SHUTTLE DEPARTURE SCHEDULE
🗓️ Saturday, January 15th, 2022
📍 Hilton Hotel – Outside Lobby Entrance
ARRIVE 15 TO 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO SHUTTLE DEPARTURE TIME 04:00 AM SHUTTLE DEPARTURE- DELTA 1676 5:20 AM
- AMERICAN 5424 6:15 AM
05:15 AM SHUTTLE DEPARTURE
- UNITED 2228 7:01 AM
- DELTA 2059 7:10 AM
- AMERICAN 5528 7:14 AM
- AMERICAN 2680 7:30 AM
- SOUTHWEST 2046 7:40 AM
- AMERICAN 5444 9:26 AM
- SOUTHWEST 4678 10:05 AM
- UNITED 3064 10:40 AM
- DELTA 1706 10:54 AM
- SOUTHWEST 5505 11:35 AM
- AMERICAN 5312 12:37 PM
- DELTA 5768 12:40 PM
- UNITED 4902 1:20 PM
- DELTA 2163 1:24 PM
- ALASKA 4429 1:44 PM
- AMERICAN 5126 1:44 PM
- UNITED 3838 2:23 PM
- AMERICAN 2671 3:30 PM
- SOUTHWEST 5673 4:45 PM
- SOUTHWEST 830 5:50 PM
SHUTTLE DEPARTURE SCHEDULE
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📍 Hilton Pensacola Beach – Outside Lobby
⏰ ARRIVE 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO DEPARTURE TIME
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03:00 AM SHUTTLE # 1 DEPARTURE
04:15 AM SHUTTLE # 2 DEPARTURE
05:45 AM SHUTTLE # 3 DEPARTURE
07:30 AM SHUTTLE # 4 DEPARTURE
9:00 AM SHUTTLE # 5 DEPARTURE
10:30 AM SHUTTLE # 6 DEPARTURE
12:00 PM SHUTTLE # 7 DEPARTURE
1:30 PM SHUTTLE # 8 | FINAL SHUTTLE
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EXPERT INSIGHTS & EXPERIENCE
WOFC 2024 INSTRUCTORS
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DAY 1 & DAY 2 CLASS SESSIONS
We Are The Lucky Ones, People Before Water | Curt Isakson
🗓️ Tuesday, August 23, 2022
📍Royal Palm Ballroom
🕗 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio
- Today’s fireground requires tactics that consider today’s fire behavior, building construction, and response models. We must also use the UL studies, Firefighter Rescue Survey results, and civilian fire fatalities data to better deploy our local fire resources to meet life safety and property loss priorities. When smoke detectors fail, the fire service cannot fail.
- We are the last line of defense. This class will give attendees a possible approach to getting the annual civilian fire fatality numbers consistently below 2,000 a year. It shows how to use data to assist us in adjusting our fireground assignments in the first five to seven minutes to remove trapped occupants sooner while still using decades of proven fireground tactics that work.
Seconds Count: Fireground Search and Rescue | Keith Stakes
🗓️ Tuesday, August 23, 2022
📍Royal Palm Ballroom
🕥 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio
- Over the past ten years, firefighting research into single-family dwelling fires has focused primarily on ventilation and suppression tactics. Our exploratory look into victim survivability during the first suppression study was eye-opening for researchers and the fire service alike.
- But questions have still remained. UL’s FSRI has just completed a full three year study dedicated to fireground size-up, victim survivability, and search and rescue operations. Upon arrival, what is the structure and fire presentation telling us?
- Where do we begin our search relative to the location of the fire? Is it best to conduct a door or window-initiated search? If we find a victim, what’s next? Is it best to remove them through the structure, isolate and shelter them in place, or isolate and find a new means of egress?
- This presentation will provide an opportunity for UL FSRI to present the highlights and real-world application of the research.
Line Boss | Ray McCormack
🗓️ Tuesday, August 23, 2022
📍Royal Palm Ballroom
🕑 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio
- Engine officers make life and death decisions regarding fire attack every day. To make those quick decisions correctly requires knowledge and attention to detail.
- LineBoss is the engine officer who keeps their focus, enjoys discovery, looks for innovation, and does the training and research while maintaining crew satisfaction and safety. Learn how to become and enjoy being a LineBoss.
Line Boss | Ray McCormack
🗓️ Tuesday, August 23, 2022
📍Emerald Coast Room
🕑 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio (Coming Soon)
- Firefighter Matt Sleet experienced and survived a Mayday event on Fathers Day 2022. Join Matt and others when he shares his insight on fireground safety, survival, and how to call the MAYDAY.
Engine Company Tactical Traps | Steve Robertson
🗓️ Wednesday, August 24, 2022
📍Royal Palm Ballroom
🕣 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio
- We have all been there, the fire that goes sideways; we struggle to get it back on track. When tactical mistakes happen early in a fire, things tend to continue down that path. These fires happen all too often, yet we fail to address the real issue, bad tactical decisions. Tactical traps are all over the place on fire scenes and often overlooked.
