OLS Ky 2014
November 6 & 7
Edgewood, KY
Presented by:
Kenton County Fire
Chiefs Association
Kenton County Office Of
Homeland Security &
Emergency Management
Kentucky Association
Of Fire Chiefs
Responder Magazine
Featuring nationally
recognized speakers
sharing their knowledge
about topics that are of
vital importance to today’s
fire service leaders.
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Honor Guard, Invocation & Introductions
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Charlie Wietholter Award
9:00 AM - Noon Applying Modern Fire Tactics
Deputy Chief George Healy, FDNY
Noon - 1:00 PM LUNCH—Sponsored By Summit Fire Apparatus
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Applying Modern Fire Tactics (Cont.)
Deputy Chief George Healy, FDNY
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:30 AM - 12:30 Leadership Topics
Dr. Chris Nollette, California State Paramedic Director
12:30 - 1:30 PM LUNCH—Sponsored By Provident Insurance
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Saving Those Who Save Others
Jeff Dill, Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Comments
SEMINAR LOCATION: Edgewood Senior Center
550 Freedom Park Drive Edgewood, KY 41017
The Ky. Assn. Of Fire Chiefs will conduct a regular meeting of their organization
immediately following Thursday’s presentation. All attendees are invited to stay for
the meeting and see how the association represents the fire service in the Kentucky.
You do not have to be a member of the organization to sit in on the meeting.
Thursday, Nov. 6th
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday, Nov. 7th
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
In Memory Of: Denis Bramblette
Co-Founder Of OLS Kentucky &
Responder Magazine
Morning Coffee, Donuts, & Fruit Sponsored By:
EMS Continuing Education hours will be issued for the Friday session.
Detailed Class Descriptions And Instructor Bios On Pages 4 & 5
One Day = $60 Two Days = $100
Registration fee includes: Coffee, donuts, & light breakfast (fruit, breakfast bars)
Catered lunch Snacks and refreshments during breaks
PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th
(Late registrations and walk-ins will be charged a $20 late fee)
TO REGISTER, GO TO THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY EMERGENCY SERVICES SCHOOL WEBSITE:
www.nkyess.org Click on the “OLS” page, and then click on the OLS Logo to launch
the registration process. You can use an account that already exists for either NKESS or OLS to make the process quicker and easier.
NOTICE: NO CANCELLATION REFUNDS WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER OCTOBER 29th
(YOU MAY SEND A REPLACEMENT, BUT NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN)
PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER!!!
Note: If special circumstances exist and payment by credit card is not possible, contact Ron Becker at Fort Wright Fire & EMS (859-331-2600 or [email protected])
SAVE THE DATE FOR 2015
OLS Kentucky 2015 will be November 12 & 13
MARK YOUR CALENDARS ! ! !
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
We are hopefully all aware of the ground-breaking tests that NIST and UL have been conducting on Modern Fire Behavior over the last few years. An incredi-ble amount of information has come out of the tests, but what does that mean on the fireground? Chief Healy has been one of the people at the forefront of this research, and has overseen the policy, strategy, and tactics changes for the FDNY. He will be here to teach us how to apply the new info on our modern fireground based on his per-sonal experiences and those of other departments that have been involved. After this class, you will be armed with the knowledge of how to implement changes in your own department based on new scientific facts rather than a couple hundred years of “tradition”. The presentation will focus on using the new science in fireground decision-making, controlling ventilation flow paths, application of hose streams from outside the structure, and other changes that have come from the studies. This should be a “DON’T MISS” class for your department policy-makers!!!
Thursday: Applying Modern Firefighting Tactics
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Deputy Chief George K. Healy is a 23
year veteran of the FDNY presently assigned to Division 11
Brooklyn NY. He served as the Operations section chief for both
of the Governor’s Island burns, testing alternate strategies for
combating wind driven fires in 2008 and conducting ventilation
and suppression exercises in 2012. He serves on the Technical
Review Panel for Underwriters Laboratory’s Assistance to Fire-
fighters grant program studying horizontal ventilation and vertical
ventilation. He has been a lecturer at many conferences, including
the FDNY High Rise Symposium, Chicago High Rise Symposium,
UK Fire College Symposium, West Midlands UK seminar, FDIC, and multiple other nation-
al and international conferences. He is a Fire Service Instructor I, Nassau Fire Academy
Instructor, Illinois Institute Instructor, Instructor for the Battalion Chief Command Course
and Deputy Chief Development Course and Chiefs Education day for the FDNY.
HOTEL INFORMATION
OLS Kentucky does not have a host hotel or any special rate arrangements, but there are many fine hotels in the area to choose from. We suggest you contact the hotel of
your choice and ask if they have a special government rate available.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: In 2011, Jeff Dill founded Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance
(FBHA). This organization is dedicated to educating firefighters on prevention/awareness of firefighters from taking their lives. He travels the country holding workshops to educate firefighters about behavioral health awareness and suicide prevention. FBHA is the only known organization that collects data on FF suicides across the US as well as globally. He holds a Masters Degree in Counseling, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and is currently a Captain at Palatine Rural Fire Protection District in Inverness, Illinois. He is a member of the American Counseling Association, Illinois Counseling Association, Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association, Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, former member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Illinois Professional Firefighter’s Association, and the IAFF.
Friday AM: Modern Leaders & People Skills
Friday PM: “Saving Those Who Save Others”
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: This presentation involves a careful examination of firefighter sui-cides within the fire service. Emphasis is placed on the educational role FBHA plays nationally through the use of data and statistics collected by FBHA. Presentation will consist of understand-ing emotional and physical stressors, signs & symptoms, suicide events, communication skills, re-sources both internal and external and group discussion. Retirement issues will finish the workshop. The recommendations for firefighters and fire depart-ments on how to become proactive for those members approaching retirement.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Chris Nollette has over thirty years of involvement in
emergency medical services education and professional experience in all-risk public safety career fields, including: Air Medical, SWAT and special technical rescue. He has a Doctorate degree in Education from the University of Houston. He has a pas-sionate teaching style that allows the delivery of important points and objectives to a variety of learning styles while establishing and maintaining an open two-way teaching relationship with the students. He is a lifelong learner committed to lifelong teaching and mentoring. He uses enthusiastic and dynamic teaching as a means of creating and nurturing a lifelong passion for EMS.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: This presentation will consist of 3 one-hour programs:
Creating People Skills: A Generational Look: This lecture centers on how we can be more effective in using our people skills in all social settings – both professionally and personally. It is critical to better understand ourselves and some of the keys we must pursue to unlock the greatness we have inside ourselves. People skills may seem common sense, but common sense just isn’t so common anymore.
Emotional & Social Intelligence - Hillbilly Heaven: This lecture revolves around what the current research has to say about emotional and social intelligence – the keys to human inter-action. This is a must lecture for anyone that has to deal with others in a cooperative and col-laborative environment and want to truly be more effective in our day-to-day communications. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Building The Leader Inside of You: This lecture is one that is built on providing partici-pants with a research based and practical look at leadership. Together, we will explore how leaders face personal and professional trials and tribulations and find the courage to rise above the challenge and chart a winning course. Leaders do not inflict pain – they bear it.
GOLD SPONSORS:
OLS-KY features many vendors who provide information and demonstrations of modern tools, apparatus and
equipment. There will be many items available for at-tendees to see, feel, try out, and ask questions about.
We appreciate the support provided by our vendors and hope that you will also show your appreciation by spend-ing some time with them. The product information they provide will be a very valuable asset as you continually
work to plan the future of your department.
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
PLATINUM SPONSOR:
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