Presentations

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Evacuation Planning & Incident Management

• • Evacuation Management for Law and Fire Leaders

    • • Two Day program developed for IAFC

      • Scheduled for Guthrie OK (2024)

      • Delivered in Sevierville TN (2024) and Castle Rock CO (2023)

  • Evacuation Planning & Management

    • • One hour program

      • National Sheriffs Association (2023)

      • Colorado Emergency Management Association (2024)

      • Colorado Municipal League (2024)

  • Applying Ready, Set, Go! to Emergency Preparedness

  • Estes Valley Fire's New Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Leadership & Agency Administration 

• • Organizational Change: Leading the Transition

    • • Colorado Special District Association Annual Conference

  • Leadership in Volunteer & Combination Departments

    • • Two day workshop hosted by Crested Butte Fire Protection District

  • Implementing Labor Management Concepts in Your Fire Department

    • • Colorado State Fire Chiefs Critical Issues Briefing

  • Outflanked by the Unimaginable: The Story of the East Troublesome Fire

  • East Troublesome Fire, A Career Challenging Event 

    • • View slides here

  • Budgets: Maintaining Operations With Less

    • • Venue: Colorado State Fire Chiefs, Fire Leadership Conference 

      • Co-Presenter(s): Fire Chief Leif Sackett, Colorado River Fire Rescue

      • View slides here

  • The Role of Scouting In My Leadership Journey

    • • Venue: Boy Scouts of America Longs Peak Council Fundraising Dinner

  • A Life Lived with Purpose

    • • Venue: Keynote Address, Colorado Fallen Firefighter Memorial

  • Long Range Budgeting & Revenues 

    • • Venue: Volunteer & Combination Section of Colorado State Fire Chiefs

Fire Service Tactics & Training

• • Implementing UL Fire Safety Research Institute Lessons In Your Agency

    • • Mile High Firefighter Conference

      • Fire Leadership Challenge (Colorado State Fire Chiefs)

      • Mountain View Fire Protection District 

      • Co-Presenter(s): Chris Byrne, Manitou Fire and UL Technical Panel Member 

  • Don’t Be Limited by Limited Staff: Fire Attack in Single Family Dwellings

    • • Co-Presenter(s): Chris Byrne, Manitou Fire and UL Technical Panel Member 

  • If You Build It, They Will Come: Building a Vibrant Volunteer Force with Excellence in Training 

    • • Venue: Colorado State Fire Chiefs, Fire Leadership Conference 

      • View slides here

  • Building An Aggressive Volunteer Culture Through Training

    • • Venue: Fire Rescue International 

  • Firefighter Rescue (RIT)

    • • Venue: Firemanship Conference (Portland, OR) and Mile High Fire Conference (Denver, CO)

  • Truck Company Operations: Advanced Ground Ladders & Forcible Entry

    • • Venue: Mile High Fire Conference (Denver, CO)

Wildfire Education

• • National Park Service Lessons Learned - Strategic Partnerships

    • • Informational video from Wildland Fire LLC on lessons learned from the 2020 fires and the value of strategic partnerships built before catastrophic events. 

      • View video here

  • Wildland Firefighting: Lessons Learned from the East Troublesome Fire

    • • Venue: Hawaii State Fire Chiefs 

      • View video here

  • Ready, Set, Go! Wildfire Training for Law Enforcement

    • • Educational program developed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs, in collaboration with the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) to enhance law enforcement officers’ safety and understanding of their critical role during wildland fire events. 

      • View Public Press Release Here

      • View video here

  • Special District Collaboration in the Age of Megafires (September 2021)
    Lessons learned from the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome Fires

    • • View slides here

  • Lasting Embers - The Impacts of Wildfires on Colorado

    • • Venue: Colorado State University, Graduate Student Produced Documentary 

      • View video here

  • Wildfire in the Estes Valley and Living In The Wildland Urban Interface 

    • • View slides here

  • FireStorms: Area Fire Chiefs Explain Cameron Peak and East Troublesome Fires

    • • Venue: Hike Rocky Magazine interview and documentary

      • View video here