Monday        Tuesday         Wednesday         Thursday          Friday 

Inspecting Vacant Buildings                                                                                                                                                               Chris Bachman                                                                                                                                                        8am - 10am

Collaborative Strategies For Land Use Planning & Fire Prevention: Navigating Policies & Best Practices  Jessica Power, &Andrew Tripple                                                                                                                           8am -12pm

The built environments of the communities we serve reflect our collective safety, housing, economic development, and livability goals, and are shaped by a myriad of federal, state, and local policies and regulations. Public service land use Planning and Fire Prevention and Protection professionals are key players in the application of these policies and regulations. While aligned with respect to our shared goals, our review and implementation processes can differ significantly. In this course, instructors will help participants explore the nuances of the land development review environment and offer best practices for how Planning and Fire professionals can work together to implement fire department requirements in all projects.

Construction Fire Plan 101                                                                                                                                                     Joseph Cervantes                                                                                                                                                      8am - 12pm

This course will cover the Construction Fire Plan using the CBC/CFC provisions of CH 33 as well as NFPA 241, the upcoming changes submitted to future cycles and we will go through examples of Preconstruction Fire Plans that are required by the CFC. This will be a continuation of last years CH 33 presentation but in furtherance of the plan as opposed to the code and its demands on agencies and resources.

CRR Empowerment: Expanding Education & Leveraging Grants                                                                                    Kevin Berdan and Courtney Thompson                                                                                                              8am - 12pm

This presentation aims to provide an overview of K-12 educational programming that can be replicated in any fire district. We want to share what we are doing in Central Pierce and also provides participants with tangible takeaways (lesson plans, presentations, letters to staff/principals, budgeting, timelines, and implementation guides). This presentation aims to demystify the grant process, including finding opportunities and writing grant proposals. We want to share what we have learned (both through successes and failures) in Central Pierce. We will provide examples from grants we have written, discuss the technical writing component of grant proposals, and share any active grant opportunities we know of that may apply to the California audience.

Fire Resistance Rated Assemblies                                                                                                                                                  Nanci Timmins                                                                                                                                                            8am - 12pm 

In Part 1 of Fire Resistance Rated Assemblies, types of fire resistance-rated assemblies will be reviewed. Part 2 will review the protection of penetrations and joint systems, and opening protectives in the rated assemblies. Part 3 will continue the portion of the opening protective and will include information on duct and air transfer openings. The remainder of CBC Chapter 7 will be reviewed if time permits. Participants will gain an understanding of the different assembly types, protection of the different assembly types , and the ability to evaluate what protection is needed.

EPSS Generators & Power Systems                                                                                                                    10am - 12pm  William A. "Sander" Moss  

Detailed guide for plan review, inspection and testing of permanent and temporary EPSS Generators for compliance with CFC Section 1203, CEC Article 700, CEC Article 517 and NFPA 110.

Sprinkler Hydraulics (cont.)                                                                                                                                                              Justin Beal                                                                                                                                                                    8am - 12pm 

Thursday Afternoon, February 16

Updates to NFPA 14, 2024 Edition
Steve Leyton                                                                                                                                                           1pm-3pm

A review of updates and changes to the format of NFPA 14, Standard for the Installation of Standpipes and Hose Systems

Wicked Problems The Fire Service is About to Face Head On
Raymond Reynolds                                                                                                                                                1pm-3pm

Learn the intimate details of the 11 wicked problems hitting the fire service. From mobile refueling, lithium ion everything, parking ramp fires, construction performance, and much more. The convenience of our society could quite literally be the death of us. Learn why public apathy rules and how code officials are playing catch up to the ideas of the future. Are we seeing the beginning of a modern day conflagration era? 

AHJ's & Third-Party Plan Review
Tim Annis & Cheryl Domnitch                                                                                                                              1pm-5pm

Dive into the critical aspects of third-party plan reviews in this comprehensive class designed for professionals navigating the complexities of construction and building code compliance. This course provides an in-depth exploration of the roles and responsibilities of third-party plan reviewers and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), focusing on how these key players interact to ensure successful project outcomes.

