Kansas City IAFC Workshop Program To Stress Solutions Not Problems
features
IAFC Conference
—photos courtesy Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Kansas City.
Kansas City in the “Heart of America” will provide the setting for the 106th Annual Conference of the International Association of Fire Chiefs at which an estimated 6000 chiefs, wives, guests and exhibitors will assemble from September 16 to 19. The program (below) will provide both an informative and entertaining four-day session for this, the largest fire service conference in the United States.
Featured speakers will cover such topics as fire fighter strikes—in England, the United States Fire Administration, and the Uniform Crime Reporting System.
Registration for the conference will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 15, in the H. Roe Bartle Convention Complex, where all the meetings and workshops will be held, and continue until Wednesday, September 18. Major social items include the traditional “FEMSA Night” on Monday, the 16th, an “Evening in a Kansas City Speakeasy” on Tuesday, the 17th in the Kansas City Trade Mart and, of course, the annual banquet at the Radisson Muehlebach Hotel on the 18th.
The official program starts at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, the 16th, with President James Shern of the IAFC and Host Chief John Waas presiding.
The program committee has grouped the traditional workshops into educational categories under Safety and Health, Administration and Management. Items to be covered include: “Emergency Incident Command and Control,” “Equal Employment Opportunity” and others. Most of the Monday workshops, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Convention Complex, firstfloor meeting rooms, will be repeated on Tuesday.
According to the program committee chairman, “the presentations are intended, not merely to discuss problems such as the ‘arson problem,’ but rather to identify those departments or organizations that have solved the problems, or are the sources of information that will help the workshop attendees to solve problems. Results and solutions, rather than concerns and needs, will be emphasized by the speakers.”
The last, but by no means least on the program, are the exhibits which will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and on Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Turn page (or program
Photo by William A Keith, Kansas City F.D.
Conference Program
Saturday, September 15
9:00 a.m.—Board of Directors meeting, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
12:00 noon—Luncheon, Board of Directors of I AFC, AMD, FAMD, and FEMSA, Muehlebach Hotel
2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.—Registration, H. Roe Bartle Convention Complex, Exhibit Hall
Sunday, September 16
9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.—Registration, Convention Complex
9:00 a.m.—Volunteer Committee meeting, Room 201W
10:00 a.m.—Constitution and Bylaws Committee meeting, Room 205E; Metropolitan Committee meeting. Room 206E; Nominations and Election Committee Meeting. Room 207E; Arson Committee meeting, Room 208E
12:00 noon—IAFC Foundation, Board of Directors luncheon meeting, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
1:30 p.m.—Emergency Preparedness Committee meeting. Room 208W; Urban Committee meeting, Room 204W; Hazardous Materials Committee meeting, Room 207E.
1:30 p.m.—Employee Relations Committee meeting, Room 207W; Fire Department Equipment and Safety Committee meeting, Room 205W; Fire Prevention Committee meeting, Room 201E
2:00 p.m.—Resolutions Committee meeting, Room 200E
3:30 p.m.—Conference opens, President James H. Shern, presiding
4:30 p.m.—Memorial Service
8:00 p.m.—Special musical presentation, sponsored by Motorola, Inc., Music Hall, Convention Complex
Monday, September 17
7:00 a.m.—New England Division breakfast, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.—Registration, Convention Complex
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.—Exhibits, Convention Complex
9:00 a.m.—Training and Education Committee meeting, Room 207E
10:00 a.m.—First business session, Convention Complex, President James H. Shern presiding.
10:15 a.m.—Aftereffect of the National Fire Fighter Strike, Chief Inspector Kenneth B. Holland, London, England
10:40 a.m.—Resolutions Committee report
10:50 a.m.—The U.S. Fire Administration, Gordon Vickery, administrator, U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, D.C.
11:20 a.m.—Report of the general manager, Donald D. Flinn
11:30 a.m.—Recess for exhibits visitation and luncheon
12:00 noon—Great Lakes Division luncheon, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
1:30 p.m.—Workshops convene (all workshops to be conducted in the Convention Complex, first-floor meeting rooms)
4:30 p.m.—Research Committee meeting, Room 207E (or at conclusion of workshops)
8:00 p.m.—A Night With FEMSA
Tuesday, September 18
7:00 a.m.—Division breakfasts (Southeastern and Missouri Valley), Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.—Registration, Convention Complex
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.—Exhibits, Convention Complex
9:30 a.m.—Second business session, Convention Complex, First Vice President R. S. Rockenbach presiding Report of the first vice president
9:45 a.m.—Report of the Arson Committee
10:00 a.m.—Uniform Crime Reporting System, Richard V. Dean, special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.
