Session Details & Descriptions

Conference Day 2 – Thursday, March 16, 2023

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM FDAC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND ELECTIONS

This session will also include program updates from FAIRA, FASIS, FDAC EBA, and FireRescue GPO.

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE,

Care Court And The Homelessness Crisis

This session will address the potential impact of Care Court, but it will also focus on the existing role of community paramedicine in the fire service and the broader challenges first responders face with the homelessness crisis across the state.

Speaker

Brian Rice, President

Moderator

Chief Jeff Willis

California Professional Fire Fighters Big Bear Fire Protection District

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM FIRE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRENDS & BEST PRACTICES

This session will discuss a nationwide 3-year behavioral health study regarding the challenges facing today’s firefighter/EMS professionals and the best practices to meet our first responder community’s growing needs.

Speaker

James Hyde

Author & Executive Coach

Susan Feenstra

Teacher, First Responder Peer Support

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM AN EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

Moderator

Chief Walter White

Amador Fire Protection District

TEAM: THE CHIEF AND BOARD WORKING TOGETHER

During this presentation, participants will have an opportunity to hear about chief officers and the organization's governing board working together to ensure an effective leadership team that serves the organization's patrons despite the unique perspectives and responsibilities of the two components. Participants will hear symptoms that ultimately can sometimes be attributed to an ineffective leadership team. Participants will review the leadership team expectations and responsibilities of individual board members since sometimes an ineffective leadership team can be traced back to an individual or a small group of board members. Participants will also review the leadership team expectations and responsibilities of a chief officer or small group of chief officers. And finally, participants will learn techniques to prevent and unfortunately deal with rogue board members and chief officers.

Speaker

Monte Olsen, Executive Director Locum

NAEFO

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Concurrent Sessions

Long Term Fire District Funding

Moderator

Chief Steve Hall, ret.

Central Fire Protection District

This session will be a panel discussion regarding “filling of the funding hole” left in local government fire since the forming of ERAF. The focus will be on how districts can be made whole again through a steady stream of funding from the State. There will be time for Q & A with the panelists.

Panelists hief Rich Pearce, Tiburon Fire Protection District

Chief Chris Tubbs, Southern Marin/Mill Valley Fire Protection District

Chief Jim Comisky, ret., South Lake County Fire Protection District

Chief Eric Walder, Waterloo Morada Fire Protection District

Chief Jeff Meston, ret., Executive Director, California Fire Chiefs Association

Moderator

Chief Tim Henry, North Central Fire Protection District

Session Details & Descriptions

Financial Planning For Fire Districts

This session will describe how to evaluate operating/capital needs, service delivery options, creating a vision for the future, and how to incorporate these concepts into a financial plan to assure long-term financial viability. The plan sets the stage for board policy, budgeting, pursuing revenue generating options, and community outreach.

Speaker

Cathy Dominico, Managing Partner, Capitol PFG

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

California Fire Districts Legal And Legislative Changes

Moderator

Chief Kyle Heggstrom, Linda Fire Protection District

This session will discuss the most critical court decisions and laws impacting fire agencies in the past year, including an analysis of the newest statutes and court opinions and how these new developments impact your agency. We will also provide practical tips for your agency to ensure compliance.

Speaker

Nathan Jackson, Associate

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

Moderator

Deputy Chief Brian Helmick

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District

Achieving Community Level Wildfire Risk Reduction Through Alignment

This 90-minute session will provide attendees with a detailed panel presentation and discussion addressing current efforts to align science based WUI loss reduction efforts at both the parcel and landscape level across key stakeholders to include communities, the insurance industry, and government.

Panelists Moderator

Chief Frank Frievalt, Western Fire Chiefs Association

Chief David Winnacker, Moraga-Orinda Fire District

Nancy Watkins, Principal & Consulting Actuary, Milliman

Chief Daniel Berlant, CalFire Acting State Fire Marshal

Mike Peterson, California Department of Insurance

Conference Day 3 Friday, March 17, 2023

Chief Eric Walder, Waterloo Moraga Fire Protection District

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM FDAC LEGISLATIVE & PP-GEMT UPDATE

This session will touch on early trends being seen and tracked by the Cal Chiefs and FDAC Joint Legislative Task Force for the 2023 – 2024 California legislative term as well as provide an update regarding the PP- GEMT program.

Speaker Moderator

Russ Noack, Public Policy Advocates

Julee Malinowski-Ball, Public Policy Advocates

Chief Richard Pearce, Tiburon Fire Protection District

Deputy Chief Ted Peterson, Southern Marin Fire Protection District, Mill Valley Fire Department

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM GENERATIONAL WORKFORCE

In The Fire Service

Today, there are at least four distinct generations in the workforce. These generations range from the Baby Boomers to the Gen Z or Zeds. Each generation brings special attributes to the job, but they also bring challenges when there are intrinsic clashes in values and beliefs of what is important and what is not. Fire service leaders must recognize and navigate distinct differences in core values, methods of communication, and work ethic. This session will address these differences and suggest a path forward where leaders seek to identify the best qualities in each individual and how each generation can learn from the next.

Speaker Moderator

Chief Tonya Hoover, Deputy Fire Administrator

United States Fire Administration

Chief Eric Walder

Waterloo Moraga Fire Protection District

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Your continued support of FDAC does not go unnoticed and is appreciated.

Lcw Platinum Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

BAER, CSFA, Fire & Flood Emergency Services, Holman Capital, ITURRI, Keenan, PARS

Exhibitors

David Clark, BK Technologies, CalPERS, CSDA, Columbia State University, Life Assist, Fire Facilities, Global Traffic Technologies, Lexipol, Republic EVS, SDLF, Wattco Equipment, 1582