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2022 MSFA Annual Convention & Conference

Each June, the Maryland State Firemen's Association gathers for its annual Convention and Conference to conduct the business of the association and to provide insightful training and educational sessions for its membership. The MSFA welcomes you, your department, your business to take part in this annual meeting and educational event.

Engaging At-Risk Populations to Reduce Safety Risks for Fire & EMS

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This workshop will help fire service personnel learn how to better relate to hard-to-reach populations to increase empathy, deliver effective education, build community collaborations, and positively affect change within their community to reduce life safety risks. Attendees will gain an understanding of why barriers exist and how to reach these vulnerable populations to create a culture of safety. This keynote will not only inspire attendees to embrace change but will also offer the steps to create personal and organizational change.

Free

It’s Ok to Say I’m Not Ok

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

As individuals, we carry the weight of everyday stresses around each day: work, family, financial status, having more time to enjoy life. Couple that with the mental stresses of emergency response: witness to life and property loss, sleep deprivation, poor nutrition, and we are equal to a ticking time bomb. Come learn how to identify the signs of stress and how to combat stress in order to maintain mental wellness.

Free

When to Call A Fire Investigator/ Smoke & CO Alarm Requirements

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This class will be taught by various OSFM staff. The Office of the State Fire Marshal performs primary origin and cause investigations in 16 of the 23 Counties.

Free

Cancer Reduction – A No-nonsense Approach

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This course will dive into firefighter cancer statistics and causes and will bring achievable, practical applications to the attendee, that will go a long way in the reduction of those statistics.

Free

Planning and Implementing a Training Program

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This course reviews best practices for creating a robust training program in a volunteer fire department. You will learn how to ensure your training program produces positive outcomes, accomplishes training goals, and prepares members to run safe and effective operations.

Free

Engine Operator Hydraulics

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Engine Operator Hydraulics 101 will cover the fundamental basics of fire ground hydraulics and help attendees understand the importance of them.

Free

FF Survival – Bailouts, Below Grade & High Ladder (4 hour H.O.T.)

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This class will teach the basics of FF Survival. In this 4-hour Hands-on class, participants will learn, discuss, and practice various RIT Drills to effectively locate, package, and remove a down firefighter to safety. Through the use of various techniques including Ladder work and window bailouts the instructors will provide a wide array of both self-rescue as well as RIT team rescue operations. This class REQUIRES PPE and Signed Waiver Forms. 

Free

Engine Ops. “Know Your Flow” (4 hour H.O.T.)

This class will concentrate on operational fundamentals such as proper hose stretching techniques, efficiently laying out your attack line, developing a proper pre-entry checklist, and reading the building. Attendees will also train on standpipe operations, loss of water, rope stretches, flow path hazards, moving the big line effectively and multiple room fire attack. Join us for an extremely informative, skill sharpening session.

Free

Hazards of Knee Walls

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

According to 2017 Natation Fire Protection Association statistics, fires in one- and two-family homes accounted for 53 percent of all structure fires. Often, these fires occur in dwellings that contain occupiable half-stories constructed with knee walls, which present tremendous challenges to responding firefighters and have resulted in numerous Maydays. Building construction containing knee walls can be found in most every community from urban to rural, in older legacy homes, as well as in modern pre-manufactured truss homes. Knee walls can conceal tremendous amounts of combustible gases that are waiting for the proper mixture to ignite. Members can easily be on the fire floor with no smoke and little to no heat conditions. As soon as members open up the knee walls, extreme fire conditions can erupt with little to no warning. Students will learn the severe hazards that knee walls present, how to recognize them early, and how to safely mitigate incidents involving the

Free

Protecting Remote Communities

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This presentation will discuss the challenges that remote communities pose and how to overcome them.

Free

Crash Injury Research

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The CIREN process combines prospective data collection with professional multidisciplinary analysis of medical and engineering evidence to determine injury causation in every crash investigation conducted.

Free

Intoxicated Leadership

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Intoxicated Leadership takes the distinctive approach of helping students understand the role our emotions play in either aiding or undermining leadership efforts both in emergencies and back at the station.

