Pre-Conferences

This session expands on the "Building Your Peer Support Program" workshop, offering a comprehensive guide for creating sustainable support teams, covering policies, recruitment, training, and cultural change in behavioral health.

This one-day intensive course provides hands-on training in essential fire ground survival skills and effective fire fighter rescue operations. NOTE: SCBA will be provided (there is no IDLH). FGS skills are strenuous and difficult to perform. Attendees should notify instructors if they have any injuries or conditions that would prevent them from performing some or all of the skills demonstrated. Lunch will be provided. Registrants should meet in the hotel lobby at 7 a.m. to board transportation.

This 8-hour class covers UL Fire Safety Research Institute's large-scale testing of lithium-ion battery hazards, reviewing a 2019 energy storage system incident and discussing tactical considerations from the IAFF DOE Research Project on residential energy systems.

This workshop offers an overview of the Responding to the Interface (RTI) program through practical activities, teaching strategies and tactics alongside hands-on demonstrations of hose loads and deployment techniques. Registrants should meet in the hotel lobby on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 7 a.m. to board transportation.

This pre-conference track helps IAFF affiliate leaders identify their leadership styles and provides tools to enhance their effectiveness in leading their members.

This pre-conference track equips new union leaders with essential skills and resources for effective organization and daily operations, covering ethics and running successful union meetings.

This workshop provides a practical, step-by-step approach to developing a wellness-fitness initiative implementation plan, emphasizing tailored strategies and critical steps for attendees to apply in their departments.