Preconference
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Conference sessions are 90 minutes in length, unless otherwise noted. Program subject to change.
Continuing education credits, from East LA College, are available to all conference attendees. Attendees are encouraged to apply. Your participation benefits you and the fire service. Online registration for these college CE’s is now closed. However, you can still apply for them when you arrive at the convention center. Registration sheets will be available in each class as well as the CSFA booth and select conference locations. (CE’s are free to all California residents; out-of-state residents are required to pay an out-of-state fee.) Attendees that apply for credit will receive .5 units.
| February 28, 2010 | |
| 8:00 AM | Mark Emery, Battalion Chief, Woodinville, WA Fire & Life Safety District 2-Day Class Category: Building Construction This comprehensive two-day program will provide you with knowledge and understanding of the engineering principles of building construction. You will build trusses and witness the "live" failure of a truss. Building construction will be analyzed and classified strategically (rather than from a building code perspective). Included will be strategic and tactical alternatives for both legacy and contemporary buildings. |
| March 1, 2010 | |
| 8:00 AM | Anthony Kastros, Battalion Chief, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, CA Category: Career Advancement This intense one-day session prepares students for fire service assessment centers with the use of dynamic and interactive discussions and exercises. Topics include shedding negative baggage, making the mental shift to officer, developing a personal plan for success, developing Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA's), and understanding scoring criteria. Students will participate in oral presentations, counseling sessions and fireground simulations. |
| 8:00 AM | Ed Hadfield, Deputy Chief, Coronado, CA FD Category: Leadership Over the years the fire service has seen a dramatic influx of new personnel that drives the need for a formalized training program that will set the organizational tone. Company officers are the most influential managers and leaders within our organizations and need quality training to prepare for this role. This program, designed for individuals about to be promoted, will help develop and establish an officer mentality within the changing dynamics of today's fire service. |
| 8:00 AM | Mike Wilbur, Lieutenant, FDNY; Tom Shand, Contributing Editor, Firehouse Magazine Aerial apparatus represents a large investment and yet over 90% of the departments that have aerial apparatus under utilize them and many of these departments don't understand their proper use at all. The Aerial Apparatus Operations class will cover light, medium and heavy duty aerial ladders; history of aerial devices; ladder failures; annual testing to prevent ladder failures; and the proper placement and operation of aerial ladders and tower ladders. This presentation is intended for firefighters, apparatus operators, training officers, line officers, maintenance personnel and chief officers. |
| 1:00 PM | John W. Norman III, Deputy Assistant Chief (ret.), Rescue Operations, FDNY Category: Strategy & Tactics Fires in stores and other commercial occupancies are severe threats to our firefighters. More firefighters are killed per alarm in commercial fires than in any other commonly encountered blaze. The toll on a community is often staggering when a block of Main St. is gutted by fire or a major local employer is burnt out. The reason many of the blazes end up so destructive is often traceable to the fire department's lack of preparedness. Fortunately major store fires are not "every day" occurrences, but as a consequence, many departments try to apply "house fire tactics" to commercial fires. This class is designed to highlight the differences between residential and commercial fires, and provide instruction in tactics which have proven effective in dealing with them. |
| 1:00 PM | Dennis Compton, Chief (ret.), Mesa, AZ, FD, and International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) Half-Day Class Category: Leadership Effective fire officer leadership helps set the stage for the success of fire departments, as well as other fire service organizations. This session will help those who achieve formal positions of rank in an organization provide effective leadership at the fire station, in the battalion, on the shift, in an office, and at the scenes of emergency incidents. Your fire department needs leaders who are performing at their best, and this session will help attendees achieve that for their organizations. |
