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Monday, May 2 General Session
7:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. The State of PPE by Rich Duffy, IAFF
10:00 a.m. TSWG and the Fire Service by Dr. Christina
Baxter, TSWG
10:40 a.m. BREAK
11:00 a.m. Risk Assessment and PPE:
Thinking it All the Way Through by Capt. Mike McKenna,
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (retired)
Noon: LUNCH
1:00 p.m. Electronics in PPE by
Chief Bruce Varner, Santa Rosa Fire
2:00 p.m. NIOSH Projects by Dr. Jon Williams and Angie
Shepherd, NIOSH
1. Ergonomics of Flat Pack SCBA
2. Heat Stress with CBRN Turnout Gear
3. Inside Leakage Tests
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:20 p.m. Improved Stored Energy
Results of a Representative Set of Turnout Composites with
Trim by Bill Gorak, W.L. Gore
4:00 p.m. All About Helmets, Hoods, Gloves and Footwear, by
Capt. Mike McKenna, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
(retired)
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EXPO
Tuesday, May 3 “A” tract
7:30 a.m. EXPO and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. PPE 101 by Charles Willard, W.L. Gore and Chief
Kirk Owen, End Use Marketing Manager-Emergency Response,
Tencate and Assistant Chief, Plano Fire Department (retired)
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:20 a.m. PPE in the Wildland Fire
Environment – What are You Wearing and Why? by CAL FIRE
Deputy Chief Tom Foley and CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Dave Teter
11:20 a.m. EXPO AND LUNCH
1:00 p.m. NFPA 1851: Inspection and
Cleaning by Karl Beeman, Karl Beeman, Inc.
2:55 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m. Think SMART! Spend SMALL! Smart PPE Selection
Strategies for Small Departments by Virginia Beach Deputy
Chief Donna Brehm (retired)
4:00 p.m. SCBA—Critical Performance Issues by Lt. Dan Rossos,
Portland Fire Bureau and Steve Miles, NIOSH (This is a
repeat of the session that was presented in the “B” tract
today at 9:00 a.m.)
Tuesday, May 3 “B” tract
7:30 a.m. EXPO and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. SCBA—Critical Performance Issues by Lt. Dan Rossos,
Portland Fire Bureau and Steve Miles, NIOSH (This session
will be repeated in the “A” tract today at 4:00 p.m.)
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:20 a.m. Physiological Health
Assessment Sensor for Emergency Responders (PHASER) Program—A
DHS S&T funded project at the UCLA School of Medicine and
College of Engineering by Chief Bruce Varner, BH Varner &
Associates, Fire Chief (retired) and Dr. Maxim Batalin, UCLA
11:20 a.m. EXPO AND LUNCH
1:00 p.m. Protecting Your Skin from
Hazardous Substances by Grace and Jeff Stull, International
Personnel Protection
2:00 p.m. Understanding How Test Methods Relate to Actual
Firefighting by Dr. Roger Barker or Shawn Deaton, N.C. State
University
2:55 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m. Selection of PPE for Large
Departments by Capt. Tim Durby, Phoenix Fire Department
4:00 p.m. NFPA 1851: Storage and Repair for Maximum
Protection and Durability by Chief Kirk Owen, End Use
Marketing Manager-Emergency Response, Tencate and Assistant
Chief, Plano Fire Department (retired)
Wednesday, May 4 General Session
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Initial Findings for Glove Improvement by Dr.
Roger Barker or Shawn Deaton, N.C. State University
8:30 a.m. Fire Service Research Renaissance: A Past, Present
and Future Perspective—by Casey Grant, Program Director,
NFPA Fire Research Foundation
9:00 a.m. An Investigation of the Useful Life of Firefighter
Turnout Gear by Deena Cotterill, Bureau Veritas, with
Q & A panel, Tricia Hock, Fire-Dex; Karen Lehtonen, Lion
Apparel; Pat Freeman, Globe; and Dr. Rich Young, Dupont
10:05 a.m. BREAK
10:25 a.m. An Investigation of the
Useful Life of Firefighter Turnout Gear (continued)
11:00 a.m. NFPA Update by Ryan Depew, NFPA
11:30 a.m. Getting Burned—PPE and the Law! by Jim Juneau,
Juneau, Boll, Stacy, & Ucherek
Noon: ADJOURN
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