69th Annual Conference - Illinois Fire Chiefs

Illinois Fire Chiefs Associa on

Dedicated to Excellence in the Fire Service

P.O. Box 7

Skokie, Illinois 60076

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Illinois Fire Chiefs

69th Annual Conference

With the

Illinois Fire Apparatus Mechanics Association Seminar

October 13-16, 2019 ��

Peoria, Illinois

Table of Contents

Letter from Mark Puknaitis, IFCA President

IFCA Program/Schedule

IFCA Speakers/Presentations

2nd Annual IFCA Stair Climb

Hotel Contact /Miscellaneous Information

IFCA Registration Form

IFAMA Course Description/Schedule

IFAMA Registration Form

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Illinois Fire Chiefs Associa on

Dedicated to Excellence in the Fire Service

P.O. Box 7

Skokie, Illinois 60076

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An Invitation from the Illinois Fire Chiefs President

As President of the Illinois Fire Chiefs�� Association, it is my pleasure to announce and invite you to

the 69th Annual Combined Conference held in Peoria, Illinois October 13-16. The Illinois Fire Chiefs��

Association (IFCA) and the Illinois Fire Apparatus Mechanics Association (IFAMA) have once again

joined forces to create a program that is sure to provide a vast amount of information, training and

skills that are valued in the fire service.

Our speakers and presenters bring both a local and national perspective to what is currently at the

forefront impacting the Illinois Fire Service today. Topics such as mental health, focusing what lies

ahead in the fire service, situational awareness, active shooter incident management and fire

agency and individual credentialing are among the many areas that you will have the opportunity to

learn about. Our fire service is changing at a quicker pace than ever. We all must be prepared and

informed so that we can properly respond and be equipped with the information necessary to meet

the demands of the present day and into the future.

As we begin the week, prior to the actual conference, please join us for a Tired Travelers Reception

at the Pere Marquette Hotel on Sunday evening. This is always a great opportunity to meet and

greet our fire service colleagues, friends and business partners. The conference will then begin on

Monday morning with opening ceremonies starting at 0830am. The conference committee has once

again worked hard to ensure that this conference delivers a diverse and complete line of topics so

that you will be able to leave the conference with information beneficial to you and the communities

you serve.

In addition, we will also be hosting the 2019 Illinois Fire Chiefs�� 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb on

Sunday October 13th as well as a 5K run. Our many vendors and partners will have demonstrations,

equipment and apparatus on hand and on display at their booths on our exhibit floor and we hope

you take advantage of the time to meet and ask questions of the vendors that help to make our

conference successful.

As time is getting close, please be sure to register early to ensure hotel availability and registration.

Please visit our website at where you will find the conference registration,

details of the presentations, scheduled activities and so much more. We look forward to seeing all of

you at the conference and we expect a large attendance this year so please register early.

I am proud to serve as your President during such an exciting time in the fire service. Hope to see

you and other members from your department in October.

Sincerely,

Mark J. Puknaitis

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Illinois Fire Chiefs Association

69th Annual Conference Program

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 �\ Peoria Civic Center

7:00�\9:00pm

Tired Travelers Recep on

Peoria Marrio Pere Marque e Hotel

7:30am

Registra on

8:00�\9:30am

��Flawed Situa onal Awareness: The Stealth Killer of First

Responders��

Dr. Richard B. Gasaway

Monday, October 14, 2019 �\ Peoria Civic Center

7:30am

Registra on

9:30�\9:45am

General Session

8:30�\9:00am

Welcome to the 2019 Conference

Chief Mark Puknai s, President IFCA

Presenta on of Colors

Peoria Fire Department Honor Guard

Invoca on

Peoria Fire Department Chaplin

Memorial Service

IFCA Funeral Commi ee

Welcoming Remarks

Chief Ed Olehy, Peoria Fire Department

Mayor Jim Ardis, City of Peoria

11:00�\11:30am

IFCA Educa onal & Research Founda on Report

Chief Andy O��Donnell, Ret., Founda on President

2019 IFCA Scholarship Report and Presenta on

Chief James Moore, Ret., Founda on Vice President

11:30am�\2:00pm

Lunch with our Vendors

Lunch will be served in the Exhibit Hall

Exhibit ?oor open

2:00�\3:30pm

��Objec ves for Intro to First Responder Behavioral Health Course��

Ms. Sarah A. Gura

9:00�\9:45am

Keynote Address ��Fire and Emergency Services �\ What Does the

Future Hold��

Dr. Denis Onieal

9:45�\10:00am

BREAK

9:45�\11:00am

Dr. Richard B. Gasaway con nues

6:15pm

Presiden al Recep on and Installa on Banquet

BREAK

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 �\ Pere Marque e

10:00�\11:30am

Dr. Denis Onieal con nues

8:00am

Registra on & Con nental Breakfast

11:30am�\12:15pm

Reports

IAFC Great Lakes Division, Division Chief Ma Kno , Rockford FD

IFCA Annual Report, Exec Dir., Chief James Grady, III, Ret.