- This class will discuss several common ones, from discount auto part stores, dollar stores, and all type 2 construction buildings. These types of the building offer several of the same tactical traps. A few that we will discuss are fortified rear doors, partition walls, heavy fire loads. Also covered will be gaining access to balloon frame void fires and cockloft and attic fires. Basement fires to electric cars, hoarders conditions to vertical stretches.
- Your initial tactical considerations will dictate the outcome of the fire. None of us are perfect. We all make mistakes on every fire; it’s not that we make mistakes. It’s how we recover from those mistakes. Unfortunately, no one on the fire ground is coming behind you to fix your problem. The class is 33 years of experience riding an engine company and 21 from the right front seat. Experience matters! We only get one chance to set the tone for the entire fire.
Trucks Do Put Out Fires | Mike Ciampo
🗓️ Wednesday, August 24, 2022
📍Royal Palm Ballroom
🕚 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio
- Truck Companies aren’t often known for putting out the fire, but when the fire load exceeds our handlines, we often turn to the truck’s master stream. This lecture will discuss the placement of the streams and offer tactics and tips on aggressive truck work and master stream efficiency.
The 9Ls Impacting the Culture | Corley Moore
🗓️ Wednesday, August 24, 2022
📍Emerald Coast Room
🕣 08:30 AM – 12:30 PM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio
- The class’s mission is to give people the tools they need to build a high-performance culture within their organization. The presentation is broken down into nine leadership principles, all of which start with the letter “L.” Learn, Listen, Love, Look, Laugh, Level, Live, Labor, Last.
- The ultimate point of the class is to provide them with the single greatest tool that I can give someone in a leadership role, and that is a lens by which you can judge every decision around the firehouse… before you make it.
Cruel Intentions | Kyle Romagus
🗓️ Wednesday, August 24, 2022
📍Royal Palm Ballroom
🕑 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio
- Fires are growing and extending faster in the modern age than they ever haven’t before. We must ensure that as nozzleman, we can think and act as an independent operators. This class is a deep dive into understanding the goals of the first due engine, how to operate independently on the nozzle, and attack the fire with cruel intentions.
Can Confidence | Eric Wheaton
🗓️ Wednesday, August 24, 2022
📍 Emerald Coast Room
🕑 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🎙️ View Instructor Bio
A look into gaining Can Confidence for fire ground success. The 2 ½ gallon pressurized water extinguisher, better known as the Can, allows the search team to place water between fire and potential victims quickly. The purpose of this class is to spread knowledge regarding the tactical effectiveness of the 2 ½ gallon pressurized water extinguisher as a first in fire tool that reduces fire spread and enhances the search safety for occupants and firefighters. The presentation reviews, in detail, how to effectively use the Can and how it supports search and fire confinement. Attendees will learn how to safely utilize the Water Can and incorporate it into their department operations. The Can Confidence presentation is extremely interactive and encourages student engagement. Let’s start the lifesaving extinguishment process by applying what could be the fire’s first interaction with water.DAY 1 - SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
Chief McGrail will utilize his 40-years of fire service experience, from nozzleman to incident commander to outline and explain some of the critical components necessary to successfully combat a high-rise fire, while managing the risk to firefighters.
The central theme of Chief McGrail’s training program is a proper fire fighting mindset, emphasizing the need to continually fight the deadly disease of complacency. This is achieved through the daily process of building good operational habits.
A discussion of engine company operations, with an emphasis on “proper weapon selection” will highlight the critical tools necessary for successful standpipe operations along with the fundamental techniques and procedures to make these operations extremely user friendly. Chief McGrail will also address some of the essential truck company (support) functions, with an emphasis on RECON and Door Control.
The choreography of the entire operation rests with the incident commander and a solid command structure to achieve overall command and control. Chief McGrail will provide a recipe for success outlining the essential areas of command and control utilizing the incident command system (ICS) / national incident management system (NIMS).
This seminar will provide some of the essential components necessary to achieve success at high-rise operations. Attendees of this training program will leave armed with vital information, and become re-energized to accomplish our most important mission, fire suppression, in our most complicated fire environment, the high-rise building.
This class lays out the basics for a successful fire attack operation from a standpipe. Using the method I taught to thousands of firefighters, you will learn how to get your line into operation quickly and effectively.
More about Ray McCormack
Ray McCormack recently retired as a Lieutenant after 38 years. He holds a BA from the New York Institute of Technology. He was the chair and lead author for FDNYs new Engine Company Operations Manual.
He developed and taught Back to Basics Standpipe for all FDNY firefighters. He was the co-founder and editor of Urban Firefighter magazine. He sits on the FDIC advisory board and FireEngineering editorial board.
He was a panel member for two consecutive Underwriters Laboratories (UL) studies. Impact of Fire Attack Utilizing Interior & Exterior Streams on Firefighter Safety and Occupant Survival Study and Study of Coordinated Fire Attack Utilizing Acquired Structures. He lectures on Engine and Ladder Company Operations, Leadership and Improving Extinguishment Culture.
