FIRE 2012 Preliminary Education Programs Announced

NYSAFC's 106th Annual Conference will take place June 13-16, 2012 at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y. Join your colleagues for the Northeast's premier emergency services event. Preliminary information about the Education Program and Hands-On Training follows:

Education Program
New for FIRE 2012, the hours for Friday have been extended until 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 speakers include: Dennis Compton, Billy Goldfeder, Rick Lasky and John Salka. Please join us for this full day of firematic education classes, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Hands-On Training
New and improved Hands-On Training programs are being offered for FIRE 2012. All traditional NYSAFC Hands-On Training programs have been revamped to bring the most up-to-date techniques to students. For example, Truck Company Operations has been divided into a series of four separate programs to provide more quality training on these vital truck company skills. Five new programs have been added this year. Programs include:

• Aggressive Interior Fire Attack
• Truck Company Series: Ground Ladders
• Truck Company Series: Roof Operations
• Truck Company Series: Forcible Entry
• Truck Company Series: Search & Retrieving Victims
• Advanced Vehicle Extrication
• Rapid Intervention Team Competition Battle Drills
• Haz-Mat "Are You Kidding Me"
• Multifaceted Elevator Rescue
• Flashover
• Advanced Thermal Imaging Camera Operations
• ICS (NIMS) "How It Really Works & Putting It To Use"
• Water Supply Operations

The full FIRE 2012 Education Program Schedule will be available in the coming weeks. In the meantime, for further information or to register for the FIRE 2012 Expo and NYSAFC 106th Conference, click here.