141st FASNY Convention: Training Series

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

$20 – FASNY members per series
$30 – Non-FASNY members per series
$45 – Walk-ins regardless of membership status per series
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Series 1: (8 hour course)

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (lunch break at noon)

“Juvenile Firesetter Intervention”
By Paul Schwartzman

Description of Presentation:
Every year in the United States, hundreds of people die, thousands are injured, and millions of dollars are lost in direct property damage from children’s misuse of fire. Fortunately, many of these children are not seriously injured and are primarily motivated by curiosity. Well-targeted education programs conducted by trained personnel are very effective in stopping this dangerous behavior.

However, significant percentages of young people are driven by motivations other than curiosity and require intervention beyond education. A systematic community program provides a mechanism to identify, assess, educate and refer youth to appropriate intervention services.

This intent of this seminar is to increase awareness about:

• The extent of this problem
• How an effective community-based program might be structured
• The interview and assessment process
• Effective interventions
• The referral process and inter-agency relationships

Series 2: Public Education 1 and Afternoon Forums (6 Hours of Training)

8:00 a.m. - Public Education 1 (3 Hours)

“You’re Not Just a Number! – How to Personalize the Information in Your Public Safety Messages”
By Sherri Wilcox and Lynn Schofield

Description of Presentation:
This was a national headline in April, 2011: “Tornadoes Devastate the South, Killing At Least 297”. What a tragic event! We all remember the terrible storms that week. During the same month in 2011, more than 500 people died in motor vehicle collisions in these same six states. Yet there was very little media coverage broadcast about that. In fact, over 500 people die every month in the six states that were hit by the tornadoes. Why isn’t this news? Why are we becoming numb to statistics of fire deaths, drownings, and similar tragedies? This session will begin by exploring the reasons that people may disregard statistics and well-known safety measures even when they are fully aware of the potential consequences. It will then offer some ideas for how to use the numbers to challenge people to wake up and take more responsibility for their own safety.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify some of the emotional and social barriers to learning to take responsibility for the things that happen to us. Understand why people believe “it can’t happen to me”.
• Design and participate in group activities that raise awareness of local risks.
• Define a target audience and select an appropriate wake up call message for the target audience and the specific risk topic being covered.
• Design an actual audience-participation exercise that will personalize local risk statistics for the intended group.

Afternoon Forums:

1:00 p.m. - Forum 3 (90 Minutes)

“Red Flags – Keeping Us Safe on the Fireground”
By Mike Lombardo

Description of Presentation:
Many fine programs are available to help firefighters deal with mayday situations. This class will hopefully help firefighters and fire officers stay out of those situations. Using actual Line of Duty Death situations, the class will deal with how to identify, interpret and rectify red flags that confront us every day on the fire ground. Through lessons learned in Line of Duty Deaths and near-misses, firefighters and fire officers will come away with tools to keep themselves and those in their command safe on the fire ground.

3:00 p.m. – Forum 4 (90 Minutes)

“Do It Different – For Safety Sakes!”
By Shane Ray

Description of Presentation:
If culture is a deeply entrenched part of our service and the future of our service demands change,  how do we manage? Culture and change are a challenge to deal with in and of themselves, but when intermixed, certainly a real challenge. Leadership in the fire service will have to manage this service in the future for the safety of the citizens and our firefighters.

Doing it different requires us to review our operations, responses, strategy and tactics, policies, etc. This session will review incidents, Line of Duty Deaths, near-misses, and policies that remind us of the fact that we need to “Do It Different”, we owe it to those who have gone before us.

Let’s join together for an interactive session that takes a look at our service, our culture, the future, and the leadership required to manage it all. The outcome desired is the sharing of information and thought provoking dialogue that someday in the future will make a difference.

Series 3: Public Education 2 and Morning Forums (6 Hours of Training)

Morning Forums:

8:00 a.m. - Forum 1 (90 minutes)

“Natural Disasters – Are We Really Ready?”
By William Jenaway of VFIS

Description of Presentation:
Emergency responders spend an extensive amount of time preparing for disasters that affect the communities they serve. Unfortunately, the impact that disaster may have on the local ESO is typically not considered. These impacts, at a minimum, can include the loss of facilities, personnel, apparatus, communications and data. This program helps ESOs plan for and deal with the impact that natural disasters can have on their organization. This class will not only provide content on necessary tasks and plans for pre-event, during the event and post-event, but provides a manual, fill-in worksheets and other resources for local use.

10:00 am – Forum 2 (90 minutes)

“Solar Power Awareness and Operational Safety”
By Brendan Dunn of Deep Blue Training Associates

With the push for green buildings continually emerging, solar energy has become a leading technology. As with all changes we encounter in the fire service, hazards exist.

This program will familiarize fire service personnel with solar energy types and the hazards associated with the technology. Safe practice procedures are highlighted with the different applications of solar energy.

This program is intended for all levels of fire service personnel.

1:00 pm – Public Education 2 (3 Hours)

“Stocking Your Fire Prevention Toolkit”
By Kimberly O’Malley

Description of Presentation:
How do we speak the same language and make sure our fire messages are current and correct? The National Fire Protection Association has an emergency messaging advisory committee that meets annually to review and update the messages that we as educators should share with the public. We will have an overview of some common educational messages we use with our fire prevention programs.

The NFPA Public Education Network has numerous free and accessible resources for educators. These materials are featured under the Safety Information section of the homepage. We will explore all online materials that are current and continually updated. While going through the resources available on the website we will take a look at this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme and explore the materials available to enhance your programs.

The session will end with hands- activities, creating and presenting a lesson plan. Here we will discuss ways to organize and present your programs. The groups will then be presenting their lessons to the class.

Series 4: Public Education 1 and Public Education 2 (6 Hours of Training)

8:00 a.m. – Public Education 1 (3 Hours)

“You’re Not Just a Number! – How to Personalize the Information in Your Public Safety Messages”
By Sherri Wilcox and Lynn Schofield

1:00 p.m. – Public Education 2 (3 Hours)

“Stocking Your Fire Prevention Toolkit”
By Kimberly O’Malley

Series 5: Morning and Afternoon Forums (6 Hours of Training)

Morning Forums:

8:00 a.m. – Forum 1 (90 minutes)

“Natural Disasters – Are We Really Ready?”
By William Jenaway of VFIS

10:00 a.m. – Forum 2 (90 minutes)

“Solar Power Awareness and Operational Safety”
By Brendan Dunn of Deep Blue Training Associates

Afternoon Forums:

1:00 p.m. – Forum 3 (90 Minutes)

“Red Flags – Keeping Us Safe on the Fireground”
By Mike Lombardo

3:00 p.m. – Forum 4 (90 Minutes)

“Do It Different – For Safety Sakes!”
By Shane Ray