IAFC 91: LEADERSHIP FOR LIFE SAFETY
The International Association of Fire Chiefs’ 118th Annual Fire Safety and Emergency Services Conference & Exhibition, IAFC 91: Leadership for Life Safety, will be held September 21-25 in Toronto, Canada. Following are some highlights.
OPENING CEREMONY
The Opening Ceremony, on the evening of September 22 at downtown Toronto’s Roy Thompson Hall. It features speaker W. Edwards Deming, one of the most popular management consultants in the United States.
PREC (INFERENCE SEMINARS
()ne-day preconference seminars, on September 21 and 22, offer a more intimate and unhurried environment than found during the main part of the conference. Titles include:
- High Rise Fires: All Alone 300 Feet in the Sky
- What, Me Worry? Product Liability & the Fire Chief
- Quality Control of Residential Sprinkler Installations to Ensure Reliability
- A Special Workshop on Current Haz-Mat Issues
In the afternoon of September 22, exhibit seminars are offered. Among them:
- Positive Pressure Technology: It’s Just Blowing in die Wind
From September 23-25, numerous educational sessions are offered daily. They are classified as Sunrise Seminars, General Sessions, Nooners —Luncheon Roundtables, Afternoon Workshops, and Afternoon Exhibit Seminars. Listed below are some highlights.
SUNRISE SEMINARS
- Ethics: More Chiefs Get Fired for This Than Anything Else
- Integrated Urban Search and Rescue GENERAL SESSIONS
- Leadership for Life Safety’: The Future of the Fire Service
- The Fourth Annual Panel Discussion widi International Fire Chiefs
- Fire Disaster in the Sky: The Philadelphia High Rise Fire. Commissioner Roger M. ITshafer, Philadelphia Fire Department
- Hagersville: Eleven Acres and 14 Million Tires— Combating die World’s Largest Tire Fire Disaster
- Burning lip ‘Back to the Future”: The Universal Studios Back Lot Fire..Arson and Santa Anna Winds = $25 Million Loss, Chief Mike Freeman, Los Angeles
County Fire Department
- The Question No One Wants to Ask… Why Have We Failed to Achieve Fire-Safe Homes in North America?
- A Failure in Quality Control? Four Die in Bessemer, Alabama, Nursing Home Fire, Alabama State Fire Marshal John Robison
- A City’s Municipal Water Plan for Emergency Water Shut-Downs, Battalion Chief William Peters, Jersey City (NJ) Fire Department
NOONERS-LUNCHEON ROUNDTABLES
- Development of a Special Operations/Rescue Team: The ‘A-Team’
- Operation Life Safety Around the World
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
- Hard Times, Fast Times—Troubled Times
- Fire Service Emergency Medical Services: A Manager’s Challenge
- Volunteer Workshop Session
- Substance Abuse in the Fire Service
- Current Concepts in Firefighter Health and Safety, Parts I and II
- Survival 101: A Basic Guide for Chief Officers
- Program Manager Inspections
- Combination Departments: Exploring the Problems and Solutions
AFTERNOON EXHIBIT SEMINARS
- Fly Me to die Moon: NFPA’s New Standards for Haz-Mat Garments: NFPA 1991, 1992, 1993
- How to Prepare for Your Surprise from the Sky…
The IAFC Apparatus Maintenance Section’s Third Annual Fire Apparatus Maintenance Workshop on September 20-22, includes Levels I, II, and III testing. Among the workshop topics are:
- Legal Issues Facing die Technician
- Investigation of Recent Aerial Failures
- Impact of New’ NFPA Standards
- Apparatus Specifications
EXHIBITS
Nine acres of exhibits feature more than 300 companies. Exhibit hours are:
Sunday, September 22, 10:00 a m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday, September 23, 10:00 a m.-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 24, 10:00 a m. – 3:00 p.m.
The event closes with an Annual Banquet celebrating the 118th Annual Conference at the Royal York Hotel on September 25.