This lecture will go over issues and tactical problems truck companies will face at compactor, electrical, wind-driven and vehicle fires inside hi-rise multiple dwellings. The lecture will point out some tactical tips and procedures from actual fire scenes encountered from the hi-rise capital of the world.
More about Mike Ciampo
Michael Ciampo joined the fire service in 1979 as a volunteer and began his professional career in 1985, he is a lieutenant in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). Previously, he served with the District of Columbia Fire Department and Wyckoff, NJ VFD. He has a bachelor’s degree in fire science from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY.
He is the lead instructor for the FDIC Truck Essentials H.O.T. program and teaches at numerous seminars around the country.. He wrote the Ladder chapter and co-authored the Ventilation chapter for Fire Engineering’s Handbook for Firefighter I and II. He has a monthly column on the back page of Fire Engineering magazine, ON FIRE.
Mike is also featured in Fire Engineering’s popular video series “Training Minutes” truck company videos. His video Bread & Butter Portable Ladders DVD is available from Fire Engineering Books & Video’s.
This presentation will take a brief Look at these Considerations. Standpipe Jurisdictional Infrastructure Survey Pre & Post 1993 – What to Look For. Building Types Commercial vs Residential. Compartment Dynamics from Hose Size, Kink Radius, Needed Fire Flow, Impacts to Staffing Models. The Solutions Single Diameter and Hybrid Diameter Hose and Nozzle Standpipe Systems.
More about Dennis LeGear
Dennis is a retired Captain of the Oakland, CA Fire Department. During his career Dennis was an integral part of the team that implemented a new engine configuration for Oakland Fire Department as the water supply officer.
After his retirement he continued to pursue this role but as a consultant for other fire departments. Dennis has provided technical advice to some of the largest fire agencies in the nation including, Portland, Seattle, Boston and the City of New York. Dennis consulted with water municipalities assisting in the development of emergency response plans for a variety of water infrastructure problems related to seismic events and other disasters.
Dennis also has played a key role for the fire service on a national level participating in UL studies on fire streams, providing technical knowledge for Pennwell publications and NFPA standards.
More about Steve Robertson
Steve has been in the fire service for 33 years, the last 29 of which has been with the Columbus Ohio Division of Fire. Steve currently serves as the Lieutenant on Engine Company 18 in the South Linden neighborhood of Columbus. Steve has been a classroom instructor at FDIC for the past several years teaching engine company operations.
Additionally, Steve is the lead instructor of the FDIC HOT program Stretching For Success. Steve is an instructor for County Fire Tactics and has taught engine company tactics nationally. He has also instructed at the High Rise Operations Conference and Command Officers Bootcamp, Water on the Fire conference all in Pensacola Beach, Florida. For the past 26 years Steve has also been a state certified Fire Safety instructor. He is also a past member of the State of Ohio Fire Training Committee.
More about Andy Plofkin
Andy is the National Sales Manager for the SafeFleet Fire and EMS division responsible for distribution in the US. He manages a team of 10 regional sales managers across the country and participates as an instructor at multiple fire colleges and training events across the country.
He has worked in the fire industry over 35 years in various positions for OEMs and a dealership in the Midwest as VP of Sales. His knowledge of distribution, apparatus and hydraulics brings value to all the customers he works with. He is a 39 year veteran of the fire service and has served on departments in Connecticut and Indiana. He is currently a member of the Greenville Fire Protection District in Illinois.DAY 2 - SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
This classroom session will examine why tactics for stretching and advancing hose lines from standpipes is often the best way to facilitate the strategy of protecting the occupant’s lives. It will examine conditions taking harm away from occupants by rapidly controlling a fire and protecting them in place can be more effective than taking occupants away from harm by evacuation.
Those attending will learn why in order to control a fire in a high rise building firefighters must gain control of its systems; sprinkler, standpipe, HVAC, smoke management/control and elevators. The program will examine differences in residential and commercial high rise building design and construction and why the lack of compartmentation in commercial high rise buildings may require operation of portable master stream devices connected to standpipes.
Similarly, it will examine how to operate more than one hose line from a standpipe. Those attending will also learn how to operate from dry standpipes, manual wet standpipes, and conditions when it is better to stretch hose directly from apparatus rather than from a standpipe.
More about Bill Gustin
Captain Bill Gustin is a 49-year veteran of the Fire Service. He began his career in 1973 as a volunteer firefighter in the Chicago area. He is a third generation firefighter; his Dad and Grandfather were officers on the Chicago Fire Department. He began his career with the Miami-Dade Fire/Rescue Dept. in 1978, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1983 and to Captain in 1986. Captain Gustin instructs firefighter recruits and newly-promoted fire officers as a lead instructor in Miami-Dade’s Officer Development Program. He has taught fire science classes, industrial fire safety and shipboard firefighting for Miami-Dade College. He also conducts training programs for firefighters throughout the United States and Canada. Additionally, Captain Gustin has taught forcible entry techniques to local and federal law enforcement agencies. He is a contributing editor and a technical editor for Fire Engineering Magazine and an advisory board member for the Fire Department Instructor’s Conference.
