NYSAFC Announces Spring 2011 Seminar Series

NYSAFC is pleased to offer the Spring 2011 Seminar Series "The Incident Tactics System" featuring Lieutenant (Ret.) Bob Pressler, Fire Department City of New York (FDNY). Ten seminars will be hosted throughout the state from February through April.

The introduction of the incident command system (ICS) has led to fireground operations being more efficiently managed. Unfortunately, the ICS will manage the operation, even if the tactics that are being employed are incorrect and sometimes even dangerous to our operating companies. The incident tactics system (ITS) was developed so that fire departments that use the ICS to manage their fires will also have a system in place to help them select and manage the tactics that are needed to successfully bring the incident under control. The ITS identifies the tactics needed to operate on the fireground by breaking down the typical fires that most departments respond to. The fires are classified by the expected resources needed to safely and efficiently bring the operation under control, and through the system, how to expand the tactics as the incident conditions change.

Bob Pressler has been involved in the fire service for over 37 years and is retired from the New York City Fire Department where he attained the rank of lieutenant. He served for several years as the hands-on coordinator for FDIC, is a past member of the editorial advisory boards for Fire Chief and Fire Engineering magazines, has lectured at many conferences including FDIC, Firehouse Expo, and Firehouse World, has authored articles for several trade magazines, and lectures around the country on a wide variety of fire service issues.

Special thanks to sponsors VFIS and Sprint.

Coming to a county near you this spring:

February 3 – Saratoga County – Clifton Park, NY
February 9 – Rensselaer County – East Greenbush, NY
February 17 – Onondaga County – North Syracuse, NY
March 8 – Monroe County – Henrietta, NY
March 9 – Niagara County – Lockport, NY
March 10 – Cattaraugus County – Salamanca, NY
March 15 – Sullivan County – Liberty, NY
April 4 – Chemung County – Elmira, NY
April 9 – Clinton County – West Chazy, NY
April 14 – Otsego County – Worcester, NY

On-site and pre-registration will be available for $15 (NYSAFC members) and $25 (non-members) per person. Don't forget – if your department is a NYSAFC Department Member, you can register under the discounted member rate!

The Spring Seminar Series pre-registration form will be available on the NYSAFC website in December.