, Beach, VA CATEGORY: STRATEGY & TACTICS Breaking down the complexity of base building systems and how best to use them to your advantage; reviewing core and stairwell configurations; smoke towers (how they can work both for and against you); tenant stairs (how they can fool the alarm and smoke purge systems); raised floors (the fire may be beneath you); understanding the vital importance of managing "stack effect"; addressing dewatering issues; best methods of removing smoke if HVAC systems won't; setting up the staging floor - what goes there?; alternative communications sources; wind-driven fires; atrium fires; a study of Curtis' own Rapid Ascent Team concept; brand-new Stairwell Tactical Unit, Lobby Intel Unit and Systems Specialist concepts; and cutting edge ideas in firefighter safety and survival if trapped on an upper floor with no air.
12:00 PM	Improving Response and Roadway Safety in the Police and Fire Services Mike Wieder, Assistant Director, IFSTA/Fire Protection Publication Oklahoma State University CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED CATEGORY: SAFETY Law enforcement officers and fire service personnel face very similar challenges in terms of response and roadway scene safety. Much research has been done on this topic by each discipline, but the results have typically not been shared between the two. This presentation will highlight a project that was jointly funded by the USFA and the U.S. Department of Justice and was performed by the IAFF whose main goal was to bring together information on these important issues from the fire and police disciplines into one place. Information that will be addressed in this presentation includes response procedures, vehicle conspicuity, incident management procedures, and avoiding police and fire service conflicts at the incident scene.
12:00 PM	Keep 'Em Safe: Shave Every Day - The Chief Officer's Approach to Incident Safety John Sullivan, Deputy Chief, Worcester FD, Worcester, MA CATEGORY: SAFETY This is an entertaining look into the chief's role in modeling safe behaviors. Deputy Chief John F. Sullivan leads this interactive session with a light-hearted approach to develop the quality of honest self appraisal. Accountability and safety begins and ends with personal responsibility. This class will challenge officers of all ranks to become more aware of how their every day actions and inactions can translate into a safer fireground, and ultimately reduce the likelihood of injury or death on the fireground.
12:00 PM	Managing Your Fleet Repairs: Preventative Maintenance in Today's Economy Moderator: Tom Shand, Contributing Editor, Firehouse Magazine Invited Speakers: Donn Gutshall, Superintendent, Fleet Division, Hampden Township, Mechanicsburg, PA; Ed Rice, Captain, DCFD; Daniel Benedetti, Prince George's County, MD CATEGORY: MECHANICS In today's economy it is more important than ever to "keep your fleet on the street" with adequate preventative maintenance and testing of your apparatus. Life cycle replacements will increase under budget restrictions and the panel of Maintenance and Apparatus Supervisors will discuss their strategies for coping with reduced resources to maintain their fleets of units.
12:00 PM	Matchbox City Allen Baldwin, Chief, Gettysburg, PA FD CATEGORY: PREPLANNING Students will be shown how to develop and use basic table top scenario based training for their department. They will be given the chance to play out various response scenarios in a table top atmosphere. Incidents will range from single resource responses to multijurisdictional responses using various levels of the command structure including unified command. Skills and topics will include command, communications, vehicle placement, tactical decision making, operations coordination, patient triaging, EOC operations, command and control of a variety of incidents and incident related activities. Students will be required to make quick on the scene decisions to prepare them for life out on the street. Other audio visual aids will be used to help create the atmosphere.
12:00 PM	New Apparatus: Be Sure Your Body Has What You Need! Bob Barraclough, President, The Best Fire Apparatus Resource, Plano, TX Alan Saulsbury, President, Fire Spec Services, Inc., Homer, NY CATEGORY: PURCHASING Body material, body designs and the dress out are important parts of your apparatus specifications. The presenters will explain the "pros" and "cons" of galvaneel, aluminum, stainless steel, GRP and plastic material, what options you should consider with compartmentation, shelving, lighting and how the major components should be placed for maximum safety, balance and usage. You need to see this fast moving Power Point to understand how all of the above will impact dealers, manufacturers and fire departments.
12:00 PM	Operations at Private Dwelling Fires by First Due Fire Companies Michael M. Dugan, Captain, FDNY, Ladder Company 123 CATEGORY: PRIVATE DWELLINGS This class is a review of the jobs of both the engine and truck company at fires in private dwellings. These are our most common fires and yet we are still losing firefighters at them. This class will review operations and studenst will learn about common mistakes made during fires in private dwellings.
12:00 PM	The Engine Company Essentials Dan Shaw, Captain, Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department Doug Mitchell, Lieutenant, FDNY CATEGORY: ENGINE OPERATIONS This dynamic and interactive program will discuss the most vital unit on the fireground, the Engine Company. While the ultimate job of getting water to the fire has not changed, building construction, staffing levels, and much of our equipment has changed. This presentation will teach sound tactics and tips for success in the modern day Engine Company.
12:00 PM	Where are You and Where do You Want to Go? Russell Merrick, BPS, EMT, Captain, Rochester, NY This program is intended to help the student determine where they are right now within the fire service and what the future might have in store for them.?? Fire chiefs are looking at their departments and saying, ??We want our officers to have the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in supervisory, management, administrative and executive positions.???? Is this where you??re heading and will you be successful? Better yet, will you be prepared? This course will identify some of the areas that our future leaders are going to have to know if they really want to be successful.
12:00 PM	Winching Operations for Rescuers Billy Leach Jr., Developer and Sr. Presenter, BIG RIG RESCUE™ CATEGORY: SPECIALIZED RESCUE Suppose you're facing a big rig that has struck an auto and needs to be moved to perform extrication. Will your winch do the job? Is any of the winching gear overloaded beyond its WLL? Most rescue squads are equipped with a winch, however it is used infrequently. This can lead to dangerous operations when winching actually occurs, due to a lack of knowledge. This presentation will begin with the basics such as types and power systems for winches and progress to calculating resistances and determining the lines to the load, plus the use of snatch blocks. It is an effort towards improving the safety of everyone operating during a winching job. Learn how to use the tools you already possess safely and effectively when you attend this offering.
12:00 PM	“Turbo Charge” Your Citizens Emergency Response Team Mark R. Nugent, Battalion Chief, Dir of Community Relations, Che, C. E. “Gene” Reams, Paramedic Battalion Chief/Division Commander Chesterfield, VA, Department of Fire & EMS CATEGORY: LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION Simply stated, the impact on your community from acts of nature is directly affected by your geographic location across our great nation. Subsequently, the activity seen by your Citizens Emergency Response Team (CERT) is directly proportional. Where Chesterfield County, VA, has the potential of east coast hurricanes, as well as an occasional snow storm, beyond this, we are blessed with mild weather. This lack of activity can have a negative affect on maintaining the interest and usefulness of your organization's CERT team. Chesterfield, VA, Department of Fire and EMS, is working to turn this trend around, as they have "Turbo Charged" a portion of their CERT team to be utilized throughout the year, as opposed to waiting for a tsunami that may never occur. CERT members are receiving additional training in areas such as fire and life safety public education, smoke detector installation, logistical assistance and operations division assistance.
July 24, 2010
9:00 AM	CATEGORY: JR FIREFIGHTER The National Volunteer Fire Council's (NVFC) National Junior Firefighter Program has partnered with Firehouse Expo, Spartan Motors, Inc. and California Casualty to provide a course specially developed for junior firefighters. Youth will learn about youth leadership, future paths in the fire service, youth-led activity ideas, and how youth can get involved in the legislative process. Attendees will receive a curriculum packet, t-shirt, and complimentary one-year NVFC Junior Membership. (Limit: 75 students.)