Captain Gustin has worked as an instructor and advisor for the U.S. Agency For International Development and has conducted training programs for fire brigades in several Caribbean countries. He was also a member of Miami-Dade’s international Disaster Response Team and participated in the rescue of people trapped in collapsed buildings resulting from earthquakes in the former Soviet Union in 1988 and in the Philippines in 1990. He was also a member of the FEMA working group that established the organization and standards for Urban Search and Rescue Teams that respond to domestic and international disasters. Captain Gustin was named Florida’s firefighter of the year in 1990 for rescuing a women and her child who were trapped between a fire and iron burglar bars on the windows and doors of their home.
This class will explore the 8 initial assignments that need to be made to conduct a fire attack in large, complicated high rise buildings. The assignments are Fire Attack, Lobby, Above the Fire, Staging, RIT, Fire Control Room, and Base. We will discuss the order of the assignments, how many personnel are necessary at each position, where the firemen should enter the building and stage, expectations of each assignment, and pitfalls that could potentially occur. This class was developed around the Southern Nevada Fire Operations Guide and the 17 years experience I have working on Las Vegas Boulevard.
More About Clark Lamping
A 21-year veteran of the Clark County (NV) Fire Department, where he has been a captain for 10 years and is on the technical rescue team. He is assigned to Firehouse 11 and is a rescue specialist for NV-TF1. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in crisis and emergency management.
More about Robert Morris
The Engine Officer and the Standpipe Fire; Size Up, Recon and Mindset goes deep into the rolls and responsibilities of the Engine Company officer going to work at a fire in a standpipe equipped building. Focusing on the pre incident duties of pre-planning, training and preparation we work up to the incident Size Up.
This is rapidly followed up by the Recon and the dynamic nature of the fire environment and stretching from the cabinet on the floor below. Lastly, we dive into the Mindset necessary to create a high performance Engine Company that is ready for the complexities and challenges of today’s ever changing world, the fire environment and specifically, fires in standpipe equipped buildings.
More about Eric Tollund
Eric Tollund is a 25 year veteran of the fire service. He began as a volunteer in Durango, Colorado and now serves with the Denver Fire Department as Captain of Engine Co. 23 He has a passion for engine company operations, specifically fires in high rise and standpipe buildings and has instructed nationally on this subject.DAY 3 - CLASS & HOT SESSIONS
Hot Requires Bunker Gear, or Pants, Work Boots, Knee Pads, & Gloves. NO SCBA NEEDED
Hydrants to Nozzles, Dennis LeGear
Hydrants to Nozzles takes a comprehensive look at engine layout, equipment spec (pumps/hose/nozzles) hydraulics, and its direct impact on strategies and tactics on the fire ground.
Hydrants to Nozzles takes a comprehensive look at engine layout, equipment spec (pumps/hose/nozzles) hydraulics, and its direct impact on strategies and tactics on the fire ground.
Students of all ranks will build a strong foundation for success and be better prepared to make strategic and tactical decisions on the fire ground with a realistic working look at gold standard movement of water from the Hydrant to the Nozzle.
Anatomy of a Rescue, The Update, Chief Shannon Stone and Chief DJ Stone
What is the recipe for success? That is the question the fire service has been asking itself for many years. Success is defined as “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.” I contend that success for the business of fire and rescue is of utmost importance. People live and die by our ability to be successful.
Although we cannot always guarantee success, we should never give up on trying to better ourselves by chasing the definition of success and applying it to the job of being a firefighter. This is especially important concerning operating at emergencies. For every successful endeavor, there will always be ingredients; framework; or an anatomy, if you will, of that particular success.
Box Alarm Lecture & Demo, Chief Curt Isakson
Curt Isakson will present the Box alarm 🚨 lecture & demonstration Thursday August 25th at the Pensacola Beach Hilton. This class will cover Engine, Truck, & Chief Operations at building fires. This program is very interactive and one step out of the classroom. Attendees will get a high energy lecture in a classroom that has all the props necessary to demonstrate beyond the PowerPoint.
Curt will actually show the attendees tactical nuggets, allow them to get involved and take them on an educational tour explaining what it takes to be good on the Fireground. This is a one of a kind program never offered before.
This is the cliff notes 📝 from 30 plus years of studying Fireground tactic’s that will save lives and reduce property damage. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT.
𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦: Our instructors feature extensive, vetted, on the job experience in firefighting, water delivery, and weapon selection. They hail from diverse backgrounds, bringing the perspectives of urban, suburban, and rural fire departments. Their passion for the job is contagious, and their practical tips and techniques will equip you to excel in the field from the first day you return to the firehouse.
