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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
FIREGROUND STRATEGIES:
COMMAND, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Deputy Chief (Ret.) Anthony Avillo,
North Hudson (NJ) Regional Fire and Rescue
A goal of this workshop is to instill in students’ minds: “As the incident
commander or offcer on the freground, the burden of the everyone-goes-home philosophy rests with you, and you cannot take this
responsibility lightly or ever fail to hold up your end of the mission.” To
this end, this workshop addresses the freground experience from arrival
through termination. Safety and the rules of engagement along with the
most critical size-up factors, command structure, and strategy selection
and modifcation are discussed. Ongoing freground operations such as
decentralizing the freground, progress reports, and a comprehensive
look at post-control activities are also covered. This program focuses
on identifying areas where weakness in command and organizational
structure can cause a breakdown in operations and safety and
operational discipline along with prefreground preparation in the way
of setting expectations for subordinates. The incident command system
is brought down to the street level, and activities counter to the safe
execution of the incident action plan are identifed.
ALL LEVELS
HOW AM I DOING AS A BOSS?
Chief (Ret.) Alan Brunacini, Phoenix (AZ) Fire Department
A really diffcult challenge for bosses is to somehow receive feedback
on their personal effectiveness. In spite of all the writing, teaching,
and effort directed toward leadership development, there is a lack of
a simple, understandable way for a manager to develop a personal
effectiveness evaluation and improvement plan. This session outlines
the basic categories of personal effectiveness by identifying the
physical categories that create personal and positional capability. This
highly interactive, discussion-based workshop includes a set of rules
of engagement for each category that creates an overall checklist that
produces functional boss behaviors. The only thing bosses can really
control are their personal resources, and this workshop describes a
system for improving that performance.
ALL LEVELS
INSTRUCTIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP:
BEYOND THE LECTURE METHOD
Deputy Chief Phil Jose, Seattle (WA) Fire Department
Every aspect of the modern fre service demands a craftsmanship
approach. Every day is a learning day. Being a great fre service
instructor deserves the same effort. Beyond the course description
and the course objectives, beyond the simple transfer of information,
craftsman instructors want to understand how to get students
engaged, enthralled, and learning. Nearly a century of work has
been done on how to produce better results. Come and learn
the teaching techniques that provide students with the greatest
opportunity to understand frefghting. Learn to be a better instructor:
Be a craftsman instructor. Your students deserve nothing less.
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
INSTRUCTOR AND TRAINING OFFICER
GRADUATE SCHOOL 2017
Division Chief/Training & Safety Forest Reeder,
Des Plaines (IL) Fire Department
New and experienced attendees are challenged to learn and apply
new instructional development and delivery techniques in this fast-moving workshop. It presents the latest on improving knowledge and
skill retention and easy steps to use when creating training classes.
Attendees beneft from simple-to-use steps and organizational skills
including templates and resources provided in class. Take your
training program design and delivery to the next level and learn
what you must start doing, stop doing, and continue doing in your
training program.
ALL LEVELS
O2X HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Adam La Reau, Co-Founder, O2X Human Performance,
Quincy, MA
The focus is on extending the operational life, health, and
effectiveness of frefghters. The O2X Human Performance program
overall covers working toward decreasing injury, enhancing
readiness, and optimizing physical and mental performance
through superior training and education. It implements a holistic
approach to maximize an individual’s performance combining
physical preparation, nutrition, sleep, stress awareness, mitigation,
and resilience. This program identifes weaknesses and teaches
sustainable training specifc to a frefghter’s operational lifestyle. The
O2X team includes U.S. Navy SEALs and United Kingdom Special
Forces.
ALL LEVELS
4-HOUR PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
TUESDAY, APRIL 25 1: 30 PM - 5: 30 PM
