2018 Virginia Fire + Rescue Conference

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Fire Service Mortar: The Critical Role of the Company Officer (Room 1B)

21 Feb 18
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Company Officer

Speaker(s): Jarrod Sergi
This course is designed for the newly promoted company officer or firefighters aspiring to be company officers. The goals of this course are meant ... More...

Fireground Leadership for Command and Company Officers 2018 (Room 1A)

21 Feb 18
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Company Officer

Speaker(s): Christopher Naum SFPE
This program will provide insights into emerging concepts and methodologies related to today’s unique challenges for combat structural fire e... More...

NFPA 1031 Recertification Hours (Room 1D)

21 Feb 18
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Community Risk Reduction

The course is open to all state and local inspectors and will provide CEU’s for those that are currently certified with the VFMA and require ... More...

Leadership Logic: Overcome Challenges and Gain Respect (Room 1C)

21 Feb 18
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Leadership and Managment

Speaker(s): Joel Britt ; Justin Adams
This course will facilitate an interactive group led discussion about the challenges that newly promoted and aspiring company officer’s face ... More...

Building Construction for Today’s Fire Service (Room 1C)

21 Feb 18
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Company Officer

Speaker(s): Christopher Naum SFPE
Today’s buildings and occupancies present increasing challenges that have redefined strategic and tactical fireground operations and impact t... More...

Teaching Live Fire Training While Incorporating Research (Room 2B)

21 Feb 18
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Instructor/Training Related Courses

Speaker(s): Brian Kazmierzak
This class will provide a firsthand look at the UL/NIST Modern Fire Behavior/Dynamics studies and show instructors how they can be delivered and in... More...

Time Management When There Is No Time (Room 1B)

21 Feb 18
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Leadership and Managment

Speaker(s): Jesse Quinalty
This course covers basic time management strategies which are often associated with people management. This program will cover topics including mon... More...

Today’s Mayday: Applying Maneuver Warfare to the Fire-ground (Room 2A)

21 Feb 18
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Strategy and Tactics

Speaker(s): Jim Kenney ; Rex Strickland
In the simplest terms, on any structure fire there are two important objectives; to extinguish the fire and to search for and remove any victims. W... More...

The Art of Critical Decision Making: Point-to-Point Decision Making for Fire Service Leaders (Room 1A)

21 Feb 18
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Leadership and Managment

Speaker(s): Michael Barakey
The closest distance between two points is a straight line. Achievement is not arriving at the solution; it is the journey and overcoming the obsta... More...