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Training Facilities Pre-Conference Program
Sunday, Oct. 31st

8:00 am: Registration (Hotel Lobby)
8:30 am: Depart from lobby of Omni Hotel
9:00 am: Continental Breakfast
9:15 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:25 am: Site Selection, Evaluation and Programming by Paul Edmeades, Edmeades and Stromdahl, Ltd.
10:10 am: Planning & Designing Training Facilities by Roger LeBoeuf, Elliott, LeBoeuf & McElwain

10:55 am: BREAK

11:10 am: Props to Props for the Training Grounds by Tim Sendelbach, Editor-in-Chief, FireRescue Magazine

11:55 am: LUNCH

12:40 pm: Joint-Use Training Facilities by Larry Enyart, LEA Architects
1:25 pm: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly by Capt. Brad Kobielusz, Poudre Fire Authority

2:10 pm: BREAK

2:25 pm: Built to Last by Jim Stumbo, Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects
3:10 pm: Tour of the Gaston College Regional Fire and Emergency Services Training Center with live fire demonstrations
4:10 pm: Depart Training Center
4:45 pm: Arrive back at Omni Hotel

Fire Station Symposium Program
Monday - Wednesday, Nov. 1-3

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31:
4:00-6:00 pm: Registration (hotel lobby)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1:
7:00-8:00 am: Registration
8:00 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15 am: "Orchids or Onions?" by Capt. Don Collins, Clemson University Fire Department
9:30 am: "Getting the Right Start—Avoiding Costly Change Orders” by Ken Newell, Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects

10:20 am: BREAK

10:40 am: "Buff, Scrub, and Greening of Existing Stations” by District of Columbia Fire Chief Dennis Rubin, Battalion Chief Dave Foust, and Capt. Chris Jordan

11:45 pm: LUNCH

12:45 pm: "Site Selection” by Kevin Roche, Phoenix Fire Department and Sally Young, Charlotte Fire Department (retired)
1:35 pm: "This Old Firehouse: Renovate or Start Anew?” by Bob Mitchell, Mitchell Associates Architects
2:20 pm: "Props to Props for Station Training” by Tim Sendelbach, Editor-in-Chief of FireRescue Magazine and Mark Shoemaker, CR architects + design

3:15 pm: BREAK

3:30 pm: Reducing Maintenance Costs” by Jim Zwerg, Phoenix Fire Department
4:15 pm: ADA by David Johnson, CR Architecture
4:35 pm: Remembering Our Own--The Charleston Nine and Worcester Memorials” by Beth Brownlee, City of Charleston and Steve Mita, Worcestor Fire Department
5:05 pm: ADJOURN

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2:
7:30-8:30 am: EXHIBITS & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 am: Extending the Life of PPE by Proper Storage and Care” by Kirk Owen, Tencate (formerly Southern Mills)
9:10 am: Going Green and LEED: What’s it all About?” by Lynn Reda, LeMay Erickson Willcox Architects
9:40 am: Successful Examples of Going Green and LEED with Fire Stations” by Kim and Doug Johnston of Johnston Davidson Architects

10:10 am: BREAK & EXHIBITS

11:10 am: Green v. Non-Green” by Assistant Chief Kyle Hendrix, Athens-Clarke County Fire Department and Keith Sanders, Office of the Manager, Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County
11:30 am: Awards Program” by Firefighter Blake Redden, Charlotte Fire Department

NOON: LUNCH & EXHIBITS

2:00 pm: Reducing the Operating Costs of HVAC” by Chuck Weaver, Acutherm
2:30 pm: Controlling Lighting” by Vic Malanga, Lutron Electronics, Inc.
3:00 pm: Infection Control in Fire Facilities” by Capt. Brad Kobielusz, Poudre Fire Authority

3:30 pm: BREAK & EXHIBITS

4:30 pm: Safety in the Fire Station by Kevin Roche, Phoenix Fire Department
5:00 pm: ADJOURN

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3:
9:00 am: Ugly Retention Ponds?—An Attractive Alternative by Chuck Taylor, Advanced Pavement Technology
9:30 am: Building a 75 Year Station by Ken Newell, Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects

10:20 am: BREAK

10:40 am: Putting it all Together for Better Fire Stations by Don Collins, Clemson University Fire Department
11:30 am: ADJOURN

1:00-4:00 pm: Optional Wednesday afternoon Tour of Charlotte Fire Department’s Newest Station(s)

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