Day 1: Tuesday March 7th, 2023
Sign in from 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
(Day of registration and payment is discouraged)
8:00am – 9:00 am – Professional Development
Rebecca Geimer, Assistant Fire Marshal, Tamarac Fire Rescue
9:00 am – 11:00 am – Cancer - Where we were, are and going
Peter Berger – Firefighter Cancer Foundation
11:00 am – 12:00 pm – NFPA 70 2022 Major Changes
Rodger Reiswig, Fellow & VP, Industry Relations, Johnson Controls
12:00pm – 1:00pm - Lunch prepared by Mission BBQ
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Educating Like an Educator
Melanie Brocato, Life Safety Educator, – Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue & Emergency Services
2:00pm – 4:00 pm - Making Sense of Hazmat
Peter Cutrer, 7 Cs Consulting
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Human Trafficking Awareness and Identification
Detective Adam Granit
Day 2: Wednesday March 8th, 2023
Sign in from 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
(Day of registration and payment is discouraged)
8:00am – 10:00am – Solar Basics for all Trades
Kenneth Castronovo, Chief Electrical Code Compliance Officer
Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals
10:00am – 11:00am – Signing & Sealing of Engineering Work
Frank Bennardo, PE Board Certified Professional Structural Engineer
11:00am – 12:00pm – Stop the Bleed
Melanie Brocato, Life Safety Educator, – Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue & Emergency Services
12:00pm – 1:00pm - Lunch prepared by Firehouse Subs
1:00pm – 3:00pm – Plan Review Concepts for ERCES
Christopher Creamer, Alarm Auditor, UL Solutions
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Suppression / Hood Systems
Marcus Stephen Pfenninger, Fire Guard
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Changes to Broward Local Fire Code Under the 7th ed FFPC
Chief Bryan Parks, Chief Fire Code Official, Broward Board of Rule and Appeals
Day 3: Tuesday March 21st, 2023
Sign in from 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
(Day of registration and payment is discouraged)
8:00am – 10:00am – Understanding Explosion Dynamics
Captain Tom Fucci, Fire Investigator
Fire, Arson, Explosion Investigations Bureau, Palm Beach Fire Rescue
10:00am – 12:00pm – Public Records Requests – An Overview and Discussion & Press Briefings &Conferences: The good, the bad and the …..are you kidding me
Nicole Ferris, Palm Beach County Publc Affairs Media & Public Information & Chief Joel Gordon, Plantation Fire Department
12:00pm – 1:00pm - Lunch prepared Buca Di Beppo
1:00pm – 3:00pm – Mobile Cooking Operations – A Roundtable Discussion
Division Chief / Fire Marshal, Tommy Demopoulos, Tamarac Fire Rescue
3:00pm – 5:00pm – Fire Fatalities
Captain Tom Fucci, Fire Investigator Fire, Arson, Explosion Investigations Bureau, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue
Day 4: Wednesday March 22nd, 2023
Sign in from 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
(Day of registration and payment is discouraged)
8:00am – 12:00am – Flame guard CPVC
Kevin Dellinger, Spears Manufacturing
12:00pm – 1:00pm - Lunch prepared by McAllister’s Deli
1:00 pm – 2:00pm – Championing Mental Health in the Fire Service
Chaplain Michael J. Calderin
Public Safety Operations Manager / Chaplain City of Lauderhill Police/Fire
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Simplified Alarm Permitting Bill
Danny Harrod, SET, CFPS, Corporate Alarm Managerm, Wiginton Corporation
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm - Updates to Changes in F.S. 633.102 49/249 Sprinkler Threshold
Zarko Ognjenovic, Professional Engineer