Building a Youth Firesetting Intervention Program
Jennifer Mecham                                                                                                                                                              1pm-5pm

Creating collaborative intervention specific to your community is essential in establishing a successful Youth Firesetting Intervention Program.

Fire Resistive Penetrations & Joints
William A. "Sander" Moss                                                                                                                                               1pm-5pm

A detailed review of plan review, inspection and special inspection requirements of fire resistance rated Penetration Fire Stopping and Joints in CBC Sections 110.3.8, 714, 715 & 1705.18.  Course will provide information for identifying and evaluating listed designs & engineering judgments, evaluating special inspector reporting & qualifications, as well as, real world situations and resolutions to complete fire resistive assemblies.  This course will, also complement and enhance the lessons learned in Fire Resistive Assemblies.

Specially Engineered Automatic Sprinkler Systems
Jon Corbett​​​​​​​ & Hans Henneberque​​​​​​​                                                                                                                              1pm-5pm

The class will help Fire Marshals, Plan Reviewers and Fire Inspectors understand the intent of code sections that require specially engineered automatic sprinkler systems for specific occupancies. The instructors will review sections of the code that require a specially engineered automatic sprinkler system. Instructors will provide examples of specially engineered automatic sprinkler systems and explain the information that should be included in the design and how to review them from a fire code perspective.

Food Trucks & Mobile Equipment Cooking Operations
Bob Sullivan                                                                                                                                                                   3pm-5pm

Everybody loves food trucks! They are popping up everywhere, and becoming more popular by the day. However, given the nature of their business, food trucks also come with their own unique fire and explosion hazards, and past food truck fire events have shown that the same conditions that attract food truck business in the first place, can also multiply the hazardous effects of food truck fires/explosions, when they occur. This session will focus on the unique fire and explosion hazards associated with food trucks, provide an overview of related fire safety requirements for mobile cooking operations, and discuss food truck safety programs. We will also go in-depth into the newest requirements in NFPA 96 (Standard for Ventilation Control and Fire Protection of Commercial Cooking Operations), and review additional NFPA food truck resources.

How to Create, Organize, Execute & Lead a Successful Defensible Space Inspection Program
Kathleen Cutter & David Glenn                                                                                                                                  3pm-5pm

This Class will help you plan your approach to creating or improving a defensible space program for your community considering budget, workforce, and agency objectives.

Thursday All Day, February 16

Collaborative Vegetation Management & Wildfire Mitigation                                                                   8am - 5pm     Ryan DiGuillo and Mark vonTillow 

A comprehensive look at wildland fire mitigation utilizing grants, other jurisdictional partners, non-profits, and fire department resources.

Hazardous Materials Identification, Classification & MAQs
Brian Scholll                                                                                                                                                                  8am-5pm

This class will help a student to identify if hazardous materials are in a building, classify them per the fire code and regulate the amounts based on the Maximum Allowable Quantities (MAQ) First, the class will help a code official in identifying if a facility has hazardous materials.  Once the hazardous materials are identified, a code official can't properly regulate them unless they can classify them per the fire code.  This class will spotlight each type of of hazardous material, both physical and health hazards, in the fire code and how to classify them.  Once the hazardous materials are classified, the class will get into the  (MAQ) for a specific hazardous material that can be in a building and ways to modify the MAQ to help our customers and our first responders.  The class is cased off the International Fire Code chapter 2 and chapter 50 and beyond.

Inspection, Testing & Maintenace of Fire Pumps, Standpipes, & PRVs
Joe McElvaney                                                                                                                                                              8am-5pm

This class will provide an overview of some of the common items that one should see in the ITM of Fire Pumps, standpipes, and PRVs and common issues that you will find during your review of ITM paperwork.