Thank you to our conference Sponsors:

Tuesday, February 2nd_{, 2016:}

1-5pm Conference Registration: Hotel Capstone Lobby

2-4pm AAFC Executive Board Meeting: Hotel Capstone, President’s Room 4-5pm Pre-Conference Business Meeting: Hotel Capstone, President’s Room

Wednesday, February 3rd_{, 2016:}

7:30-8:30am Continental breakfast: Bryant Conference Center, Sellers Lobby 8-8:30am Late Registration: Bryant Conference Center, Rast Room AFC Booth 8-9:30am Regional Coordinators Meeting: Bryant Conference Center, Nichols Room 8-8:30am Opening Ceremonies:

Honor Guard - Tuscaloosa Fire & Rescue Service Honor Guard Opening Prayer - Chaplain Chris Collins, Anniston Fire Department National Anthem - Monica Sparks

Pledge of Allegiance - Chief Kristin Kennedy, Phenix City Fire Rescue Mayor Walt Maddox, City of Tuscaloosa

8:30-9:30am Break and Vendor Time: Door prizes will be announced at 9:20am Coffee break Sponsor: W. W. Williams

9:30-11:30am Keynote address: Deputy Chief Frank Viscuso, Part 1: Step Up and Lead

Coffee break Sponsor: Southeastern Emergency Equipment/Southeastern Specialty Vehicles 11:30am-1pm Lunch: Hamburger Buffet, Hotel Capstone

Luncheon Sponsor: Harris Corporation

1-3pm Deputy Chief Frank Viscuso, Part 2: Step Up and Lead

3-3:30pm Break and Vendor Time (Door prizes announced at 3:20pm) Coffee Break Sponsor: EMS Management & Consultants

3-5pm Regional Coordinators Meeting, Bryant Conference Center, Central Room 3:30-5pm Speaker: Chief Randy Crider, Chief Donnell Campbell, & Chief William Tanks,

Courageous Conversation

5-6:30pm Vendors’ Reception: Bryant Conference Center, Sellers Lobby

Thursday, February 4th_{, 2016:}

7-8am Continental breakfast: Bryant Conference Center, Sellers Lobby

8-8:15am Announcements & MDA presentation: Bryant Conference Center, Sellers Auditorium 8:15-8:30am Alabama Fire College - Allan Rice, Rollout of AFC Leadership Curriculum

8:30-9:30am Break and Vendor Time (Vendors can break down starting at noon)

9:30-11:30am Speaker: Deputy Chief Cecil Clay, Coordinated Fire Attack

11:30am-1:30pm Luncheon: Hotel Capstone

Speaker: Mike Lutzenkirchen,Philip’s Legacy… What Legacy Are You Leaving?

Luncheon Sponsor: Simplex Grinnell

1:30-3pm Speaker: Battalion Chief Val Gale, Community Paramedicine

3-3:15pm Break

3:15-4:45pm Speaker Bryan Frieders, Taking Action Against Firefighter Cancer 4:45pm Critiques, Certificates, and Challenge Coins: AFC Table in Sellers Lobby

Friday, February 5th_{, 2016:}

8-8:30am Coffee: Hotel Capstone, Governor’s Room

8:30-10:30am Fire Chiefs’ Business Meeting: Hotel Capstone, Governor’s Room

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frank

Viscuso

Chief Viscuso is a career firefighter from Kearny, New Jersey and co-creator of FireOpsOnline.com. He is a nationally recognized instructor and speaker, and the author of six books, including industry bestsellers Firegound Operational Guides, Step Up and Lead, and Step Up Your Teamwork.

Over the past decade Chief Viscuso has spoken to audiences (in and out of

the fire service) on many topics, including: officer development, leadership,

team building, and customer service. Frank has the ability to move people to action. It has become his trademark as a speaker and motivator. His seminars are designed to equip students with the

necessary skills they will need to excel in their chosen field.

Every organization’s culture is either created by design or default. Creating a culture of exceptional service does not happen by accident. This seminar begins with a discussion on the highest rated emergency service leadership traits. Chief Viscuso will also cover the necessary leadership skills that are needed in order to motivate teams and maintain discipline within your organization. Topics will include: mentoring and succession planning, critiquing others, delegating, preventing freelancing, technical report writing, taking on administrative tasks, dealing with insubordination, conducting a post incident analysis, building morale, and leading an organization through change. Chief Viscuso will also introduce proven theories, methods and techniques that can help you and your organization provide exceptional customer service and make a great impression on the people you come in contact with on a daily basis.

Chief Viscuso will be available during the breaks to autograph his books. Books will be available for purchase at the AFC Bookstore

randy

crider

Randy Crider is currently the Fire Chief at Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services. Chief Crider has

been with the department for 25 years. Prior to joining Cobb County, Chief Crider worked as a firefighter

in the City of Douglasville, Georgia for 9 years. Since joining CCFES in October 1990, Chief Crider has

worked his way through the ranks of Firefighter, Engineer, Lieutenant, Captain, and Deputy Chief to his current position as Fire Chief. He is a Georgia State Certified Firefighter, National Registry Emergency

Medical Technician Intermediate, and Hazardous Material Technician. He has completed National Incident Management

System 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 800, Incident Management/Unified Command for Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism Incidents, Incident Management for Hazardous Materials, and is certified as a NIMS Train-the-Trainer. Chief Crider is the

former Vice President of District 7 in the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs, past President of the Metro Atlanta Fire Chief’s Association and is a trained mediator. Chief Crider is a 2014 graduate of Leadership Cobb. In addition to 34+ years in the

fire service, Chief Crider has an Associate’s Degree in Fire Science, a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Management and

Leadership with a focus on Public Safety, and a MBA from Reinhardt University. Chief Crider lives with his wife, children, and step-children in Powder Springs, Georgia and is a member of Mount Harmony Baptist Church in Mableton.

donnell

campbell

Division Chief Campbell currently serves as the Training Chief for Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services, Cobb County, Georgia. The department employs 684 paid personnel serving over 700,000

citizens in an area covering 306 square miles. Cobb Fire operates out of 29 fire stations. Chief Campbell

holds a Bachelor’s degree in management and an Associate’s degree in Fire Science Management. Chief Campbell is a candidate for Master’s in Industrial Psychology in the spring of 2015. He serves as chair of the Metro Training Chiefs Council, Metro Atlanta.