Free

Bike Safety; Making a Difference in Your Community

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The presentation will cover the importance of wearing a bike helmet correctly on every ride. Head injuries are the leading cause of injury and death to bicycles, and helmets are a proven safety measure.

Free

Child Passenger Safety

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Fire and EMS personnel sometimes transport children in vehicles other than ambulances. What are the essential things to know and do to keep children safe? What new restraints, features on car seats, or products are available, and what makes them helpful for certain situations? This workshop will combine Power Point lecture, video, and hands-on activities with car seats, training dolls, and a vehicle seat simulator. Resources on CPS will be shared with attendees. If you have not read a car seat manual or seen a training video in the last couple years then your information and skills in child passenger safety may be out of date, and this workshop is for you! THIS CLASS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS BY MIEMSS.

Free

Make Positive Changes That Stick!

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Habits involve repeating a behavior and getting rewarded for it, so that it is repeated over and over, without conscious thought.

Free

The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Fire Service

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The good the bad and the ugly of the fire service. Interactive discussion into all subjects of the fire service from nozzles to mental health and the stigmas attached to them. No subject will be left out there is nothing we won't discuss. So, bring your opinions and ideas. This class is an open forum for general fire service discussions, history of the fire department, deep traditions of the fire service.

Free

Possible Drowning; The Calm Before the Storm

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

It is estimated that > 90% of drownings are preventable. When water is aspirated into the airways, a cascade pf physiological events occur effecting ventilation and perfusion with long term effects and death. THIS CLASS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS BY MIEMSS.

Free

Affordable College for Volunteers

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

By combining a new way of approaching recruitment and retention with educational programs that are readily available to all, the volunteer fire service can take advantage of fire service training courses, free online college courses, and grant-funded College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams to offer benefits to its members that rival the Montgomery GI Bill.

Free

Safeguarding Your Identity

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Identity Theft is the fastest growing crime in the world. It now accounts to losses of several millions dollars to the citizens of the United States, annually. Identity Theft is when someone "pretends to be someone else" by assuming the person's identity, typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person's name and typically occurs when someone uses another's personally identifying information, like their name, social security number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other related crimes. . This class will discuss what it is, how it can happen to each of us, new prevention techniques, and actions to take after your identity has been stolen from you! The class will address both personal and commercial loss.

Free

Generational Leadership

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Times have changed and with that so have the fire service. The way we learn, the way we teach and the way we fight fires have all been affected. From the senior man to the rookie, we will look at the influences, history, generations and current events that affect the way we do business.

Free

FF Survival – Bailouts, Below Grade & High Ladder (4 hour H.O.T.)

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This class will teach the basics of FF Survival. In this 4-hour Hands-on class, participants will learn, discuss, and practice various RIT Drills to effectively locate, package, and remove a down firefighter to safety. Through the use of various techniques including Ladder work and window bailouts the instructors will provide a wide array of both self-rescue as well as RIT team rescue operations. This class REQUIRES PPE and Signed Waiver Forms. 

Free

Human Trafficking

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This session covers what human trafficking is, what it looks like, what we as EMS providers should look for, and what we should do if we think someone is being trafficked. This class will provide 2 hours of medical continuing education.

Free

PDI Instructor Training; CANVAS 99 (6 Hours)

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

In this program, students will learn how to navigate through CANVAS to find and use common course materials.   They will also: create/send/receive email via canvas, create/administer a classroom assignment, create a group assignment, create/administer a quiz, utilize speed grader, utilize quiz statistics, create a zoom meeting in canvas,  upload/download files, create a discussion board. This is an in-person class.   All students must bring a laptop or tablet. REGISTRANTS MUST REGISTER ON THE MFRI WEBSITE FOR THESE PDI'S

Free

Maryland EMT Skills Recertification (2nd of 2 sessions)

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This course will have the students rotate between three stations. The stations will give the students different challenging evolutions to test their thinking.

