Managing the Mayday
Chief Rick Lasky, Lewisville (TX) Fire Department
Deputy Chief John “Skip” Coleman, Toledo (OH) Fire Department
What would happen if one of your firefighters were trapped, lost or injured on the fireground? How would you get them back to safety? How can such occurrences be prevented? The scope of this course ranges from identifying the reasons firefighters get in trouble at the incident scene to analyzing the reasons firefighters get in trouble at the incident scene to analyzing strategies for bringing them back to safety when they are in danger. Also covered are accountability systems, incident command, scene control, and other relevant concepts.
Wednesday May 1, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 202
Real World Pump Operations
Engineer Paul Shapiro, Las Vegas (NV) Fire Department
Producing an effective stream is the responsibility of the Engine Company or companies involved with the hose evolutions on the fireground. Because of the importance of the water application, this program will ensure all members of the crew will be knowledgeable with all aspects of the water delivery system, from the water supply, thorough the pump and out the stream producing device.
Thursday May2, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 202
Crew Development: More Tips for Company Officers
Captain Raul Angulo, Seattle, (WA) Fire Department
Assistant Chief Alan Young, Sacramento City (CA) Fire Department
A fire departments success depends on the willingness of individuals to put aside differences and work together. The company officers task is to mold this group into an effective emergency firefighting response team. Successful company officers recognize the importance of developing this cooperation and build working relationships to achieve this goal.
Thursday May 2,2002, 1:00 pm, Room 203
Rescue Medicine: Medical Operations During Entrapment and Extended Incidents
Dr. Ken Miller, Orange County (CA) Fire Authority
Extended and sophisticated medical operations may occasionally be required to assist emergency medical services and technical rescue resources with entrapped patients. The integration of these operations and the options for clinical therapeutics will be discussed for such incidents as, entrapment from transportation accidents, structural collapse, trench and engulfment incidents as well as machinery accidents. These incidents may be relatively rare but frequently threaten victim survival or functional recovery and tend to have high media profile.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 9:00 am, Room 319
Risk Benefit Analysis
Division Chief Jay Ruoff, Littleton (CO) Fire Department
There are many questions to be asked during the incident. Maybe the most important of all should be addressed during the initial stage. Are the risks too high for the benefit? Do we give a life to save a life? Do we risk a risk a life to save a life? Do we risk a life to save property? If the risks outweigh the benefit, do we proceed or look at alternatives? The time spent in this class will address these and other pressing issues for all members on the fireground to consider.
Thursday May 1, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 313
Forcible Entry
Captain Lane Kemper, Los Angeles City (CA) Fire Department
This program will take a unique look at the business of gaining entry into the various types of structures and occupancies we are dispatched to. New and old techniques will be discussed with an emphasis on fireground accessibility, firefighter safety, alternate access points and tools needed to complete the job.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room311/312
Developing Fireground Decision-Making Skills
Assistant Chief Bob Halton, Albuquerque (NM) Fire Department
Deputy Chief Ted Nee, Albuquerque (NM) Fire Department
Training company officers and aspiring officers to make crucial decisions on the fireground is one of the most challenging tasks facing training officers and instructors. Incident simulation and tactical decision making exercises are proven methods to teach and hone the rapid decision making skills necessary.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 202
The Rookie Year: from Recruit Academy to End of Probation
Captain Katherine Ridenhour, Aurora (CO) Fire Department
Captain Martin LaRusso, Aurora (CO) Fire Department
What does it take to coordinate a recruit firefighter’s first year on the job? Learn preparation tips necessary prior to an academy and a calendar outline addressing academic, drill ground and fitness requirements. Plan the probationary year with a field-training program that assures accountability and facilitates additional education and evaluation of the rookies.
