SponSorSMaryland State Fire prevention CommissionMaryland State Fire Marshal’s OfficeMaryland Fire and Rescue InstituteMaryland State Firemen’s AssociationMaryland Fire Chiefs’ AssociationFire and Burn Safety Coalition of MarylandMaryland Emergency Management AgencyMaryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services SystemsMaryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

COMMIttEE MEMBERSBruce Bouch, Chair Office of the State Fire MarshalBecky Spicer-Himes, Vice-Chair Maryland Fire and Rescue InstituteBen Barksdale Prince George’s County Fire/EMS DepartmentShawn Belton Baltimore City Fire DepartmentJim Brown Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services SystemsBill Delaney Montgomery County Fire and Rescue ServiceMichael Donahue Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (retired)Luisa Ferreira University of Maryland, Fire Marshal’s OfficeDebbie Gartrell U.S. Fire AdministrationCharles “CJ” Giblin Office of the State Fire MarshalKaren Haje Maryland Fire and Rescue InstituteKaren Hardy Prince George’s County Fire /EMS DepartmentTom Hayden BWI Fire and Rescue DepartmentEd Hobbs Maryland Fire and Rescue InstituteDante Jacobelli Annapolis Fire DepartmentJames Jarboe Maryland State Firemen’s AssociationMarty LePore State Fire prevention CommissionJade Leung Maryland Department of Health and Mental HygieneEd McDonough Maryland Emergency Management AgencySharon New Anne Arundel County Fire DepartmentRay O’Brocki City of RockvilleHugh Owens Maryland Fire Chiefs’ AssociationBrian Proctor Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue ServicesBrian Quick Office of the State Fire MarshalBob Ryan City of College Park, MarylandBrad Tanner Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services

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7:30 a.m. REGIStRAtION Lobby

8:30 a.m. WELCOME, OPENING CEREMONIES Auditorium AND REMARKS

8:45 a.m. WORKSHOP SESSION #1 A Boston Marathon Bombing Melissa D. Kohn, MD, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

This type of disaster can happen at any time, but exercising pre-planning can optimize the response and patient outcome. This presentation will explore the Boston Marathon bombing from the street side. Dr. Kohn has traveled throughout the country to provide medical coverage to major marathon events and returns annually to Boston for their marathon.

B Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases for EMS Systems and Providers Alvina K. Chu, MHS, Chief Division of Outbreak Investigation, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD

Infectious disease incidences in humans have increased or threaten to increase in the near future and have been defined as “emerging.” These diseases, which respect no national boundaries, include: new infections resulting from changes or evolution of existing organisms; known infections spreading to new geographic areas or populations; previously unrecognizable infections appearing in areas undergoing ecologic transformation; old infections reemerging as a result of antimicrobial resistance in known agents; or breakdowns in public health measures. We review current emerging infectious diseases of public health importance and existing, updated guidance for EMS systems and providers.

C Community Risk Reduction as a Service Priority Mary Marchone, training Specialist, US Fire Administration, Emmitsburg, MD

Want to learn more about how to make community risk reduction (CRR) a core value in your fire department? Want to learn about elements that contribute to best and future practices for integrating CRR as a service priority? Want to learn about how your department is missing out by not being involved in CRR? If so, come to this workshop and learn how you can influence and build organizational support so CRR becomes a priority in your department where every member plays a key role in its success. Learn how you can build not only organizational equity for CRR but to gain support from elected officials and key senior members in your community.

D toward Zero Deaths – Blending All 4-E’s of Highway Safety thomas J. Gianni, Chief, Maryland Highway Safety Office, Motor Vehicle Administration, Glen Burnie, MD

Maryland’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan is the state’s vision to drive highway fatalities toward zero deaths. The underlying concepts of this plan, its development, and its implementation through all 4-E’s of Highway Safety: Engineering, Enforcement, Education, and Emergency Medical Services will be identified. Upon completion, the audience will better understand Maryland’s successful journey toward reaching its goals for making highways safer for all of us.

E Partnering to Understand the Legislative Process the Honorable James E. Malone, Jr., Director, Parks and Recreation for Harford County, MD and William E. Barnard, CFPS, Maryland State Fire Marshal (retired)

This presentation provides a look inside the legislative process from the perspective of two individuals who were very successful in bringing together coalitions for the passage of several pieces of significant fire and life safety legislation. Learn how proposals are generated, introduced as legislation, and how to effectively work within the legislative process.

10:15 a.m. BREAK AND OPEN EXHIBItS

10:30 a.m. WORKSHOP SESSION #2A Ebola: Dulles Airport’s Experience and Lessons Learned Scott Legore, Deputy Chief, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire and Rescue Department

Washington Dulles International Airport is one of the five U.S. airports where enhanced screening for Ebola is taking place. Airport EMS has transported several potential Ebola patients and continues to modify their response procedures to adapt to this ever-changing threat. Deputy Chief Legore will provide an overview of the events related to Ebola response at Dulles Airport and provide lessons learned that can assist your department in preparing for and responding to Ebola and the next communicable disease threat.

B Understanding the U.S. Fire Problem: A 360 Degree View Mike Love, President, Fire and Burn Safety Coalition of Maryland

To solve a problem you first need to gain a thorough understanding of it. This is especially true with the U.S. fire problem where several thousand people are killed and tens of thousands are injured by fire each year. This presentation

introduces the concept of a more thorough investigation and analysis of serious fires and the reasons why they start and people die. The more intense evaluation is intended to help better understand more of why fires happen. Our fire investigations have done a very good job of determining where and how fires start but this does not alway get to the root cause, the why. Understanding these root causes may lead to more effective root cause intervention. Attendees will receive a brief review of the U.S. fire problem then be introduced to a more intensive process for evaluating serious fires. Attendees will also see how root causes and critical fire factors lead to serious fires and briefly consider why some fires reach the more serious deadly thresholds then others.