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🗓️ Monday, August 21st, 2023
📍 Pensacola Airport
Welcome to Pensacola, Florida, proceed to Baggage Claim # 3. (✈️ PNS MAP 📍)- First level of Terminal, South side or Right hand side of curbside entrance.
- Look for the “It’s Worth The Risk” sign to guide you.
- Outside Baggage Claim # 3 board the Dream Catcher Shuttle.
- Waiting for someone? Check the PNS Flight Status Board.
🗓️ Monday, August 21st, 2023
📍 Pensacola Beach Hilton – Emerald Coast Room ( Hotel Map 📍)
🕑 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm Conference Check-in
Welcome to Pensacola Beach.- Obtain your conference name badge, and CFT discount wrist band.
- CFT Tumbler’s are available for only $25.00 & Includes 5 Stickers. This is your platinum pass to drink deals all week at many local restaurants and bars. Some discounts are up to 50% off !!!
🗓️ Monday, August 21st, 2023
📍 Whiskey Joes & Red Fish Blue Fish
Click for All Lunch, Dinner & Drink Specials
🗓️ Every Night 9:00p – Midnight
📍 Hilton Bar “Salt”
🗓️ TUESDAY, MAY 16TH, 2023
📍 Hilton Royal Palm Ballroom
Doors Open to the Ballroom.
Chief Isakson will open and greet Attendee's and Spouses to COBC '23. Additional opening ceremony events will take place during this time.
Chief Viscuso will present key leaning points and lessons from his best selling book, Flash Point: Ignite Your Team and Forge a Winning Culture
Ariana will present the family perspective on a Line of Duty Death (LODD) involving her late husband, Fire Lieutenant Bryon W. Johnson in 2007. She will speak about the importance of continued training, situational awareness, and complacency.
Enjoy the following lunch locations, which are currently offering discounted meals and drinks to our attendees and their spouses. Shrimp Basket, Red Fish Blue Fish, Hilton Hotel, Riptides @ Holiday Inn Inside & Pool Side, Whiskey Joes, The Reef.
Commanding the First 30 Minutes and Beyond
Chief Isakson will deliver closing remarks from Day One of COBC '23. The CFT Sponsored Social Event this evening will be at Red Fish Blue Fish and Whiskey Joes. See the Nightly Social Tab in the schedule for more information.
🗓️ TUESDAY, MAY 16TH, 2023
📍 Hilton Breakout Room TBD
Later Monday Night or Early Tuesday Morning we will finalize an afternoon Breakout Session on Fire Service Leadership & Tactics for attendees not participating in the Spouse & Family focused afternoon programs in the Royal Palm Ballroom.
Program length will determine the timing of closing remarks. Check back in with us Monday Night & Tuesday Morning for more information.
🗓️ TUESDAY, MAY 16TH, 2023
📍 Hilton EMERALD COAST ROOM
📍 Hilton Lobby Bar
🗓️ WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH, 2023
📍 Hilton Restaurant
Registered Spouses, join together in the Hilton restaurant with fellow spouses for a breakfast buffet, light drinks, and round table discussion. Breakfast and Mimosas is covered by you Spouse Pass registration investment.
Curt & Jessica will deliver a round table discussion with the Spouses after breakfast. Room to be determined.
🗓️ WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH, 2023
📍 Hilton Royal Palm Ballroom
Doors Open to the Ballroom.
Chief Leeb's Keynote, Fire Service Cornerstones of Success: Training & Teamwork, will focus on playing to win and how training is pivotal no matter the time on the job, or your role.
TBA
Enjoy the following lunch locations, which are currently offering discounted meals and drinks to our attendees and their spouses. Shrimp Basket, Red Fish Blue Fish, Hilton Hotel, Riptides @ Holiday Inn Inside & Pool Side, Whiskey Joes, The Reef.
Leaders across the American Fire Service have become so focused on policy they have lost the value of what matters most, our people! This class is focused on creating a climate of trust based on our purpose. This interactive class will focus on what is valued by our members, not what is written in policy.
The Functional Fire Company: Positioning Small Groups for Success and Survival Chief Thompson will deliver key points from his best selling book, The Functional Fire Company. Chief Thompson has spent his entire career focusing on training and organizational effectiveness. He will deliver insight into how to make your organization perform at maximum proficiency.
Chief Isakson will deliver closing remarks from Day Two of COBC '23. The CFT Sponsored Social Event this evening will be at Flounders Chowder House. See the Nightly Social Tab in the schedule for more information.
🗓️ WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH, 2023
📍 Hilton Breakout Room TBD
Doors Open to the Ballroom.
Chief Isakson will open and greet Attendee's and Spouses to COBC '23. Additional opening ceremony events will take place during this time.
Chief Viscuso will present key leaning points and lessons from his best selling book, Step Up and Lead.
Ariana will present the family perspective on a Line of Duty Death (LODD) involving her late husband, Fire Lieutenant Bryon W. Johnson in 2007. She will speak about the importance of continued training, situational awareness, and complacency.