Free

Heavy Extrication – 8 Hour H.O.T. Class

We plan on setting up several stations for the students to work through with heavy extrication. This will include car underride of a trailer. A dump truck or another large truck overturned on a vehicle and discuss chains, slings, hydrofusion struts, and various stabilization options. An additional station to show how to lift a heavy truck, showing the differences in weight ratings between standard vehicles to see how important the effects have on your equipment for these challenging incidents. The last scenario will challenge the students from the information they learned that day to include lifting a heavy truck, winching operations, stabilizing a heavy object such as concrete etc. One station will include a guardrail intrusion scenario through a car pinning a pt. requiring extrication.

Free

Engine Basics

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The purpose of this class is to provide and demonstrate practical drills that members of an engine company can perform to be proficient at one of the most important jobs on the fire scene: Extinguish the Fire! To practice and perform engine company work regularly using fire ground proven methods. To learn the duties of an engine company correctly and efficiently- "Take Time to Make Time"

Free

Decisions Under Fire

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

In this session, we will discuss the difference between risk assessment and managing risk. We will also cover the methods and benefits of critical decision-making on the fire ground and the problems associated with delayed or poor choices.

Free

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know; Actual LODD Details

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This presentation is created to provide and understanding of the line of duty death definitions and criteria from four national fire service organizations.

Free

Risk Control for Mid-Level Managers

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This session reintroduces the participant to risk control with emphasis on identifying, managing, and controlling risk as well as potential risk pitfalls in ESOs.

Free

Harvesting the Money Tree

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Today’s volunteer emergency services leaders are challenged with meeting the financial demands of sustaining current operations and funding the high costs of equipment and apparatus replacement.

Free

How Safe Is Too Safe?

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Over the last several years, there has been a push to discontinue the practice of interior fire attack or operating in the “offensive” mode on the fire ground.

Free

Ladders for Deuce

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This lecture will discuss ladder operations for minimum manning departments. How to successfully use your manpower wisely. We have all been in the situation of needing to throw ladders and perform multiple operations when we do not have the proper staffing. This class will teach you several ways and techniques to assist you with performing job functions with limited personnel. We will also discuss: Two ladder Operations, Courtyard carry, assortment of tools you might need to take with you. How you can use multiple ladders for window rescues and vertical ventilation. Finally, what ladders do you carry on your apparatus and how will they best be utilized?

Free

Fireground Contaminant Exposure

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The seminar will present the results of a FEMA-funded study conducted by the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute (MFRI) and the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD).

Free

Training Those That Lead; Officer, Senior FF Development

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

"The fire service is not the same as it was 25 years ago. Tailboard riding is out, bunker gear is in and YES, fires are burning hotter than ever before. Our aggressive nature is good but we must be educated in today’s pitfalls to attain positive results. This program is designed to discuss these issues and how today's fire officer and senior firefighter can mold a company / department of “Street-Smart Firefighters”. Emphasis will be on the role of the company officer.

Free

Resiliency: The Servants Code

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Application of the precepts of resiliency for the firefighter and development of "code" as a reminder for self-care.

Free

Bringing Family Back in the Fire House

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The presentation will take a look at the importance of our two families. The one at home and the one at the station and how to make sure we never lose it and what we can do to bring it back. Discussion will include lessons learned along with sharing ideas to help build strong families.

Free

Death, Rebirth and a Whole New Attitude

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

A complete shift in attitude was the catalyst to personal and professional success but more importantly allowed me the privilege to help others succeed as well. We have created 12 simple rules to succeed at home and in the firehouse.

Free

Fire Service Saws

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Presented by: OC FOOLS with instruction by Tai Rondeau, FF/PM, Milwaukee Fire Dept Room 205  

Free

Leadership for Fire and EMS Services

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Quality leadership is essential for the fire and emergency services to accomplish the mission and improve your department. This course examines leadership styles, qualities, ethics, and best practices to help your department function at a high level and avoid fire and emergency services leadership pitfalls. New retention research will also be discussed to help leaders understand retention concerns and identify solutions.

Free

Necrotizing Fasciitis; Case Studies Across the Ages

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Necrotizing Fasciitis is a rare life-threatening bacterial infection characterized by a rapidly spreading inflammation resulting in necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and superficial fascia. THIS CLASS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS BY MIEMSS.

