PRELIMINARY AGENDA
*Session details are subject to change
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
10:00 am – 11:00 am
President’s Welcome, City Manager, Invocation
President Tubbs and Fire Chief Gayk
11:00 am – 11:50 am
Opening Keynote
Curt Weldon, Founder/Chair - Congressional Fire/EMS Caucus & Institute
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm – 3:15 pm
General Membership Meeting, Reorganization Discussion, PPA Legislative Update
President Tubbs
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Installation of Officers, Section Awards Fire Chief of the Year
President Tubbs and Fire Chief Gayk
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tradeshow Reception
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
General Sessions:
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Firefighters of Character
Dave Anderson, Author, Professional Speaker, Decorated Combat Veteran
10:00 am
Alert California
Zack Wells, Dr. Neal Driscoll
11:00 am
The Lead, the Herd and the Drag
Jeff Johnson, Chief (Ret.), Western Fire Chiefs
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Breakout Sessions: 1:00 pm
Latest Findings from UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute
Derek Alkonis, Research Program Manager, UL Fire Safety Research Institute
Surviving the Fire Service
Todd LeDuc, Chief Strategy Officer, Life Wellness Centers
What is a LAFCo and How Does Every Fire Department Interact with Them?
Jason Fried, Executive Officer, Marin Local Agency Formation Commission
The Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence Technology on EMS and the Fire Service
Dr. Marc Eckstein
Construction Management for Fire Chiefs
Bill Johan, Kitchell
Chief Mark Heine, Sonoma County Fire District
2:00 pm
An Update on the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System
Chief Brian Marshall, State Fire and Rescue Chief, CalOES
Chief Lopez
Innovative Approaches to Reducing Trauma and Increasing Resiliency in Firefighters
Felicia Gomez, Ph.D., Owner, Pinnacle Training Systems
Fire Safe Councils: A Model for Community-Led Wildfire Resiliency
Jacy Hyde, Executive Director, California Fire Safe Council
Leveraging the New Technology, Applications, Devices and Ecosystem for Fire Response Operations
Chief Kim Zagaris, Chief Dan Munsey, Kevin Nida, Mohammad Baig – Business Development and Technology Advisor AT&T FirstNet
Reducing Implicit Bias in the Interview Process
Jeanette Placencia, Recruitment Director Cal JAC
3:00 pm
The Role of Emergency Management
Jeff DuVall, Director of Emergency Management, Sonoma County
FF1- Behavioral Health and Cancer Curriculum Additions – Is Your Department Ready?”
Kristin Thompson, EMS Division Chief, Newport Beach Fire Department
Fire Caucus
Curt Weldon, Founder/Chair - Congressional Fire/EMS Caucus & Institute
Data Driven Resilience
Rob Edson, Intterra
Cal Chiefs Consulting and Training
Chief Ray Gayk, Ontario Fire Department, Western Fire Chiefs Association
4:00 pm
Public Information Officer/Social Media Discussion
Chief Keith Wade, Sacramento Fire Department
Wendy Aguilar, Multimedia Journalist, CBS/CW
Are We Committed to Becoming Professional Medical Organizations?
Dr. Clayton Kazan, Medical Director, Los Angeles County Fire Department
Funding for Fire: Strategies to Increase Funding Across Multiple Fire Agencies
John Bliss, SCI Consulting
Firefighter Accountability- A Florian 3D Approach
Patrick O’Conner, 3 AM
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Tradeshow Reception
CAL CHIEFS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Thursday, October 19, 2023
8:00 am
Keynote Presentation – EMS – Alliance Models
Kurt Henke, CO Founder & Principal, AP Triton
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Allied Agency Reports
CPF
IAFF
JAC
FDAC
League of Cities
OES Fire
Cal Fire Director
Tribal Chiefs
Metro Chiefs
Volunteers and Combo Chiefs
California National Guard
CSFA
10:45 am – 11:30 am
Brunch
12:20 pm – 1:30 pm
Hall of Fame Ceremony
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Closing Remarks