NFFF Events
Leadership Lessons from LODD Experience
Event Details
This free, one-day seminar is being brought to you by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, and a grant from BGE/Exelon. The seminar will consist of two line of duty death case studies delivered by chief officers who functioned as the senior officer on scene or incident commander. The presentations will:
- Recount the events,
- Remember the sacrifice of the firefighters who died,
- Discuss the impact of the deaths had on the department members (including the speakers), and
- Provide a strategy aimed at setting a stage to prevent a similar occurrence in your department.
There is no cost to attend.
Please Register by February 28, 2024 so sufficient food and refreshments can be ordered.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided by a grant from BGE/Exelon and the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department.
Presentations
The Life, Death, and Aftermath of Captain Jeff Bowen's Loss on the Asheville Fire Department (NC)
By Chief Scott Burnette (Retired), Asheville Fire Department
The Beacon Street Fire and the Impact of Lieutenant Edward Walsh's and Firefighter Michael Kennedy's deaths on the Boston Fire Department
By Deputy Chief Steve Shaffer, Boston Fire Department
Orienting & Risk Dominance: Retooling the Front Seat Rider's Brain to Act with Intent, Not Impulse
By National Fallen Firefighters Foundation's Director of Fire Service Programs and North Beach Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Chief John Tippett
