2015 Blackhawk Firefighters Association Conference Saturday, March 28th at Amboy High School Registration 0700-0800 Classes 0800-1700 Opening Ceremony, Friday, March 27th at 1800 at Amboy High School Conference Cost - $25 per student for BFFA members, $50 per student for non-BFFA members Half Day Conference Cost - $15 BFFA, $30 non-BFFA Lunch available for purchase on class registration form - $7.00 Payment can be submitted with class registration fees. Pulled Pork Sandwich, Coleslaw, Chips, Cookie, and Beverage (Water, Lemonade, or Tea) Pop and Sports Drinks available for purchase at machines. Saturday Night Brotherhood Event 1800 – 0200 at Last Alarm, Downtown Amboy Sponsored by Rock River Fools and Illinois Fire Store Thank you to our conference sponsors! Sauk Valley Community College Illinois Firefighter Association All students taking firefighting classes where SCBAs are required must be clean shaven, per NFPA 1500. If student is not clean shaven they will not be able to participate. *Full PPE Required **Full PPE and SCBA Required For more information please contact Jeff Bryant at [email protected] or (815) 994-6184. Keynote Speaker - Bobby Halton - "Vision the Marriage of Competence and Character" This presentation reviews several case studies using the three accepted research methodologies chronological, epidemiological and dynamic complexity. Chief Halton will explain the value and necessity of each in the process of learning why it seems we continue to repeat the same errors. A New View of Human Error will be presented to improve our ability to learn from the experience of others and the events they encountered. Chief Bobby Halton ret. is the editor in chief of Fire Engineering magazine and education director of the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) since 2005. Chief Halton is also the Editorial Director for Fire Rescue and Fire Apparatus magazines as well as Firefighter Nation website. Chief Halton is a native New Yorker whose family has deep roots in the fire service and law enforcement communities. He began his career in structural firefighting with the Albuquerque (NM) Fire Department and rose through the ranks to include chief of training. Bobby was chief of operations until his retirement from Albuquerque in 2004. He then became chief of the Coppell (TX) Fire Department, Bobby left Coppell to assume the duties as editor in chief of Fire Engineering Magazine. Chief Halton is currently a member and Assistant Chief of Training for the Limestone Volunteer Fire Department in Collinsville Oklahoma. 1 ALL DAY COURSES Keynote Speaker - “Vision the Marriage of Competence and Character”, Chief Bobby Halton EMS Teaming up with SWAT- Bus Hostage Incident, Lee County Sheriff Department EMS Basic of Rehabs, RRR EMS Pediatric ITLS, RRR EMS Disaster Basic Life Support, RRR EMS **Basic Firefighter, Mike Kucaba, Ryan Buskohl, Collin O'Connell, Chris Wozniak, Jeffrey Bryant Jr Half Day Courses 0800-1200 and 1300-1700, Classes will repeat themselves **RIT Basics, Tony Dinges, Paul Ehnelder, Doug Edwards, Tim Salo, Denny Cavanaugh **Fire Behavior and Flashover Simulator, Nick Dinges, Tim Shipman, Mark Callison, Brad Aude, Chad Johnson **The Coordinated Fire Ground, Joe Solcani, Jason Greer **Cool Under Pressure, SCBA Training, Rick Madsen, Nick Weir *Auto X, Mike Huffman, Jack Redieske, Bill Pucket Scene Management of Burns and Utilization of Helicopter, Karen Arndt, RN OSF Life Flight *Full PPE Required **Full PPE and SCBA Required All students taking firefighting classes where SCBAs are required must be clean shaven, per NFPA 1500. If student is not clean shaven they will not be able to participate. BLACKHAWK OFFICERS KEVIN SCHULTZ, PRESIDENT - SUBLETTE FIRE JEFF BRYANT JR, VICE PRESIDENT - AURORA FIRE TAMMY BRYANT, SECRETARY - AMBOY FIRE COMMITTEE JEFF BRYANT SR - AMBOY FIRE NICK DINGES - SUBLETTE FIRE SCOTT WITTENAUER - AMBOY FIRE BETH O’CONNELL - SHERMAN FIRE 2
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