Agenda
Fire Leadership Challenge 2018
 

Beginning Wednesday, October 24, Keynotes and Workshops are open to All Conference Attendees and Exhibitors.  
Attendees participating in the CHIEFS II or COLS III Leadership Symposiums must attend the noted courses to receive the Certificate of Completion.

10/23/2018
9:00 am - 12:00 pmCFTOA Meeting
11:30 am - 12:30 pmCSFC Combination Section Meeting
1:00 pm - 1:15 pmCHIEFS II / COLS III Welcome
 
10/24/2018
6:00 pm - 7:00 pmCSFC Wildland Section Meeting
 
10/25/2018
11:30 am - 12:30 pmCSFC Volunteer Section Meeting
 
10/23/2018
3:15 pm - 4:45 pmICS for the Company Officer / COLS III
1:15 pm - 3:00 pmBehavioral Health / CHIEFS II / COLS III
3:30 pm - 5:00 pmCSFC Annual Membership Meeting (All / CHIEFS II)
5:00 pm - 6:30 pmFire Leadership Challenge Welcome Reception @ the Adventure Center
 
10/24/2018
7:00 am - 8:00 amColorado Firefighter Heart & Cancer Benefits Trust Membership Meeting
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30 am - 10:00 amWhat Makes Us Feel Good About Our Fire Service? Inspiring Cooperation, Trust, and Growth / CHIEFS II / COLS III
10:30 am - 11:30 am#01 - Is it Possible to Maintain a High-Performance Leadership Team? / COLS III
10:30 am - 11:30 am#02 - #METOO, What Do We Do Next?
10:30 am - 11:30 am#03 - Diversity in the Fire Service: Stop Talking and Start Doing / CHIEFS II
10:30 am - 11:30 am#04 - Five Easy-to-Implement & Maintain Steps for Healthier Firefighters: Career & Volunteer
11:30 am - 12:45 pmLunch in Exhibit Hall
1:00 pm - 2:00 pmWhy Things Go Right - Why Things Go Wrong / CHIEFS II / COLS III
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm#05 - Securing a Safe Scene for Emergency Highway Operations
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm#06 - Rehabing Your Fire Stations to Protect Firefighters / COLS III
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm#07 - What Me....Worry? Company Officer or Chief Fire Officers All Worry / CHIEFS II
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm#08 - Airplane Down - Firefighters Response to Air Disasters / COLS III
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm#09 - I Never Saw It Coming: Knowing When You Are on Thin Ice at Work?
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm#10 - Initial Attack GIS Supports Faster & Safer IC Decision Making for WUI Fires / CHIEFS II
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm#11 - Six Brilliant Ideas for Engine Company Operations / COLS III
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm#12 - Reports of Persons Trapped in a Single Family Structure: Company Officers Rule!
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmReception in Exhibit Hall
 
10/25/2018
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30 am - 9:30 amMayDay! MayDay! MayDay! Why Are 54% of Mayday Calls Missed?… CHIEFS II / COLS III
10:00 am - 10:45 am#13 - Fireground Accountability for Ninjas / COLS III 9:45am - 10:45am
10:00 am - 10:45 am#14 - I’m Worried About a Firefighter Who May Have a Mental Health Issue? They’re Just Not the Same Any More. What Should I Do? / CHIEFS II
10:00 am - 10:45 am#15 - A Change in Attitude Does Not Mean a Change FD Culture
10:00 am - 10:45 am#16 - Making Social Media Work for the Fire Service, Not Against Us
11:00 am - 11:45 am#17 - The Fire Department Response to “Shots Fired! Officer Down!” Calls
11:00 am - 11:45 am#18 - One-on-One with Dan Madrzykowski: Answering Your Questions Initial Attack in Structures
11:00 am - 11:45 am#19 - Aged to Perfection - Longevity in the Fire Service / COLS III
11:00 am - 11:45 am#20 -Low-Effort & Low-Cost Cybersecurity for Your Fire Department Can Save You from Hacking & Ransom Attacks / CHIEF II
11:45 am - 1:00 pmLunch in Exhibit Hall
1:00 pm - 2:30 pmBurden or Blessing? Maintaining a Customer First Attitude During the Delivery of Service / CHIEFS II / COLS III
1:00 pm - 2:30 pmMaking Better Firefighters / CHIEFS II / COLS III
1:00 pm - 2:30 pmIt Was Just a Book for a Kid / CHIEFS II / COLS III
1:00 pm - 2:30 pmA Second Chance Changed My Life / CHIEFS II / COLS III
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm#21 - Hard, Heavy & Fast? No! Colorado is Missing a Statewide Fire Service Mutual Aid System
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm#22 - Homelessness Has Become a Fire Service Responsibility / COLS III
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm#23 - The Company Officer Speaks to the Media: We Need to Trust Them to Say the Right Thing
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm#24 - Hiring a Problem Employee is Bad Enough. Keeping Them is Worse / CHIEFS II
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm#25 - Firefighting 2040: Technology, Leadership and Futures of Work / COLS III
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm#26 - Understanding and Preventing Sexual Harassment in the #MeToo era
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm#27 - Real Time Information for Data Driven Decisions presented by IAFC and ESRI
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm#28 - Knowing When to Leave / CHIEFS II
4:15 pm - 5:30 pmBeer and Blue Grass Reception
 
10/26/2018
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 am - 11:30 am
8:40 am - 9:40 amBeyond the Breaking Point: California WUI Fires Continue to Overwhelm the Fire Service / COLS III / CHIEFS II
9:40 am - 10:30 amFlow Paths & Fire Behavior: Mistakes Lead to LODDs / CHIEFS II / COLS III
10:30 am - 11:00 amSetting Small Goals Allows Faster Achievements: Silverthorne to PyeongChang / CHIEFS II / COLS III
11:00 am - 11:30 amPresentation of CHIEFS II & COLS III Certificates