PROGRAM - State Firemen's & Fire Marshals'

TRAINING WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
MONDAY - June 24, 2013
firefighters who have low back pain and how they are brought on
by overuse, poor compensation, and improper motor patterns.
Specific focus will be provided to hip and thoracic mobility and
how to properly strengthen the core to help with injury prevention.
T E X A S LODD T A S K F O R C E
Honor Guard 101 - A (Part 1) - Waterway 3
JoAnn Linnenkugel - TxLODD Task Force/ Honor Guard Society
How to form your department honor guard, brainstorming session.
E M E R G E N C Y M A N A G E M E N T
EOC Fire Desk Operations - Waterway 6
Mike Montgomery - Fire Marshal - Harris County
Mark Sloan - EMC - Harris County
Coordination between on-scene response/IC and county
emergency operations center. Emphasis on use of a Fire Desk in
the EOC.
P U B L I C R E L A T I O N S/ M E D I A
New Media and Social Media - What a Firefighter Should Know
Waterway 7
Gil Martinez - Montgomery County Office of Emergency Mgmt.
The class is designed to provide the recruit, in-service firefighter,
or veteran fire officer with the skills needed to effectively deal
with the demands of dealing with the news media, as well as the
emerging use of social media as a communications tool for a fire
department.
C E R T I F I C AT I O N
TEXFIRS - Waterway 8
Virginia Garza- Program Manager SFMO
Instruction on TEXFIRS/ NFIRS reporting and program updates.
1 - 2:45 PM
G E N E R A L
Improving Your ISO Public Protection Classification - The Woodlands
Phillip Bradley - ISO
This guided program will provide an update on the newly revised
Fire Suppression Rating Schedule. The revised FSRS will reflect the
latest trends in fire protection by referencing current NFPA, AWWA
and APC standards.
F I R E F I G H T E R I
Fire Behavior - Montgomery C
Assistant Chief Chris Anderson - Santa Fe Fire/ Rescue
This session will cover the following SFFMA objectives: 15-01.01 -
15-01.10
L E A D E R S H I P
Heck No! It’s Too Expensive to Hire a Firefighter- Waterway 1
Chief Fred Windisch - Ponderosa FD
Volunteers cannot be expected to do it all. This session will lay out
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