Enjoy the following lunch locations, which are currently offering discounted meals and drinks to our attendees and their spouses. Shrimp Basket, Red Fish Blue Fish, Hilton Hotel, Riptides @ Holiday Inn Inside & Pool Side, Whiskey Joes, The Reef.
Chief McGrail & Mrs McGrail will share experiences allowing attendees and spouses to build stronger, balanced, and more resilient marriages with the unique challenges faced by the fire service.
Captain Gagliano & Mrs Gagliano will present their personal experiences and key leaning points and lessons from their best selling book, Challenges of the Firefighter Marriage
Chief Isakson will deliver closing remarks from Day One of COBC '23. The CFT Sponsored Social Event this evening will be at Red Fish Blue Fish and Whiskey Joes. See the Nightly Social Tab in the schedule for more information.
🗓️ WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH, 2023
📍 Flounders Chowder House
The CFT Sponsored Social Event will be held at Flounders Chowder House
🗓️ WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH, 2023
📍 HILTON LOBBY BAR
The CFT Sponsored Social Event will be held at Flounders Chowder House
🗓️ THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 2023
📍 Hilton WHITE SANDS ROOM FIRST FLOOR GULFSIDE
🗓️ THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 2023
📍 Hilton Royal Palm Ballroom
Doors Open to the Ballroom.
Chief Moore will present The 9L's: Key Concepts For Building A High-Performance Culture a recent best selling book published in 2022. He will deliver the core concepts that each and every person can apply and use. No matter what their background is, or their leadership beliefs, to create, nurture and build a high-performance culture.
A Size-Up Mindset. This program will provide attendees with a different approach and system to provide a rapid size-up, speed up the decision process, and help organize the fire ground.
Enjoy the following lunch locations, which are currently offering discounted meals and drinks to our attendees and their spouses. Shrimp Basket, Red Fish Blue Fish, Hilton Hotel, Riptides @ Holiday Inn Inside & Pool Side, Whiskey Joes, The Reef.
Coming Soon
TBA
Chief Isakson will deliver closing remarks from Day Three of COBC '23. The CFT Sponsored Social Event this evening will be at Beach & Pool Party at the Hilton Pensacola Beach.
🗓️ THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 2023
📍 Hilton EMERALD COAST ROOM
SHUTTLE DEPARTURE SCHEDULE –
🗓️ Friday, August 25th, 2023
📍 Hilton Hotel – Outside Lobby Entrance
ARRIVE 15 TO 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO SHUTTLE DEPARTURE TIME
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Late Conference Check-In 7:30 am - 8:00 am
White Sands Room
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Doors Open 7:30 am
Royal Palm Ballroom
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Opening Ceremonies 8:00 am
Presentation of Colors, Pledge of Allegiance, Opening Prayer, Moment of Silence
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Chief Curt Isakson 8:30 am
People Before Water
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Break 10:00 am
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Chief Frank Leeb 10:15 am
Cornerstones of Leadership
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Lunch 11:45 am - 1:30 pm
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Chief Dave McGrail 1:30 pm
Standpipe Operations: Attention to Detail
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Break 3:00 pm
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Chief John Norman 3:15 pm
The Causes and Consequences of Failure to Get Water on the Fire
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Chief Curt Isakson 5:15 pm
Closing Remarks
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CFT Social Event.📍🔗👇 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Doors Open 8:00 am
Royal Palm Ballroom
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Chief Brian Brush 8:30 am
Seeing It From All Sides
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Break 10:00 am
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Lt. Tim Klett 10:15 am
The Nozzle Firefighter, a Fireground Giant
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Lunch 11:45 am - 1:30 pm
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Keith Stakes, FPE 1:30 pm
The Residential Playbook
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Break 3:00 pm
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Chief John Norman 3:15 pm
Leadership on the Fireground: Making it Happen
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Chief Curt Isakson 5:15 pm
Closing Remarks
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CFT Social Event📍🔗👇 5:15 pm - 10:00 pm
CLASS / LECTURE SESSION
H.O.T. SESSION ROTATIONS
Hilton Hotel Map
Check-in Monday 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm. For late or same day arrivals, Tuesday 7:30 am. White Sands Room Floor # 1 Gulf Side.
WELCOME ATTENDEES & SPOUSES
Welcome to County Fire Tactics, Water On The Fire Conference 2024 at the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Side Convention Center, Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 – Thursday, August 29th, 2024.
(Map 📍 ) Check in will begin on Monday, August 26th at 4:00 pm in the White Sands Room on the first floor of the Hilton Convention Center on the Gulf Side. This is a new location for our registration check-in.
CFT issued name tags will be mandatory for the conference room, with limited seating. We hope you are as excited as we are to be here.
During check-in you will receive your conference name tag and “CFT Wrist Band”, necessary for local restaurant offering discounts. In addition to conference activities, we have several CFT Social Events planned throughout the week that you will find in the schedule of events.