IFSAP Annual Report, Ms. Laura Haiden, Glenside FPD, IFSAP

President

2019�\20 Elec on & By�\Law Report, Chief John Chris an,

Grayslake FPD, Immediate Past President, IFCA

8:30�\9:00am

Reports

O?ce of the State Fire Marshal

Illinois Fire Service Ins tute

9:00�\9:15am

Ma Perez, State Fire Marshal

Royal P. Mortenson, Director

BREAK

9:15�\10:30am

��Center for Public Safety Excellence, What it Can Do for Your

Department

Preet Bassi

10:30�\12:00am

12:15�\1:15pm

Lunch with our Vendors

Lunch will be served in the Exhibit Hall

��Mercy Hospital �\ Ac ve Shooter��

DC Tim Sampey, Chicago FD

12:15�\5:00pm

Exhibits Open

12:00pm

Closing Luncheon

Peoria Marrio Pere Marque e Hotel

1:00�\3:00pm

IFCA Annual Elec ons

4:00�\5:00pm

Hospitality in the Exhibit Hall

Evening on your own. Explore Peoria and the surrounding

communi es.

69th Annual Conference Concludes

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2019 IFCA Conference Speakers

As the senior career federal fire official, Dr. Denis

Onieal is responsible for the day-to-day operation of

the United States Fire Administration �� the annual

training of over 140,000 first responders at and

through the National Fire Academy; the National Fire

Incident Reporting System, which documents and

analyzes 27 million fire department emergency

responses a year; the USFA��s fire prevention, public

information and public education programs; and the

26 campus buildings and the grounds of the historic National Emergency

Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Rich Gasaway is widely considered to be a trusted authority

on human factors, situational awareness and the decision

making processes used in high stress, high consequence

work environments.

Dr. Gasaway has authored 6 books and his contributions on

situational awareness and decision making have been

featured and referenced in more than 400 books, book

chapters, journal articles and online publications.

His government clients include: NASA, the US Department of Homeland

Security, the US Department of Defense and every branch of the armed forces

including the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force

Academy.

An honorably discharged Army veteran, he joined the Jersey City Fire

Department and rose through the ranks from firefighter to deputy chief, and

then to acting chief, leading a uniformed force of 650 firefighters and

officers. He spent his entire time "in the street" as a line fire officer.

Corporate consulting and training clients have included: Exxon/Mobil, Syncrude

Oil Refinery, Nuclear Fuel Services, Georgia Pacific, Babcock & Wilcox, SGL

Carbon and Eagle Materials Corporation.

He completed a Bachelor of Science from New Jersey City University, a

Master of Public Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a

doctorate in education from New York University (NYU). He taught in the

master and doctorate programs in education at NYU for five years.

More than 500 public safety agencies have relied on him to help improve their

emergency scene safety and high-risk decision making, including the New York

City Fire Department��s Incident Management Team, the fire officers��

associations for Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County Fire Departments

and fire brigades in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand

and Hong Kong.

Beginning on Sept. 12, 2001, he led the USFA��s team at the World Trade

Center, working behind the scenes to help the New York City Fire

Department re-establish their systems of command, control and on-site

communications. In 2005, he was sent to Atlanta, Georgia, to lead the inprocessing, training and dispatch of 4,000 firefighters to assist in the

response to Hurricane Katrina.

Flawed Situational Awareness: The Stealth Killer of First Responders

This program shares the powerful findings of Dr. Gasaway��s extensive research

on issues related to first responder decision making and flawed situational

awareness. In his review of hundreds of near-miss reports, case studies, lineof-duty death reports and videos he continually found himself being frustrated

because there were so many clues, indicators and signs that the incident was

going to end in disaster.

He is the recipient of the International Association of Fire Chiefs President��s

Award for outstanding leadership, the James O. Page EMS Achievement

Award for exemplary leadership, the Congressional Fire Services Institute

Mason Lankford Leadership Award for improvement and advancement of

the fire and emergency services, the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs President��s

Award of Distinction, the Fire Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award, and

the Firehouse Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award.

Yet, for some reason, personnel operating at the incident scene �C from

company officers to incident commanders �C could not see it coming. Or if they

did see it coming, they did nothing to alter their course.

Fire and Emergency Services - What Does the Future Hold

The future of the fire and emergency services (FES) is very predictable look at the US Census; pay attention to the methods and materials of

construction; think about today��s communications and watch the

news! These issues are neither good nor bad, right nor wrong �C they

are. How we choose to deal with them is our choice. We can take

advantage of the knowledge and prepare; or we can bury our heads in the

sand and try to deal with the consequences. They��re coming nonetheless.

This presentation will highlight the significant issues that the FES will face

over the next 35 years.

In his research to understand why first responders were (seemingly) blind and

deaf to what was happening right in front of them, Dr. Gasaway uncovered and

investigated over one hundred barriers that can destroy situational awareness

and flaw decision making.

This program focuses on some of the most pervasive situational awareness

barriers first responders will face while operating in stress-filled, dynamicallychanging environments.

Barriers to be explored and discussed will include:

Pre-arrival lens

Confabulation

Mission Myopia

Mind shift

Staffing issues

Biases

Normalization of deviance

Human factors

Complacency

The curse of knowledge

Overconfidence

Technology

Miscommunications

Command location

Peer and supervisor pressure Command support

Overload

Mission and goal

Task fixation

Culture

Task saturation

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