Free

Buildings on Fire; Tactical Risks & Operational Safety for the First Due

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This program will present tactical risks and key considerations for the first due company, company officer, and commander affecting and influencing operational risk management, command and tactical safety, and tactical protocols based upon occupancy risks, reading the building and adaptive management principles.

Free

Top of the Mountain Leadership

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

If you aspire to be the next generation of leader to reach the summit, it is critical to have key leadership skills to engage and motivate your teams to higher performance.

Free

Fire Officers in the Political Arena

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

How the fire service needs to be knowledgeable, engaged, prepared (informed/educated) in today’s political arena.

Free

It’s Too Hot! It’s Too Cold! There Are Bugs!!

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This session will discuss environmental emergencies, including heat and cold, as well as what insects and other wildlife we should be aware of. This class will provide 2 hours of trauma continuing education

Free

Pediatric Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Pediatric Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests (POHCA) occur in Maryland almost daily and the survival rate is low. Survival is directly impacted by the response of everyone in the Chain of Survival. THIS CLASS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS BY MIEMSS.

Free

Volunteer Fire Service Culture: Essential Strategies for Success (4 hrs)

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The NVFC published the textbook Volunteer Fire Service Culture – Essential Strategies for Success as a guide to fire service leaders who desire to change their department’s culture and attitude towards personal health and safety. This training delves into key points from the guide to reinforce the need for change and provide a roadmap for implementation of change to improve the health and safety of volunteer fire and EMS responders.

Free

Man vs Machinery (4 hour – lecture/hands on)

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This is a highly specialized skill set and caring for victims/patients entrapped in machinery requires providers to be trained in specific treatment modalities and the possible complications that may arise. Tool selection, patient stabilization techniques, and crush injury syndrome will be discussed as well as several actual case studies.

Free

H.O.T. Class; Ladder Romance (4 hour)

Aggressive basic techniques for ladders operations. Course will cover ladder operations for those either assigned or not to a truck company and will show multiple ways to perform raises, operations, and tactics for correct placement of ladders. The course is designed to show successful ladder operations even with minimum staffing. To be held at OCFD 15th Street, Ocean City.

Free

6-Hour PDI Instructor Training; EMT Update, Helping Your Students Succeed in EMT Class

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

*REGISTRANTS MUST REGISTER ON THE MFRI WEBSITE FOR THESE PDI'S. This class is for EMT Instructors.  It will consist of 3 areas. Preparing students for practical exams, new equipment will be introduced, and a n orientation to all of the resources available for instructors and students including books, workbooks, active learning exercises and canvas resources that are available. 

Free

Your New Rig is on Order, Now What?

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This program would focus on what the apparatus committee should expect in preparing for the preconstruction conference, change order approval process, review and sign off on production materials.

Free

Know Your Gear

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The “Know Your Gear- Overview” program reviews how and why firefighters need to maintain PPE and select the proper PPE. Continually, the program reviews the fire departments' required risk assessment and standard operating guidelines for the maintenance and selection of PPE.

Free

Preparing FF to Become Apparatus Operators

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Instructor will focus on the in-station preventative maintenance, expectations of pump operators, station duties,
driving responsibilities and expectations of the apparatus operators from others responding to scene. This class
will focus on the day to day operations of a pump operator and what information they need to know in order to
operate successfully at a fireground or emergency incident that they would be responding too. This class is not
designed to be a pumps training class but rather all the operations that a driver/operator is expected to complete
in a normal shift.

Free

Getting the Most Out of Recruit Training

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Many of us have experience teaching at the company level but when it comes time to teach new recruits, or take over a recruit training program the responsibilities are quite a bit different. This Lecture goes over how to organize the recruit training program, teaching methodology to get the most out of the new people, and a ton of drills and exercises to make sure they get to where you need them skills wise.

Free

Mental Health: What You May Not Know

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

If you haven't had personal experience with Mental Health Issues, what are you looking for and how do you refer persons that present with undiagnosed mental health issues

Free

Safe Sleep Environment; Take The Steps to Prevent SUID

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a term used to describe the sudden and unexpected death of a baby less than 1-year old in which the cause was not obvious before investigation. THIS CLASS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS BY MIEMSS.

