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REGISTRATION NOWOPEN FOR FDSOA 2023 HEALTH AND SAFETYCONFERENCE
The Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2023 Health and Safety Conference. The Health and Safety Conference will be held in conjunction with the First Responder Center for Excellence (FRCE) Health and Wellness Symposium January 17-20, 2023, at the Tradewinds Island Grand in St Pete’s Beach, Florida. Pre-conference programs will be held January 15-16. Registration for the Apparatus Conference, held January 8-10, 2023, at the Gilbert Fire Academy in Gilbert, Arizona, will be available soon.
The FRCE has held successful cancer and behavioral health symposia over the last five years and aims to take a more holistic approach with this year’s event. Combining the two events provides for a more robust group of speakers and allows participants to attend both conferences for one great price.
There are other significant additions to the Health and Safety Conference in three co-sponsors. F.I.E.R.O., Firefighter Cancer Support Network (FCSN) and the Science Alliance, a new community of scientists and fire service professionals dedicated to improving the health and safety of first responders, have all signed on as sponsors of the event to participate in some way and expand the reach of the conference.
As firefighter health and safety has become a topic at the forefront of the fire service, including these organizations expands our pool of subject matter experts.
Pre-conference events include Health and Safety Officer (HSO) and Incident Safety Officer (ISO) 2-day academies, Response to Battery Emergencies, Infectious Control, Accident Investigation, a F.I.E.R.O PPE Workshop and The 5 Reads. Schedules are now available at https://www.eventsquid.com/event.cfm?id=17130, an assemblage of notable and highly-skilled instructors. General session speakers include Dr. Richard Gasaway, founder of Situational Awareness Matters!; Dr. Lori MooreMerrell, US Fire Administrator; and Chief Dennis Compton, Mesa, Arizona (Ret.). Registration is available for these great classes and events. A10-percent discount applies to all registrations until October31, 2022.We look forward to seeing you at one of these great conferences!
The 5th Annual Firefighter Health & Wellness conference is coming soon to Beavercreek, Ohio, on October 26, 27 and 28, 2022. The Firefighter Health and Wellness Conference is the most affordable health and wellness conference in America! This year’s speakers include Former Firefighter, Police Officer, Author, and Comedian Travis Howze, Save-a-Warrior Founder Jake Clark, FDNYDeputy Chief Frank Leeb, Retired FDNY Captain Mike Dugan, Retired OKCFD Major Chris Fields, Dr Sara Jahnke, Dr Jeff Burgess, and more! Visit our website to view our entire lineup and purchase your tickets! https://events.brothershelpingbrothers.org/ffhw2022
MedFlight 4 Shows Its Colors
MedFlight 4, based in Coshocton flew to the pad at Coshocton Regional Medical Centerfora public relations event. - Submitted by Jim McKeever
Wintersville Gets Epoxied
Wintersville had not had theirapparatus room floorepoxy coated since they built theirstation over20 years ago and were certainly past due to get it done. They turned to Scott Zubik and the team from Z Worx Construction to repairand epoxy coat the floor. They did a fantastic job and the floornot only looks so much betterbut is also a lot easierto clean and take care of. - Photo courtesy of Wintersville FR
Hot Dogs with Heroes
On July 10, 2022, the staff at the Pleasantville Pool hosted a community event “Hot Dogs with Heroes” and invited the Pleasant Township Fire Department to serve hot dogs to the community. - Photo courtesy of Pleasant Township FD
Drive Sober Campaign a PD/Fire Department Message
The annual “Drive SoberorGet Pulled Over” campaign started ran through September5, 2022. Again this year, the Amherst Fire Department is happy to stand with the Amherst Police Department in supporting this annual campaign. - Photo courtesy of Amherst FD