Wednesday May 1, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 205
Building a Full Service Department: Key Elements for Success
Chief Dennis Compton, Mesa (AZ) Fire Department
Leaders of today’s (and tomorrows) fire service will be challenged with building, managing, and leading full service organizations that are focused on delivering the entire mission. This workshop provides fire, life safety, prevention, education, emergency response and support programs and services in a “systems” model that identifies key components and critical measures of success. Whether you supervise an entire department, a battalion, section, division or brigade, this workshop will provide information and tools to make you and your organization function more effectively, and enhance safety while doing so.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 9:00 pm, Room 204
Overcoming Adversity: A Survivors Strategy
George Burk, Captain (ret) USAF, Scottsdale, AZ
In this presentation, George shares lessons learned between being a “winner” or a “whiner”, a survivor or victim. Learn how perseverance, commitment, integrity, trust, family and faith played in his rescue and recovery. Share in his journey from burn “victim” to burn “over comer”. Survivorship is philosophical, psychological and theological. This program presents the questions; who are you… really? Where are you going? How will you get there? Who’s on your team? Including the acronym, “PURPOSE”, 12 Principals for Life and Five Types of Fear. Thursday May 2, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 304/305
Truck Company Operations: East meets West
Assistant Chief Greg Falkenthal, Vallejo (CA) Fire Department
Captain Michael Dugan, Ladder Company 123, FDNY
A unique program by an east Coast “truckie” teamed up with a West Coast “truckie” discussing the varied strategies and tactics of the Truck Company. Listen to first hand experience and real-life firefighting procedures that go beyond textbooks. Use strategic materials on how to get the jobs done while also learning tricks of the trade that make the job easier and safer. This interactive program presents different strategies and tactics that will allow the students to choose or adapt them to their fire departments particular needs.
Thursday May 2, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 315
Command Dysfunction
Chief I. David Daniels, Fulton County (GA) Fire Department
Command Dysfunction is the systematic failure of an organization or jurisdictions overall incident management system. This disorder has very clear and distinct symptoms both in terms of the individuals filling the roles of IC and the systems within which they operate, that annually contribute to firefighter injuries and fatalities. This course is designed to identify the symptoms and assist organizations in improving the level of safety for the responders.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 304/305
L.C.E.S. For Structural Firefighters
Captain John Nowell, Los Angeles City (CA) Fire Department
For several years the fire service has been adopting the acronym L.C.E.S. (Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, Safety Zones) for safer operations at wildland incidents. This presentation will show you how to apply L.C.E.S. to structure fire situations. Learn to recognize the 18 wildland “watchout” situations during structure fire operations, which have on more than one occasion caused injury or death to firefighters.
Wednesday May 1, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 311/312
2002 Winter Olympics
Battalion Chief Kriss Garcia, Salt Lake City (UT) Fire Department
Scott Frietag, PIO, Olympic Planner, Salt Lake City (UT)
As we write this description the torch is just arriving in Salt Lake City. The Olympics Committee has prepared unprecedented levels of security and protection, the question is, will it be enough? Regardless of the outcome, this session will provide a behind the scenes look at preparations and operations at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 204
Contemporary Tactics and Strategy Using State-of-the-Art-Technology
John Mittendorf, Fire Technology Services, Medford (OR)
Division Chief Paul Stein (Ret.) Santa Monica (CA)
This dynamic, hands-on presentation utilizes the latest technology to create realistic fire scene scenarios. Participants will have the opportunity to “fight the fire,” evaluate their own tactics and strategy, as well as discuss fire incident control
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 309/310
FDNY Special Operations Technical Rescue School: After the World Trade Center Disaster
Firefighter Michael Davis, Rescue Company 3, FDNY
This presentation will include how the TRS was developed, it’s past, present and future expectations. The program will illustrate how vital this school is, the tradition and dreams so many of our fallen brothers had for it, and how the rescue school will deal with the challenges ahead.
Thursday May 2, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 309/310
Developing A Mentor Firefighter Program
Lieutenant Phil Kontoulis, Orlando (FL) Fire Department
Engineer Walter Lewis, Orlando (FL) Fire Department
With a mass exodus of veteran firefighters and officers, many fire departments are hiring large groups of personnel with little or no prior fire service experience. To ensure these newly hired firefighters receive the guidance and training they need, someone who has been there must show them the rope. This program will explain how to develop, fund and implement a mentor program.
Wednesday May 1, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 301
Making Difficult Change
Linda F. Willing, Fire Officer (ret) Boulder, CO Fire Department
Making any type of change in your organization can be disruptive, but when the change is unwanted or poorly understood, the success of the effort is severely jeopardized. Yet sometimes, fire service leaders must make organizational changes that are not initially welcomed by the rank and file. This workshop will discuss specific strategies for successfully implementing difficult changes in fire and emergency organizations.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 319
Truck Op’s: Do’s and Don’ts of the Truck Officer
Lieutenant Tom Murray, San Francisco (CA) Fire Department
Captain Mark Hoffman, San Francisco (CA) Fire Department
The fireground should not be your training site; this program is designed to advise those who serve as truck officers and those who have the responsibility of training truck company members what they must do, prior to, while responding and during the incident. Suggestions and nuggets will be provided that have been collected from firefighters throughout the United States on how to successfully execute the mission of the truck company.