Free

Firefighters Insurance and Benefits

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Fire/EMS companies pay for insurance just in case something happens. When “just in case” shows up at your station, are you really covered?

Free

Trauma-Informed Care

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Being educated in trauma-informed care strategies has numerous benefits. Knowledge in this area helps us with our day-to-day interactions with our loved ones, friends, and even strangers.

Free

The Meter Guys: Air Monitoring

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This class will teach First Responders how to use a meter properly and understand the readings they see and the implications of such on emergency response.

Free

Are You Ready for Your Next Recruit?

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Utilizing facilitated conversation and a series of interactive exercises, this presentation outlines the three major phases of the “Volunteer Life Cycle”: Recruitment, Onboarding and Retention to offer a framework for sizing up the health and wellness of your organization’s culture and processes.

Free

Fire Officer’s Guide to Today’s Building on Fire

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Presenting insights on building construction for today’s fire service, the primary objective of this program is to increase awareness and understandings and promote new skillsets in the fundamentals of building construction, architecture, engineering and design, that directly impact firefighting and command operations at structure fires

Free

Stress First Aid

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Presented by: Dr. Gamaliel Baer, EdD, MSM, CTO; First Responder Center for Excellence Room 215 First responders are faced with a myriad of stressors that go beyond what the general […]

Free

FOOLS Seminar TBD

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Presented by: OC FOOLS Room 201

Free

2023 MSFA Annual Convention & Conference

Each June, the Maryland State Firemen's Association gathers for its annual Convention and Conference to conduct the business of the association and to provide insightful training and educational sessions for its membership. The MSFA welcomes you, your department, your business to take part in this annual meeting and educational event.

Exhibitor Registration

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Registration

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Registration begins at 0700 on Sunday, June 18th, in the Convention Center Room 208, Upper Level. 

Exhibitor Registration

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Exhibitor Registration opens at 0800 in the Convention Center on the Lower Level.

Drilling for Success

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

From instructing recruits to company level training there are only so many hours allotted so every drill has to count. This class will discuss how to build drill cycles so that the participants get the most out of each drill. We will break down a number of my favorite training drills and discuss how the building blocks of a “Crawl-Walk-Run” format is essential for success.

Free

OC FOOLS 8-Hour H.O.T: Truck Essentials

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This truck essentials class will be focused on basic truck work. The HOT skills performed will be geared towards both residential and commercial fires. The goal of this class it to provide a fundamental basis for the students to build upon for their fire ground operations. Whether you are a fully staffed fire department or a volunteer department the skills we will go over are going to help you bolster your truck culture.

Free

Mental Health First Aid for Fire/EMS; National Certification Course (8 Hour)

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Mental Health First Aid® is a public education national certification course. Participants learn to recognize and respond to the signs and symptoms of an emerging mental health problem or crisis, to identify community resources, and to link individuals in need of support to appropriate care. This skills-based course includes a 5¬-step action plan which can be used in various types of crisis and non-crisis situations.

MHFA for Fire/EMS focuses on the unique experiences and needs of firefighters and EMS personnel. Participants learn about the importance of early intervention and how, as first responders, they can intervene in the field and provide direct assistance to someone who is experiencing a mental health challenge or crisis.

The 5 Step Action Plan, ALGEE, includes:

Assess for risk of suicide or harm

Listen non-judgmentally

Give reassurance and information

Encourage appropriate professional help

Encourage self-help and other support strategies

Free

MSFA Executive Committee Meeting

Performing Arts Center, Convention Center 4001 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City, MD, United States

The MSFA Executive Committee Meeting will be held at the Ocean City Convention Center on Thursday, June 22, 2023.

Fire Prevention Interviews

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Location: Governor's Room and Board Room, Mezzanine Level

FOOLS Seminar TBD

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Presented by: O.C. FOOLS Room 201

Free

Sunday Morning Worship Service

Performing Arts Center, Convention Center 4001 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City, MD, United States

Sunday Morning worship will take place at the Ocean City Convention Center on Sunday, June 18, 2023.