There will also be “CFT It’s Worth The Risk Tumblers” available for $29.00 (Includes 5 Stickers). Many of the local beach establishments offer drink discounts upon presentation of your CFT Tumbler. The discounts received throughout the week will more than pay for themselves.
We have a great line up of instructors and presentations for you this week between the presentations in the Royal Palm Ballroom
If you have any questions throughout the week please ask or reach out to us. We are looking forward to seeing everyone!
It’s going to be a great week of learning combined with personal and professional development at CFT’s Water On The Fire Conference 2024.
Dining & Drink Specials
CFT "It's Worth The Risk Tumbler"
UNLOCK EXCLUSIVE FOOD & DRINK DISCOUNTS THIS WEEK
Why pay full price when you can secure exclusive deals at top beach spots?
Grab your “CFT It’s Worth The Risk” Tumbler—available for purchase in the T-Shirt Room—and unlock drink discounts at many local bars and restaurants. Some spots will also hook you up with food discounts when you show your conference wristband.
Your CFT Tumbler is your key to maximize savings all week long. The discounts alone will more than pay for themselves, so claim yours now and fuel up without overspending.
🍻 Drink Discounts – CFT Tumbler required.
🍔 Food Discounts – Show your Conference wristband where accepted.
📍 Multiple Locations – Check the list below and make the most of it.
Shaggy’s (📍) 701 Pensacola Beach Blvd
✅ 20% Off Food
✅ 50% Off ALL Drafts with tumbler (huge draft beer selection!)
🔥 Monday Night Firefighter Dinner
Fairfield Inn 👉 Fish Heads Pool Bar (📍) “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal“ – $5 Drafts “CFT Wrist Band” 20% off all food at Fish Heads with Tumbler Happy Hour Prices 4p-7p at the Fairfield Inn
Hilton Sal De Mar (📍) Pricing does not include taxes + 20% gratuity.
𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗥 🍻 With use of CFT tumbler 🥤
🍺 $4 Draft Beer | 🍌 $5 Blue Chair Bay Banana Rum | 🥃 $8 Buchanan’s 12yr | 🍸 $8 Well Liquor
𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟 🍽️
🍗 Chicken Wings | $16 Buffalo or BBQ • Ranch or Bleu Cheese 🌶️ 🥪 Beach Club | $17 Ham • Turkey • Swiss • Cheddar • Lettuce • Tomato • Mayo • Side of fries 🍟 🍝 Meatball Grinder | $17 Italian meatballs • Mozzarella • Marinara • Hoagie bun • Side of fries 🍟 🍔 Double Cheeseburger | $18 Two Angus beef patties • Bacon • Cheddar • Lettuce • Tomato • Onion • Pickles• Brioche bun • Side of fries 🍟 | 🍕 Original Flatbread | $16 Mozzarella • Pepperoni • Marinara | 🧀 Quesadilla | $17 Shrimp or Chicken • Shredded cheese • Sour cream • Salsa 🌮
Bounce Beach Pensacola (📍)
🔥 Firefighter Week Lunch Specials — ALL WEEK! 🕚 11AM–4PM
🎟️ Wristband Perks: 10% OFF Dinner (All Week) — not including drink specials
🍻 Drink Specials — ALL WEEK! 🕚➡️🌙 (11AM–Close) \ 🥤 Bring your tumbler for $4 Draft Beers 🍺 | $7 Well Drinks 🍸 | $8 Bushwackers 🥥
𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟: 𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦 (11AM–4PM) 🍽️
🦐 Coconut Shrimp | $15 🍤 Lightly breaded, perfectly crispy, sweet chili sauce 🌶️ | 🍔 Smash Burger | $15 Angus ¼-lb patty, white American cheese, griddled onions, LTP, Big Mac sauce 🧅🥬🍅🥒 | 🍲 Chicken Teriyaki Bowl | $17 Jasmine rice, avocado, mango pico de gallo 🍚🥑 | 🐟 Blackened Mahi BLT | $20 🥪Arugula, avocado, applewood bacon, Cajun mayo, brioche bun 🥓🔥 | 🥩 Steak Sandwich | $21 🥖 Vine-ripened tomatoes, arugula, Sriracha mayo, toasted baguette 🌶️🍅
Pensacola Beach Resort (📍) “CFT Wrist Band” – 20% Off Food Menu, $10 Chicken Quesadilla, $10 Chicken Caesar Salad, $15 Chicken Tenders & Fries, $15 Smashed Burger, $19 Gulf Fish Tacos “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” $2 for 1 Draft Beer, $5 Drink of the Day, $6 Well Drinks.