C When Stuff Mounts: Hoarding and Clutter in the Context of Emergency Response Gregory S. Chasson, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, towson University, towson, MD

An estimated 200,000 citizens of Maryland exhibit hoarding and clutter difficulties, and these saving tendencies create substantial safety hazards for sufferers, family members, neighbors, and emergency personnel. This presentation describes the nature of hoarding and clutter, outlines the state of current treatment approaches, and offers tips for first responders who encounter a hoarding situation.

D Anne Arundel County Mass Fatality and Family Assistance Center Plans teresa Chapman, Emergency Management Planner, Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management, Glen Burnie, MD

This presentation will focus on the development of the Anne Arundel Mass Fatality Plan, its planning process, and lessons learned. The presentation will also introduce the concept and development of the companion Family Assistance Center Plan, and the steps being taken to ensure Anne Arundel County is prepared for a Mass Fatality event.

E Partnering to Understand the Legislative Process the Honorable James E. Malone, Jr., Director, Parks and Recreation for Harford County, MD and William E. Barnard, CFPS, Maryland State Fire Marshal (retired)

This presentation provides a look inside the legislative process from the perspective of two individuals who were very successful in bringing together coalitions for the passage of several pieces of significant fire and life safety legislation. Learn how proposals are generated, introduced as legislation, and how to effectively work within the legislative process.

12:00 noon LUNCH Introductions and Remarks by Sponsoring Agencies Excellence in Life Safety Educator of the Year Award Presentation

1:30 p.m. WORKSHOP SESSION #3A Evaluation and Management of Concussion in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Can Do Dr. Gerard A. Gioia, Division Chief and Professor, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children’s National Health System, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC Concussion in youth sports will be discussed, including the causes, signs and symptoms, treatment and prevention of head injuries in young athletes. Practical tools for early recognition and diagnosis of the injury will be presented as well as key factors in the management of the child and adolescent to promote optimal recovery.

B transforming Your Department into a Digital Public Bill Delaney, Program Manager, Social Media and Community Safety Education, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, Rockville, MD

As more and more news organizations across the country cut staff and streamline, they will seek cost effective and simple ways to collate and distribute newsworthy items. The reality is entities that can produce, promote and distribute their own video, photo, and written content can communicate directly with residents as well as get priority on news platforms who are seeking original content whether it be before, during or after an emergent event. Learn how Montgomery County (MD) Fire and Rescue is taking their social media and third party platforms to a whole new level in an effort to fill the information gap for local news entities, and residents, to disseminate fire/injury prevention and emergency preparedness messages as well as stories and emergent information.

C Capabilities of the Maryland Shock trauma Center, Hyperbaric Department Bill Gearhart, Respiratory therapist, University of Maryland, R Adams Cowley Shock trauma Center, Baltimore, MD

This workshop will provide a basic knowledge of the mission of the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, Department of Hyperbaric Medicine; and how it serves both the public community as well as the EMS and fire service components, a basic introduction to Hyperbaric Physics, and a basic knowledge for the application of the Regulatory Codes and Standards, NFPA 99, as it relates to Occupancy Permitting, AHJ Codes and Standard Process for Inspection and Code Review.

D What does the Fire Service Really Know about Fire Protection Systems? A. Maurice Jones, Jr., SFO, Fire Protection Systems Unit Supervisor, Alexandria Fire and EMS Department, Alexandria, VA

This session will explore the relationship between the model code requirements for fire protection systems, the faith we put in these systems, the lack of familiarity, the limitations of these systems, and how the lack of proper inspection, testing, and maintenance that is so important to ensure these systems work when called upon, contributes to the problem.

3:00 p.m. Adjournment and Presentation of Conference Certificates

the registration fee for the conference is $60. For registration forms with payment or purchase order postmarked on or before September 5, 2015, the registration fee for the conference is $50. Jurisdictions sending five or more persons will be able to send the sixth for free. Make checks payable to FABSCOM. Payment must accompany registration. to pay online by credit card or PayPal please visit www.fabscom.org. A completed registration form must be submitted. Fax or mail your registration to the address below OR fill out the fillable form available at www.fabscom,org and submit by email, mail or fax. Paying on line will not guarantee your

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For workshop sessions, please indicate your first and second choices for programs in each of the workshops throughout the day. We will make every effort to honor first choices for workshop sessions; however, this may not be possible due to occupant capacity of some rooms. Registration is on a first-come, first-choice basis. A written confirmation of your registration will be sent to you via email, so please provide an email address.

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CONtINUING EDUCAtION CREDItS: MIEMSS will award eight Continuing Education Units for Local Option B (ALS providers - CRt and EMt/P) and M (BLS providers - First Responders and EMt/B) categories for persons in attendance for the full day.

Nominations for Excellence in Life Safety Educator of the Year Award: Nominations should be submitted to Karen Hardy, Prince George’s County Fire /EMS Department by September 1, 2015.

For further information or to submit the registration form contact:Karen Haje c/o MARYLAND FIRE and RESCUE INStItUtEUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742tel: 301-226-9962 fax: 301-314-1497 e: fabscommd@gmail.com

Map and directions to the class site are available upon request. Registration is limited to 330 persons.