2009 Interagency Wildfire Safety Officers Conference Agenda

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

2009 Interagency Wildfire Safety Officers Conference Agenda

SAFETY OFFICERS CONFERENCE
San Diego, California
April 14-16, 2009

Hotel Info http://www.halfmooninn.com
Registration: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/fire/management/safety_conference/reg.php

FINAL DRAFT AGENDA
Ver. 03/05/09



Day 1	Time	Topic	Speaker
		Facilitator	Christie Neill, Chair NPS
April 14 Tuesday	0800-0900	Registration
	0900-0910	START - Opening Introductions, Logistics/Bin Items	Christie Neill, Cadre
	0910-0930	Welcome	Sue Husari, Regional Fire Director NPS
	0930-1030	Engine 96 Burn-over Corral Fire	Tony Duran, Los Angeles County Fire Department
	1030-1045	Break
	1045- 1145	Human Factors	Brad Mayhew
	1145 - 1300	Lunch
		Facilitator	Bill Bondshu, CAL EMA
	1300-1400	Leave Early or Stay & Defend LEOSTAD	Kevin Nester, Ventura Co
	1400 -1445	Insurance Hazard Mitigation Pretreatment Operations	Scott Alvord / Jess Wills, Firestorm
	1445-1500	Break
	1500 -1545	High Reliability Organizing	David Allen, NPS
	1600-1630	Chino Valley WT Rollover	Kirk Summers, Chino Valley Fire
	1700-1900	MIXER – POOLSIDE



DAY 2
April 15 Wednesday		Facilitator	Dave Teter, CAL FIRE
	0800-0900	What you need to know about Liability Insurance	Peter Soterquist, FEDS
	0900-1015	Panel – 2008 CA Fire Siege CALMAC Safety Perspective State & Federal Incident Perspective	Sue Husari, NPS Kim Zagaris, CAL EMA Peter Tolosano, FS Dave Teter, CAL FIRE
	1015-1030	Break
	1030-1100	Poison Oak Education	Steve Sisler, Zanfel
	1100 -1145	Indicators of Extreme Fire Behavior. What SOFs should you be looking for?	Sue Husari, NPS
	1145-1300	Lunch
		Facilitator	Ken Hood, BLM
	1300-1400	ALT - Smoke Related Injuries	Mary Valence, Los Angeles County
	1400 -1445	Natural Occurring Asbestos	Dennis Geyser FS
	1445-1500	Break
	1500-1530	EMT Standards - Health and Safety Working Team – Update	Gene Madden, FS NIMO
	1530-1600	Fire Line Medic/EMT’s – Fire Scope Proposal	Brian Bulger, Ventura Co
	1600-1645	Large Air Tanker Safety	Tom Humann, CAL FIRE
	1645-1700	Bin Item - 5 Minute Presentations



DAY 3
April 16, Thursday		Facilitator	Jessica Wade, FWS
Hawaiian Attire	0800-0900	Iron Fire SHF- Iron 44 Helicopter Crash – Incident within Incident	Joe Molhoek, NPS
	0915-1000	Critical Incident Stress Mgt	Mark Jones, BLM
	1000-1015	Break
	1015-1100	AT & SEAT Accidents – Colorado & Minden	Joe Bates / Mark Bickham BLM
	1130-1300	Lunch
		Facilitator	Peter Tolosano, FS
	1300-1345	Heat Related Issues & Education	Vaughn Miller, Ventura Co
	1345-1445	Dutch Creek Incident – SHF - Palmer Fatality	Michelle Rueugebrink, FS
	1445-1500	Break
	1515-1630	Seven Oaks – TCU Engine Entrapment, Fire Shelter Issues	Tom Folley, CAL FIRE
	1630	Close out	Christie Neill & Cadre

Conference Overview

The 2009 California Interagency Wildfire Safety Officers Conference will be held at Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn and Suites, San Diego, California, April 14th - April 16th.

On-site check in will begin Tuesday, April 14th at 0800. The conference will begin promptly at 0900 and will end at 1700 on Thursday, April 16th.

This year’s agenda will include presentations on many interesting subjects.

The conference is not organization specific; all agencies, departments and organizations with safety responsibilities at wildfires are encouraged to participate. Incident Command Team Safety Officers, ICS qualified Safety Officers, Logistics Section personnel, and Incident Commanders are specifically invited.

Conference attendance is limited to 145 registrants on a first-come first-served basis. There are no tuition fees, lodging and travel costs must be paid by the attendee or his/her sponsoring agency.

Lodging Information

A block of rooms have been reserved, honoring both the State and Federal Per Diem rates, at Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn and Suites. Specify that you are with the 2009 Interagency Wildfire Safety Officers Conference with the group identification code of Forest041109. If you choose to make lodging reservations on-line be sure to select the Group Reservation tab.

Hotel Registration Deadline Date: March 15, 2009, in order to receive the conference rates.

Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn and Suites
2303 Shelter Island Drive,
San Diego, California
(800) 542-7400
http://halfmooninn.net

For additional information please contact:
Christie Neill christie_neill@nps.gov 530 621-5263 or
Peter Tolosano ptolosano@fs.fed.us 916-640-1050

Source: www.fs.fed.us/r5 - Link

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009