MSFA Convention & Conference 2025
June 15 - June 19, 20252020 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.
Virtual Online Training Schedule 6/22/2020
Online Virtual EventEvent presentations will be linked and videos embedded for you to view right on this page for your convenience directly under each specific presentation. But they are programmed to NOT be viewable until their specified times. June 22, 2020 _______________________________________________ 1200 hrs. Evidence-based Approaches to Reduce Exposure Risks – UL FSRI This course, based on […]
Virtual Online Training Schedule 6/23/2020
Online Virtual EventEvent presentations will be linked and videos embedded for you to view right on this page for your convenience directly under each specific presentation. But they are programmed to NOT be viewable until their specified times. June 23, 2020 ______________________________________________ 0900 hrs. Resilience (EMS) – Karen Deppa/ Michael Donohue Resilience Skills Training: Behavioral Health Primary […]
Virtual Online Training Schedule 6/24/2020
Online Virtual EventEvent presentations will be linked and videos embedded for you to view right on this page for your convenience directly under each specific presentation. But they are programmed to NOT be viewable until their specified times. June 24, 2020 __________________________________________ 0900 hrs. Critical Thinking (F) -- FF Nicholas Higgins Critical Thinking in the Fire Service […]
H.O.T.: TBD
This 4-hour, hands-on training 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.
Highway Safety Training Beyond the TIMS Class
In 2020, 46 emergency responders were struck & killed during secondary incidents while working along United States roadways, in 2019, 44 emergency responders are struck & killed. An average of two emergency responders are struck each day in the United States and an emergency responder is struck & injured every other day with an emergency responder struck & killed on average every eight days. Most of us have taken a 4-hour Traffic Incident Management (TIM) course focused on emergency responder safety but what else is out there and how can we work to get ourselves and our crew safe during a roadway incident? This session will build on the 4-hour TIM and talk about why we need to focus more on the dangers all responders face each day when at a roadway incident.
Pediatric Trauma Cases
Dr. Karen O'Connell will highlight the assessment findings and the treatment decisions to be sure children receive the Right Care When It Counts when they are injured. Presentation will cover the unique anatomic features of children leading to specific injury patterns and how to apply the Trauma Decision Tree to cases with infants, children and adolescents.
Resilience Skills Training (LIVE)
As emergency responders, you are so focused on taking care of others that you might forget to take care of yourself. That can make you vulnerable to burnout, depression, PTSD, and other behavioral health problems associated with an already stressful job complicated by a pandemic. Learn about the three primary skills (we call them the Three Pillars) that are most frequently associated with resilient responses in the fire and EMS community. These are skills that you can learn and practice to help prevent the effects of psychological distress. We will then guide you through three activities – one for each of the Three Pillars – so you can create your own tools to help strengthen your resilience for dealing with traumatic stress.
Recruitment & Retention; Developing your Game Plan (LIVE)
Volunteer fire and EMS agencies are experiencing challenges with recruitment and retention of personnel. This lecture will outline how departments can successfully recruit and retain personnel for their agency using current resources. The lecture will be based on a three-year doctoral study on retention and offer participants research-based/proven strategies to reduce turnover and increase recruitment among all generations of volunteers. Attendees will not only learn strategies to help overcome the biggest barriers to retention and recruitment of emergency personnel, but through both discussion, review of a planning document and hands-on activities, will be able to go home and draft a personalized plan to increase and maintain members.
Are We Really Operating Safe Apparatus?
Instructed by: Chief Baldwin and Tom Shand Premiers June 20, 2021 @ 11:00 - 12:00 Over the years our apparatus have become more complex, larger and heavier to operate and maintain to ensure safety and fleet reliability. The program will review past and present vehicle designs and how they impact your departments day to day […]
Four Pillars of Functional Fitness (LIVE)
Unfortunately, around 50% of annual on-duty deaths are typically attributed to heart attacks, strokes, and other medical causes. Firefighter Functional Fitness attacks these statistics by providing all firefighters with the tools needed to combat this epidemic. Firefighter Functional Fitness is the essential guide to optimal firefighter performance and longevity. It provides all firefighters with the knowledge, mindset, and tools to maximize their fire ground performance, reduce their risk of injury and experiencing a line-of-duty death, and have a long, healthy career and/or volunteer service and retirement.
Pediatric HP CPR
Learn from the Maryland EMSC CPR Pit Crew what is new & what is different about pediatric HPCPR. Presentation will include the cardiac science of high performance and why children still need to be ventilated from the start. The second half includes how ot work with the new QCPR infant and child manikins that are located in each EMS region for local company drills.
OC FOOLS Training – Drilling for Success (LIVE)
PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR LIVE CLASSES LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE (LIVE) Instructed by: Capt. Keith Niemann, Wichita, KS, Fire Department Training Division; President, FOOLS of OZ 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 […]
Impact of Horizontal Ventilation on Fire Behavior
Offered by: UL FSRI Fire Safety Academy In this course, you will examine the impact of modern construction practices and ventilation techniques on fire behavior from full-scale testing in realistic legacy and contemporary residential structures. (Original August 21, 2009) Click the link below and sign in 'if' you have an account or create an account […]