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Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute
Annual Fire School Seminar Series

2011 Kansas Technical Rescue Conference

Thursday–Saturday • September 29–October 1, 2011

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Kansas Training Center, Building #365, 2930 Scanlan Avenue, Salina, Kansas


Day 1— Thursday, September 29


Presentations and Classes

7–9 a.m.Registration for Main Conference
Kansas Training Center, Building #365, 2930 Scanlan Avenue

9:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies— Color Guard
Welcome
  • Glenn Pribbenow, Director, KF&RTI, Lawrence
  • Fred Pawlicki, Executive Director, KU Continuing Education, Lawrence
  • Larry Mullikin, Fire Chief, Salina Fire Department
  • Randy Hill, Leawood Fire Department, Emcee for Conference
9:30 a.m. United We Stand: Is This America’s Golden Hour?
Ari Vidali, CEO, Envisage Technologies & Founder, The Readiness Network USA
Over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in catastrophic events worldwide. Since 2001, our nation has responded to a wide spectrum of critical incidents that are both natural and manmade. The combined impact of these events has contributed to a growing sense of urgency, and with it a renewed call for our nation to increase the resilience of our states, communities, families and citizens. We live in a world that relies on technology, and our ability to adapt to changing conditions, withstand and rapidly recover from disruption due to emergencies has seemingly been eroded over the years. What would become of us, if the technology we rely upon daily were not available during a prolonged crisis?
This keynote presentation takes the audience on a fascinating journey that spans American history from the 19th Century to present day. The audience will relive some of the great feats of resilience from our early pioneering days to some of the major crises our nation endured during the last 200 years. Can we reclaim some of that resilient spirit of the pioneers and Native Americans who came before us? Is this America’s Golden Hour?—or will technology come to our rescue?
10:45 a.m.Break (refreshments provided by KDEM)
11:00 a.m.Alabama Tornado Outbreak

In April of 2011 a severe weather outbreak spawned more than 170 tornadoes across the South and resulted in almost 300 fatalities. Listen to responders as they describe their response and share lessons they learned.
NoonLunch provided by KDEM
All activities will resume at Crisis City.
 
1–3 p.m.

Key Leaders Discussion/ Workshop
Pervasive Readiness: Pipedream or Possible?

See workshop description here

 


1–5 p.m.

Participant Training Tracks


Every track will be taught in 4-hour blocks at Crisis City.
Click the links to view track descriptions

Track One
6:30 p.m.

Vendor Appreciation Night

Building #365