Wednesday May 1, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 204
So Now You’re the Training Officer
Battalion Chief Dan M Haverty, Sacramento Metro (CA) Fire Department
Captain Walter White, Sacramento Metro (CA) Fire Department
Mark Romer, Training Officer Roseville (CA) Fire Department
Firefighting is the most dangerous occupation in the world. Fire training officers are tasked with the responsibilities of developing safe, effective and efficient firefighters. There are legal, moral and ethical motivators that drive the performance of the training officer to ensure the operational readiness of first responders. This presentation is designed to provide tips, tools, and techniques to anyone who has the awesome responsibility of providing fire service training.
Thursday May 2, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 302/303
Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Parameters Have Changed
Assistant Chief Gary Seidel, Los Angeles City Fire Department
This course will focus on past events to understand the realism, as well as the commonalties in a terrorist event. We will discuss advanced preparation procedures as well as ensure agencies really evaluate their capabilities, risks and voids. The students will learn valuable concepts for strategic and tactical considerations in synergistic mitigation of a holistic event. The participants will also be able, at the completion, to develop an all risk incident action plan for their respective agencies.
Wednesday May 1, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 304/305
New Learning Technologies for Training
Ken McMullen, Academy Instructor, Winnipeg Canada Fire & Paramedic Service
Lieutenant Ken Brown, Iowa City (IA) Fire Department
The cost of training and educating the fire and emergency services personnel continues to escalate each year. This presentation will illustrate how internet based programming, such as WebCT, will enable training departments and fire service educators to dramatically increase accessibility to in-house and external training and educational materials within a cost effective, dynamically interactive world.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 9:00 am, Room 304/305
The Art of Reading Smoke
Battalion Chief David Dodson, Lead Instructor, Response Solutions
One of the most important size-up skills an officer can have is the ability to capture, in an instance, the size of a fire and the potential for a rapid hostile fire event like flashover or smoke explosion. Often, smoke issuing from a structure is the only clue available to predict fire behavior. This session will give first-due officers a process to read smoke and predict hostile fire events.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 9:00 am, Room 311/312
Practical Applications of Positive Pressure Attack
Battalion Chief Kriss Garcia, Salt Lake City (UT) Fire Department
This program is intended to educate attendees regarding the theoretical application of a positive pressure attack, providing a greater understanding and confidence in using PPA as a reliable and safe tactical option as well as proven strategies to teach their own department members. Blending case studies with statistical facts of actual fires where ventilation was the primary reason for victim fatality.
Wednesday May 1, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 309/310
Three Dimensional Leadership
Division Chief (ret.) Santa Monica (CA) Fire Department
This program applies to both Fireground and fire station leadership. Using his 31 years of fire service experience, 25 as a supervisor, Chief Stein identifies characteristics of successful leadership. The Three Dimensions of “Visioning” “Relationships” and “Motivating” will help supervisors inspire and influence team members to perform at a higher level on a constant basis, and have fun doing it.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 9:00 am, Room 202
Maintaining our Most Important Tool: Building a Better Firefighter
Captain Shawn Perry, Sacramento (CA) Fire Department
Captain Frank Liebeck (ret) Fire Department of New York
Each year approximately half of our on duty firefighter deaths occur simply because we don’t do a good job of taking care of ourselves. This presentation dissects firehouse lifestyle issues having a negative impact on our health and offers solutions to provide for a healthier career and retirement.
Tuesday April 30, 2002, 9:00 am, Room 301
Response to the Pentagon: USAR Operations
Captain Larry Collins, Los Angeles County (CA) Fire Department
As a veteran of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Northridge earthquake, and other US&R disasters, Collins will give an insider’s view of the strategies and tactics employed during the Pentagon search and rescue operations. The Pentagon disaster is a classic case study in the modern approach to managing complex structure collapse disasters, based in part on examples of people like Ray Downey and his colleagues. It’s also an opportunity for firefighters, chief officers, and others to better understand the United States’ preparations for future US&R disasters resulting from natural causes, manmade mishaps, and terrorist acts.
Thursday May 2, 2002, 1:00 pm, Room 204