Convention Events Ticket Sales

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Location: Convention Center Ground Floor

Exhibits Open

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

FOOLS Seminar TBD

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Presented by: O.C. FOOLS Room 201

Exhibits Close

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Registration

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Registration begins at 0700 on Monday, June 19, in the Convention Center Room 208, Upper Level.

Convention Events Ticket Sales

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Location: Convention Center Ground Floor

Fireground Commander’s Intent: Coordinated Actions for Mission

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

The focus of this class is to illustrate the importance of a commander’s expectation on emergency scenes. This class is a work in progress and has been updated every year to reflect my continuing education on the fireground. The main purpose of the intent is to provide a framework for Company Officers to act. Fire companies are the linchpins to a successful emergency scene operation. The importance of synchronized small unit tactics following the commander’s intent is critical to a successful mission on an emergency scene. Every emergency operation outcome is the result of many small unit outcomes. The key is for each small tactical unit (engine & truck companies) to perform in a predictable way. If one small unit fails to perform their task the whole operation could have a negative end result and change the strategy of the commander. The application of this information is to provide proven basics for fire officers to be successful during emergency operations through interactive discussions and video demonstration.

Free

OC FOOLS 8-hour H.O.T. The Art of the Educated Search; RIT Reinvented

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Part 1: Art of the Educated Search: Strategies & Tactics for success when arriving w/ “Reports of People Trapped”. Understanding how our entry determines our path, and the methods to clear rooms of varying living space. Sizing up occupancy types & understanding residential construction to maximize our search timeline. Techniques for “clearing” compartments quickly & efficiently during the primary search, and accomplishing the “30 Seconds Out” Survivable Space Search.

Part 2: RIT; Reinvented: The most progressive approach to preplanning and producing a positive outcome following the “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY”. Understanding who will be a victim, why, and how it’s likely to occur. Then, how we mitigate the emergency w/ proper tools, access techniques, and removal tactics.

Free

Exhibits Open

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

PAIN: Pediatric Assessment Is Needed at All Ages

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Dr. Jennifer Guyther will engage the audience in discussing pediatric pain – when it is obvious and when it may be hidden. The presentation will review the pain control treatment options – medication doses and timing, repeat assessments, and alternative treatments that work.

Free

Elevators for the Fire Service

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This session discusses Elevator Code requirements, both new and existing (what a first responder may see depending upon age of bldg.) NFPA, IBC and the MD State Elevator Codes. Explanation of the different types of elevators. (Traction, Hydraulic, Machine Room) Inspection process for accepting an elevator into service. Not just fire service related items but the entire elevator testing/acceptance process.

Elevator Operations. The Codes do permit the use of elevators as part of the egress paths from a building, etc. This session would outline the unique aspects associated with using elevators for egress as well as typical FD operations. The presentation includes representative(s) from the State Elevator Inspectors Office and/or Local Elevator Companies.

Free

Using Simulation to Enhance Leadership Development

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This presentation will discuss how utilization of simulation as part of leadership education can improve the leadership development process and support effective leadership succession in your organization

Free

How Did We Become Scared of the Roof?

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

This presentation will look at firefighter line-of-duty deaths related to vertical ventilation on the fireground. Notice will be given to how significant deaths over decades have influenced training today and views on current practices and restrictions. It will also highlight what is made sensational and what is ignored when it comes to safety and education. Data and references will be shown in all areas to give the attendees a true picture of firefighter deaths during vertical ventilation. (2 hours)

Free

Pet First Aid and CPR

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

More and more fire departments are carrying pet oxygen masks on their apparatus these days, making it crucial for first responders to understand how to appropriately size an oxygen mask for fit to the animal as well as what flow rates are required for different animals. Upon completing this class, first responders will feel comfortable performing CPR, applying an oxygen mask, and performing rescue breathing for both cats and dogs.

Free

Legislative Breakout Session

Ocean City Convention Center 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD, United States

Legislative Breakout Session hosted by John Hall, Attorney; Prince George's County in room 209 of the Upper Level of the Convention Center.