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  • Thursday, August 15, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Vector Solutions Focus Group
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Thursday General Session
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM  
    IAFC Business Meeting
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM  
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM  
    Happy Hydrant
  • 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Technology Awareness
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM  
    Building communication resilience for emergency response
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM  
    CANCELLED - Energy Storage Systems
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM  
    CRR Across the Firehouse
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM  
    Developing Your PERSONAL Mission Statement – Could YOU, Rescue YOU?
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Company Officer I - Administration
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Company Officer II - Administration
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Crisis Communication & Media Relations
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Firefighters CAN Change the World: Using Street Medicine and Innovation to Solve Societal Inequities
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Public Relations & Community Engagement
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Strategic Communications & Crisis Leadership
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Strategic Partnerships & Philanthropy
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Strategic Planning
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Technology Integration & Innovation
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM  
    Company Officers Section Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    Metro Chiefs Business Meeting
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    The Use of VR & Augmented Reality on the Fire Scene
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    8 Rules for Thriving Firehouse Culture
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    NERIS: What a Fire Chief Needs to Know
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM  
    Safety, Health, and Survival Section (SHS) Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Fire & Life Safety Section (FLSS) Lunch
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM  
    Metro Chiefs Lunch
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Emergency Services Delivery
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Implementation of Technology for the Fire Service Chiefs Panel Discussion
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    FSEDI Master Class
  • 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Human Performance and Resilience
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Apparatus Purchasing & Spec Writing
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Fleet Maintenance: A Guide to Firefighter Health and Wellness
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Zero Tolerance for Intolerance
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Command of Special Operations Incidents: Not Holding the Hammer
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Community Relations
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Community Risk Analysis
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Emergency Services Delivery
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    EMS Integration
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Fire Service Research and Innovation
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Government & Legislative Affairs
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Public Education & Community Outreach
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Volunteer & Combination Officer Section (VCOS) Meeting
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM  
    Fire & Life Safety (FLSS) Board Meeting
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM  
    Presidents Council
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    'A Scientific Look at Contaminant Exposure and PFAS Issue
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Allyship & Active Bystander
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Building A Leadership Development Program
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Clinical Dispatch: Get Them What They Need, and it Might Not Have Lights and Sirens
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Current State of Mental Health in the Fire Service
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    GIS: Revolutionizing Fire and EMS
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    How the Mighty Fall
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Insurance 101
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Leadership During A Crisis
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    On Scene Decon
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Orienting: Retooling the Officers Thought Process to Resolve Crises More Effectively
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    OSHA Updates for Municipal Departments
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Resume Writing
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    The Community Problem-Solver and Gap-Filler: Fire EMS and Evolving Opportunities
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    How Culture Can Save Our Own Lives
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    How Do You Know If Your Last Fire Was A Success?
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    I-Empathize Human Trafficking for Firefighters
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    Mastering Recruitment & Retention with Technology
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    Show Me the Data: Transforming to a Data-Informed Fire Department
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    TOPGUN: How the best get better.
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    Wildfire Updates
  • 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    Industrial Fire Brigade Review of New OSHA Standard
  • 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    Mobile Mental Crisis Co-Response- Creating, Deploying and Managing a social worker/ firefighter medic team
  • 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    Principled Leadership from the Road Less Traveled
  • 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    South Carolina Disaster Response System and NEMA MRPs
  • 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    The IAFC Firefighter Near Miss Initiative: A Data-Driven Approach to Firefighter Safety
  • 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    The Modern Mandate: Embracing Behavioral Health and Family Support to Better Care for Your Own
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM  
    Backyard BBQ