WILLIAM

TANKS

Chief Tanks currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Preparedness for Cobb County Fire and Emergency

Services, Cobb County Georgia. Deputy Chief Tanks began his career with CCFES in July 1991. He has worked his way through the ranks of Firefighter, Engineer, Lieutenant, Captain, Division Chief, and was appointed to Deputy Chief of Preparedness in June 2013. Chief Tanks holds an Associate’s Degree in

Fire Science from Chattahoochee Technical College, a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Morris

Brown College and a graduate certificate of local government from UGA. He is a candidate for an MBA at KSU in May

of 2016. Chief Tanks served four years of active duty in the United States Navy and 16 years in the United States Navy

Reserves. He retired as a Logistics Chief Petty Officer in 2006. During his military career he was deployed twice in support

of Operations Desert Shield, Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. He has served in multiple capacities throughout his career on both the operational and support sides of the department. He has served on many committees

and was a founding member of the Cobb Fire Officers Forum (COF) and served as COF’s first facilitator. He was chair of Metro Atlanta Firefighters Conference in 2010, a founding member of the Metro Atlanta Fire Officers Association, and

a founding member of the Cobb Fire Explorer Post #33. He is the current District Seven Vice President of the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs, Co-Vice President of the EXCEL Alumni Association, and currently serves on the Georgia Burn Foundation and the Wellstar Cobb Hospital Boards. He has received many awards. He credits his success to his faith and the wonderful men and women of Cobb Fire and Emergency Services. 5

Cecil

clay

Chief Cecil Clay served for 28 years at the Oklahoma City Fire Department, and retired in May of 2015 as the Deputy Fire Chief of Operation. As the Deputy Chief of Operations, Chief Clay was responsible for four work sections of the Oklahoma City Fire Department: Suppression, Fire Training, EMS Training, and Special

Operations. He was responsible for fire ground operations and

emergency incidents.

Chief Clay holds a B.S. in Fire Science and an A.A.S. in Municipal Fire Protection. He worked his way through the ranks in the Operational Services Division, Suppression,

until he was promoted to District Chief in March 2004 and in January of 2008 was

promoted to Deputy Chief.

Chief Clay serves as a Commissioner on the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal Commission

and also works with the IAFC’s FSTAR project (Firefighter Safety Through Advanced Research) as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the area of fire tactics.

Chief Clay has been married to Laura since 1988. He enjoys running, saltwater fishing,

Mike

Lutzenkirchen

Mike Lutzenkirchen, father of Philip Lutzenkirchen, former Auburn student athlete, speaks on behalf of the Lutzie 43 Foundation to carry forward Philip’s Legacy. Philip lost his life in a single vehicle

accident on June 29, 2014.

Mike, a native of Wheaton, Illinois, has been married for 29 years to Mary and is father to Amy (27), Ann (25) and Abby (21). Mike

is a former two-sport athlete at Coe College (NCAA Division III) playing basketball and baseball. Mike’s career in sales, sales management and marketing included positions with Macmillan Publishing, Catapult Training, IBM, SpeedTracs and currently Vice President of Sales for Fuel My Club, a mobile app fundraising company.

Mike is currently Executive Director of the Lutzie 43 Foundation which carries forward Philip’s legacy through the education of students, student athletes and coaches. The Foundation focuses on leadership, charity, compassion, mentorship, hard work, honesty and faith.

val

gale

Val Gale is the current Health & Medical Services Battalion Chief for the City of Chandler Fire, Health & Medical Department in Arizona. In this position, he has responsibility over the EMS responses of 121 paramedics and 70 EMTs. Additionally, he oversees the department’s Community Paramedic program.

Val began his career with the department in 1997 and has served

as a Fire Fighter, Engineer, Captain, and now Battalion Chief. As a Captain, he spent two years in EMS Operations where he coordinated two paramedic programs and managed the Crisis Response team. He was named Fire Fighter of the Year in 2008, Paramedic of the Year in 2002, and Medal of Valor awardee in 1999. Val holds a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University, is currently working on a master’s degree through Northern Arizona University and was recently appointed to the National EMS Advisory Council.

bryan

frieders

Bryan Frieders, a division chief for the Verdugo Cities (CA)

Fire Department, and is president of the nonprofit Firefighter

Cancer Support Network. He was elected in October 2014. Frieders previously served on the FCSN board as director of communications; he remains FCSN’s liaison to the IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section.

Frieders has more than 24 years of fire/EMS experience, including training and emergency management assignments. He is an instructor for the Virginia Fire Officer

Academy, conducted annually by the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association on the University of Richmond campus. He also is an instructor for the Northern Virginia Fire & Rescue Leadership Development Institute, held each year on the George Mason University

campus. Frieders delivers training related to fire-service wellness, leadership, and

cultural paradigm shifts.

He earned a master’s degree in public administration, a bachelor’s degree in vocational

education, and an associate’s degree in fire science. Frieders also is an accomplished

commercial instrument-rated pilot with 1,150 hours of flight time.