CONFERENCE PROGRAM #FHExpo15 First 14 Steps: The First Year as a Company Officer Jonah Smith, Captain, Charlotte, NC, FD Come and learn the challenges facing a first year company officer and how to address them using a holistic approach. Too often, tactical proficiency and command presence are not emphasized during the transition to company officer. Attendees will learn a successful management and leadership philosophy and methodology that will create success in department of all shapes and sizes. First-Due Questions Ed Hartin, Chief, Central Whidbey Island, WA, Fire & Rescue This interactive session presents a proven framework using video and photos to improve skill in reading the fire, developing a common tactical framework and increasing skill in tactical decision-making. You’re first due, now what? How Using Google Hangouts Can Benefit Your Department Peter Lamb, Instructor, petelamb.com Learn what Google Hangouts are and how the free service can interface with your department to conduct meetings, bring in outside training programs to your organization, interact with mutual aid partners and broadcast your department image to your citizens through live broadcasts. The uses of the technology are limited only by your imagination. Learn why your department should be using it. No-Brainer Management Alan Brunacini, Fire Chief (ret.), Phoenix, AZ, FD Develop a smart, effective game plan for the recurring, day-to-day issues while learning key strategies for managing the unexpected. This class is developed around the six basic categories of organizational behavior that bosses must prepare for, manage and somehow survive: Personal effectiveness; Inside/outside customer connection; Performance management; Behavior management; Organizational alignment; Creating and maintaining an effective organizational environment. No-Brainer Management prepares leaders for the many challenges they must face. Selling Your Fire Department Jeffrey Moran, Captain, Woodbridge, NJ, FD Learn how to conduct a S.W.O.T. analysis to help “sell” the positive image of a fire department. Engage in a class discussion on the analysis and learn why image is inseparable from funding and how to get members to “buy-in” to what you are “selling.” Surviving the Insult: Interior Benchmarking William Greenwood, Lieutenant, City of Keene, NH, FD Come discuss the latest UL and NIST studies; take an in-depth look at how the thermal imager can help make better decisions; see how your PPE provides “limited protection” from thermal insult. This 5-step situational awareness model, called Interior Benchmarking, demonstrates how to better benchmark the interior conditions with five easy to remember questions: What do I see? What do I hear? What do I feel? Where exactly am I? How long did it take to get here? The interior benchmarking model will provide the end user with information that can be compared throughout the interior operation for greater firefighter safety. Training Today’s Firefighters Using Today’s Technology Derek Alkonis, Battalion Chief, County of Los Angeles, CA, FD Modern firefighting tactics, MCI, EMS, HazMat, technical rescue, wildland firefighting, ICS...there is no end to what firefighters must be trained on. How do you train firefighters to be good decision makers and able to use their equipment to save lives and property? Without good, engaging training content and a reliable delivery system, you have a training program with no training. Learn how you can improve your training messaging and delivery system to encourage behavioral change and improve firefighter performance. FRIDAY, JULY 17 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM 10 Best Exercises for Firefighters Aaron Zamzow, Firefighter/Training Officer, Madison, WI, FD The “10 Best” seminar teaches attendees the importance of choosing the correct exercises to be more effective, move more efficiently and ultimately reduce injuries. Attendees will not only learn the “10 Best Exercises for Firefighters” but why they are on the list and how they can apply them to their own (and their crew’s) workouts. Command Decision Making – Putting the Fire Out, Safely Kevin Conant, Battalion Chief (ret.), San Jose, CA, FD Brian Crandell, Command Training Instructor, Gallatin County, MT, Fort Ellis FD Designed to help incident commanders work their way through new fire research, while maintaining the finest of our fire service traditions, this interactive presentation addresses the role of command officers charged with putting out fires in structures, safely, while incorporating the latest results of the NIST research. Developing the Athletic Profession Michael O’Brian, Fire Chief, Brighton, MI, Fire Authority Physical fitness is supported at some organizations but not necessarily viewed as a core competency for each and every firefighter. Come discuss facility options, obstructions to development, and the importance of leadership’s buy in to a program. Gain perspective on what fitness is for your organization and look toward options that exist for every department.
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