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  • Wednesday, Aug 16th
    10:10 AM – 11:15 AM  
    CE-101: The Critical Role Families Play in Your Fire Department Wellness Program
    Location: 3501EF
    Speaker: Rachelle Zemlok, PsyD – Cordico/ Lexipol
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Wednesday, Aug 16th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM  
    ELEC-102: Wake Up Already! Your BAD sleep is KILLING You!
    Location: 2505A
    Speaker: Kevin Joles, NREMT-P – Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical
    Speaker: Nancy A. Hamilton, Ph. D. – University of Kansas
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Wednesday, Aug 16th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM  
    ELEC-103: A Leadership Guide to Cancer
    Location: 2505B
    Speaker: Steve Weissman – Firefighter Cancer Support Network
    Speaker: Joe Schumacher – Firefighter Cancer Support Network
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Wednesday, Aug 16th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM  
    ELEC-104: Keep Your Cheese on the Cracker, Self-Care for Chiefs
    Location: 3501AB
    Speaker: Diane Schroeder – The Fire Inside Her, LLC
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Wednesday, Aug 16th
    2:15 PM – 3:30 PM  
    ELEC-108: Incorporating Behavioral Health Screenings into Annual Medical Evaluations: Guidance to Fire Chiefs from the First Responder Center for Excellence (FRCE) Task Force
    Location: 3501EF
    Speaker: Marc I. Kruse, PhD – First Responder Behavioral Health
    Speaker: Richard Gist, Ph.D. – Fire Department, City of Kansas City, MO
    Speaker: Sara Jahnke, Ph.D. – Director & Senior Scientist at NDRI-USA
    Speaker: Patricia Watson, Ph.D. – National Center for PTSD
    Speaker: Gary L. Krichbaum, MA, CFO, NRP – First Responder Center for Excellence for Reducing Occupational Illness, Injuries and Deaths
    Speaker: Lauren E. Kosc, LCPC – International Association of Firefighters
    Speaker: Todd J. LeDuc, CSO – International Association of Fire Chief's Safety, Health & Survival Section
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Thursday, Aug 17th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    CE-202: Sizing Up Firefighter Behavioral Health: When Their Marriage Problems Become Your Problems
    Location: 2502B
    Speaker: Rachelle Zemlok, PsyD – Cordico/ Lexipol
    Speaker: Billy Goldfeder, EFO – Loveland-Symmes Fire Department
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Thursday, Aug 17th
    3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    CE-203: A Safe Place to Remove Your Cape: Commander Level Peer Support Team
    Location: 2502B
    Speaker: Gordon Fowlston – Riverside Fire Department
    Speaker: Jennifer Prohaska, Ph.D. – Insight Public Safety Consultant
    Speaker: Arby Todd – Lee's Summit Fire Department
    Speaker: Donna Lake, EFO, MPA – City of Lee's Summit
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Friday, Aug 18th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    ELEC-301: Food Police to the Rescue: Utilizing Nutrition to Optimize Firefighter Performance and Resilience
    Location: 2504A
    Speaker: Jill Joyce, PhD, RD – Oklahoma State University, Tactical Fitness and Nutrition Lab
    Speaker: Rhonda Cohen, RD, LDN, CSN – First Responder Center for Excellence
    Speaker: Kristen McClanahan – Oklahoma State University, Tactical Fitness and Nutrition Lab
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Friday, Aug 18th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    ELEC-307: Program-Based Strategies for Opioid Diversion in Fire and Emergency Services
    Location: 2502A
    Speaker: Jan Rader – Huntington Fire Department
    Speaker: Russell E. Davies, Jr. – Anne Arundel County Fire Department
    Speaker: Jason R. Patrick – Tucson Fire Department
    Safety Health & Wellness
  • Friday, Aug 18th
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    ELEC-404: Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP): Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! Does Anyone Hear Me? The Importance of the Emergency Activation Button
    Location: 3501AB
    Speaker: Jeff R. Funke, CSP – NIOSH DSR SFIB FFFIPP
    Speaker: Michael Richardson – NIOSH DSR SFIB FFFIPP
    Safety Health & Wellness