10:30 a.m.—Constitution and Bylaws Committee report
10:45 a.m.—Resolutions Committee report and action by membership
11:15 a.m.—Nominations and Elections Committee report
11:30 a m.—Recess for exhibits visitation and luncheon
12:00 noon—Division Luncheons (Eastern and Southwestern), Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
1:30 p.m.—Workshops convene
6:00 p.m.—An Evening in a Kansas City Speakeasy, Kansas City Trade Mart. Shuttle buses leave from the Radisson Muehlebach Hotel and Crown Center Hotel and will return to most hotels
Wednesday, September 19
8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon—Registration, Convention Complex
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.—Exhibits, Convention Complex
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon—Voting booth open, first-floor lobby, Convention Complex
9:30 a.m.—Third business session, Second Vice President Jack Lee presiding Report of the second vice president
9:45 a.m.—Report of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Foundation, John F. Hurley, president Announcement of the IAFC/IAFC Foundation scholarship awards
10:30 a.m.—The National Fire Drill, Susan O’Brien, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
11:15 a.m.—Report of the 1980 Conference host, Chief H. H. Goltzene, Miami Beach, Fla.
12:30 p.m.—Announcement of election results
2:30 p.m.—Exhibitors’ demonstration, 14th between Broadway and Wyandotte (Baltimore)
6:00 p.m.—No host reception, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
7:00 p.m.—Annual banquet, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel, Chief David B. Gratz, master of ceremonies
Workshop Programs
Hazardous Materials Committee
Monday only
1:30 p.m.—Railroad—Emergency Response Personnel: A Cooperative Effort, Charles J. Wright, Senior Training Officer, Hazardous materials, Union Pacific Railroad
2:15 p.m.—California’s Reaction to the Hazardous Materials Problem, Chief William J. Patterson, Santa Barbara County Fire Department
3:00 p.m.—A City Reacts to the Hazardous Materials Problem, Chief John Mulligan, Fort Collins, Colo.
3:45 p.m.—Proposed Federal Regulations Involving Hazardous Materials, Chief Warren E. Isman, director, Fire and Rescue Service, Montgomery County, Md.
Grantsmanship for the Fire Serylce
Monday
1:30 p.m.—How to Properly Prepare Grant Proposals for the Solicitation of Federal Funds, William Hanbury, United States Fire Administration, Washington, D.C.
Tuesday
Repeat of Monday program
The Fire Service and Productivity
Monday
1:30 p.m.—Speaker to be announced, a representative of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers
2:00 p.m.—Productivity—Its Use by the Fire Service, Chief Charles H. Rule, Alexandria, Va.
3:00 p.m.—Three Steps to Increased Productivity, speaker to be announced
3:30 p.m.—Productivity Worked for Me, Chief Dudley Martin, DeKalb County, Ga.
Tuesday
Repeat of Monday program
Personnel Management
Monday
1:30 and 3 P.M.—Film, What You Are Is Where You Were When, featuring D. Morris Massie, associate dean, undergraduate studies, University of Colorado, College of Business, Boulder.
Tuesday
Repeat of Monday program
Ladies Program
Sunday, September 16
1:00 p.m.—Reception honoring the president’s wife, Mrs. Mercedes Shern and the wives and guests of the officers and directors of the IAFC, Grand Ballroom, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
Monday, September 17
11:30 a.m.—No host reception, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel 12:00 noon—Luncheon, Imperial and Colonial Ballrooms, Radisson Muehlebach Hotel, followed by “World of Fashion”
Tuesday, September 18
10:00 a.m.—Wine and cheese snacks served in Penn Valley Room, Crown Center Hotel, followed by a tour of Kansas City Wednesday, September 19 Free time
Note: The ladies hospitality room will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, in the Music Room of the Radisson Muehlebach Hotel
