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| One Day Classes |
538 Sat
Retaining and Recruiting
Volunteers: Practical Ideas
for Fire, EMS, and Emergency
Services Departments
George Oster, George Oster and
Associates, LLC; Steve Meyer, Fire
Chief, Garrison Fire Department;
Todd Moonaw, Firefighter, Ames
Fire Department, and FSTB Training
Specialist; and Deb Samuelson,
Administrative Assistant for SAFER
Grant
This course contains a number of
ideas that may fit your community and
department. They are based on the
premise – the most effective way to
get volunteers (recruitment) is to keep
the ones you already have (retention).
Your current volunteers will be your
best recruiters. This course will present
five practical approaches to retaining
and recruiting volunteers – Leadership,
Emotional Support, Training, Fun, and
Recognition/Incentives.
This program was
developed with a
grant from the
Assistance to
Firefighers “SAFER”
Program.
Class Limit: 30
15
539 Sat NEW 541 Sat
542 Sun
The First Five
Lance Routson, Lieutenant, Urbandale Electric Vehicle Safety
Training
Fire Department, and FSTB Field
Instructor
Joe Zittergruen, Captain, Guttenberg
This class will cover the first five minutes FD, and FSTB Field Instructor; and
on the fireground from the company Brett Kaszinski, Lieutenant, Waukee
officers perspective. Topics to be discussed FD, and FSTB Field Instructor
will include size-up, the 360 degree survey,
incorporation of modern fire research, The Electric Vehicle Safety Training project
and a review and selection of appropriate is a nationwide program to help firefighters
attack strategies. and other first responders prepare for the
growing number of electric vehicles on the
Class Limit: 50 road in the United States. Developed by
the National Fire Protection Association,
this project, funded by a $4.4 million
grant from the U.S. Department of Energy,
provides first responders with information
540 Sun they need to most effectively deal with
potential emergency situations involving
“9” electric vehicles.
Lance Routson, Lieutenant, Urbandale Class Limit: 30
Fire Department, and FSTB Field
Instructor
This workshop will present an in-depth
review of the Sofa Super Store fire that
resulted in the loss of nine Charleston,
South Carolina firefighters on June 18, 2007.
Data from the resulting incident investigation
will be presented, with serious discussion
concerning the issues surrounding the fire.
This is not a strategy and tactics class,
but it is a chance to review the event in
detail to prevent this type of incident in
the future.
Class Limit: 50
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