Riptides Holiday Inn & Pool Side Tiki Bar (📍) 14 Via De Luna Dr
✅ 25% Off Food with wristband & tumbler
✅ Free Non-Alcoholic Drinks with tumbler
✅ Happy Hour Prices ALL DAY with tumbler
🕕 Breakfast Daily: 6:30 AM – 10:30 AM
🕙 Closes at 10 PM
Hampton Inn (📍) “CFT Wrist Band” & “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – 25% Off All Food & Beverage to include the outside Bar & Pizza
Shrimp Basket (
) 5 Via De Luna Dr Unit A
✅ 20% Off Food with wristband & tumbler
✅ $5 Wells & $5 Drafts with tumbler
✅ Free Non-Alcoholic Drinks with tumbler
Piazza Pizza () 5 Via De Luna Dr Unit G
✅ 20% Off Food with Wristband
Sidelines Sports Bar & Restaurant (📍) “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal“ – $3 Miller Light & Yeungling, $4 Fat Tire, Angry Orchard, Blue Moon, Sam Adams Seasonal, Modelo, Li’l Napoleon IPA, Guinness, Sweetwater 420, Free Soda in CFT Tumbler.
Red Fish Blue Fish (📍) 5 Via De Luna Dr Unit B
✅ 20% Off Food
✅ $4 Drafts with tumbler
Felix’s (📍) “CFT Wrist Band” – 50% off Appetizers & Oysters, “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – 50% off Draft Beer, 50% off house wine, 50% off house Liquor
Casino Beach Bar & Grille (📍) “CFT Wrist Band” – 20% Off Entire Bill, “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – $10 House Margaritas, $5 Domestic Drafts, $5 Well Plus a Mixer Cocktail.
Drift (📍) “CFT Wrist Band” – 20% Off Entire Bill, “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – 20% Off Entire Drink Bill Too.
Water Pig BBQ (📍) “CFT Wrist Band” – 20% off Food Menu, “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – Discount on draft beers.
Sneaky Tiki (📍) Open Noon – 10pm, “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – All Week $6 Jack Daniels or Jim Beam, $3 Bud Light, Happy Hour 4p-6p $5 Craft/Import Beer, $6 Vodka Cocktails. Check Their Instagram Here for additional daily specials.
Flounders Chowder House (📍) 800 Quietwater Beach Rd
✅ 10% OFF MONDAY & THURSDAY ONLY
🎉 Thursday Night – THE BIG PARTY!
✅ Live Band | 5 PM – 10 PM
✅ ½ Price Diesel Fuels
✅ Celebrating 25 Years!
Whiskey Joes (📍) “CFT Wrist Band” – Half Off Appetizers –> Joes Pile of Nachos, Joes Fish Tacos, Chips & Queso Dip, Spinach Artichoke Dip, Loaded Island Fries, Food Purchase, $1.50 Oyster Special $9.00 Half Dozen, “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – $3 Draft Beer, $4 Well Drinks, $5 Signature Cocktails, $12 Joes Juice served in a 22oz Souvenir Cup.
Hooters (📍) 400 Quietwater Beach Rd | On the Boardwalk
✅ 20% Off with Wristband & Tumbler.
Bamboo Willie’s (📍) 400 Quietwater Beach Rd | On the Boardwalk
✅ $2 Off Draft & Frozen Drinks
✅ Free Non-Alcoholic Drinks with tumbler
Señor Frog’s (📍) 400 Quietwater Beach Rd | On the Boardwalk
🔥 Firefighter Lunch Special – $19 Includes 1 appetizer, 1 entrée, 1 dessert, & 1 soft drink
🥃 Tumbler Deals:
✅ $3 Well Drinks
✅ $4 Drafts
✅ $5 Frozen Drinks
🎤 Karaoke, DJ & Contests
The Reef, The Break, The Islander (📍) “CFT Wrist Band” – $11.50 Smash Burgers Fries & N/A Beverage “In CFT Tumbler”, WING SPECIAL Monday & Thursday 5pm-8pm, “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – $1.50 Domestic Draft Beer, $2.50 Import Draft Beer, $3.50 Crown & Down, (Late Night Food 9:00 pm – 1:00 am @ The Break)
Paddy O’Leary’s (📍) “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – Crazy Tumbler Drink Specials, Karaoke Nightly at 08:00 pm.
Cumaru Bar (📍) Open 2pm – 10pm, “CFT It’s Worth the Risk Tumbler Deal” – Firefighter Special $10 Cumaru Crush in a 32oz souvenir cup (Watermelon, Sharkbite, Peach Please or Prickly Pear), . Wednesday $6 House Wines, Thursday Beer Flight Bingo.Koozie special- $5 Local/Craft Beer Oyster City Bay IPA, Mango Cart Wheat, Kaleidoscope Sour, Riptide Amber, 30a Blonde
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CONTACT CF TACTICS
Curt Isakson
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Jessica Isakson
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CFT Airport Shuttle Service
Register now for your transportation between the Hilton Pensacola Beach, and the Pensacola International Airport. Shuttle operations times are being coordinated and scheduled based on your input. Details on return shuttle times for Friday will be posted at the top of this page on Thursday 08/29/24 by 5:00pm.
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