An Opportunity…Take It!

A frequent comment heard throughout many disciplines is that we never train on the “basics” anymore. Agencies and employers have limited funds and with the ever increasing complexity of our respective professions, scarce training dollars are focused on compliance issues and new information. Whether you are a firefighter, police officer, emergency nurse, paramedic, emergency manager, or heck; anyone involved in mitigation, preparedness, response or recovery, you will find the “basics” at TAK-Response 2010 in San Jose. You’ll find “Bread and Butter” stuff presented by people that have actual hands-on experience doing what their talking about…they’ve been there.

Many advisors and contributors have developed tactical level information (aka: survival skills) to present to you information they find valuable to getting the job done. They are anxious to share this information with you and care about your welfare.

PennWell Publishing and Fire Engineering Magazine have thrown their support behind the inaugural TAK-Response Conference and Exhibition in San Jose, California; Northern California’s opportunity to build a hometown conference, uniting people from multiple disciplines with a common goal of protecting others and staying alive!

View the conference program

You will see tactical information delivered in four tracks;
•    Tactical EMS/Medical/Nursing
•    Tactical Disaster & Homeland Security
•    Tactical Fire
•    Tactical Law Enforcement

Take a look at what you can experience within driving distance and once you enroll, we’ll see you at TAK-Response, and if we don’t meet during the day or in the exhibit hall, I’ll see you in the downtown; they’re ready and waiting for us! Don’t waste this opportunity…

Thank you and best regards,

Fire Chief (Ret.), Gerry Kohlmann, TAK-Response

Want to learn more?  View the second episode of Seat at the Table below where experts from first responder agencies discuss the importance of interagency relationships and pre-incident training.

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Why Attend

Within this post-9/11 era, the first response landscape has changed as we know it.  The need for inter-agency cooperation and multi-disciplinary processes as means to mitigate 21st century threats have placed the various public safety disciplines on the fast track to convergence.  TAK-Response Conference and Exhibition will answer the call and unite first responders within EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement, Disaster, Homeland Security, Emergency Nursing and Public Health to train for the most critical situations.

Conference Program & Educational Credit

• Fire Service Chief Officers
• Law Enforcement Chief Officers
• EMS Managers and Coordinators
• Fire and Law Captains
• Commanders/Team Leaders (DMAT & USAR)
• Homeland Security Agents
• Security Directors
• Directors of Public Safety
• Public Health Officers/Staff
• EMS Educators
• Emergency Nurses
• ED Nurse Managers
• Disaster Managers
• Hospital Managers
• First Responder Government Representatives
• Military Representatives
• Deputy Coroners

Training Topics Include

• Multilateral Approaches to 21st Century Threats
• Ballistic Shield Operation
• Rescuer Survival for California's Disaster Scenes
• Mitigating the Terrorism Threat Back Home
• Working with the Hemorrhaging Patient
• "Read and React" - Calling the Mayday
• Suicide Bomber Interdiction
• Survival Speed Drills
• Asymmetrical Warfare
• Factors in Ethical Resource Management
• Coordinating Resources during a Disaster
• And more