Dear Esteemed Friends and Colleagues:
Thank you for the opportunity to introduce California’s “When Seconds Count…” TAK-Response Conference & Exhibition. I hope this letter will inspire you to learn more about opportunities provided by TAK-Response to raise awareness and gain insights in mitigating, responding to and combating 21st century threats. We invite you to join us for TAK-Response Conference & Exhibition September 14-16, 2010, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.
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3-C Summit
The TAK-Response conference has been constructed to meet tactical needs of “first-responders” from many disciplines. The “3-C Summit; Managing Catastrophe” is focused on executive level awareness and pre-incident preparation to coordinate operations during a catastrophic incident, whether the result of terrorism, accident or natural causes.
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3-C Executive Summit
Tuesday, September 14, 20107:00 am - 6:30 pm Registration 7:30 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast 8:00 am - 8:30 am Opening Comments 8:30 am - 9:00 am The Power of Cooperative Pre-incident Relationships
Sheriff Warren E. Rupf, Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff9:00 am - 10:00 am The Disaster within the Disaster: When Government Agencies Fail or Fail to Work Together
Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman
Menlo Park Fire Protection District (CA-TF3)10:00 am - 10:30 am Break 10:30 am - 11:30 am Ethical Considerations in Resource Management
Harvey Kayman, MD, MPH, California Department of Public Health11:30 am - 1:00 pm Break for Lunch 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm International and Domestic Terrorism: Impact on First Responders
Keith Harper, Randy Cook and George Akkelquist
Counter Threat Institute International (CTI)2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Using HSEEP - Compliant Exercises to Develop and Evaluate Emergency Services' Capabilities
Michael Petrie, Director, Emergency Management Sciences Program, UC Berkeley2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Education is Important, But Why an Advanced Degree?
Michael Corcoran, Ph.D., President, Henley-Putnam University4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Employees at Risk, or Risky Employees?
Christopher J. Carroll, SSA, FBI San Francisco Division4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
| 7:30 am - 5:00 pm | Registration | |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Opening Ceremony | |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | It Takes a Team; | |
| 10:00 am - 3:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Open | |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break in Exhibit Hall | |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | "The Tale of a Survivor" Fire Captain Jeff Helvin, Sacramento City Fire Department | |
| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Networking in Exhibit Hall | |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Review of the Lakewood Police Department Massacre | |
| First-In: Survival for California Disaster Scenes Carl Levon Kustin, Capt., San Mateo FD, Lee & Associates | ||
| Forcible Entry "When Every Second Counts" Fire Captain Glen McGuire, San Jose Fire Department | ||
| Trauma Care: State of the Art Angelo Salvucci, MD, Medical Director Ventura & Santa Barbara County EMS Agencies | ||
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Taser & Handgun Retention Ofc Rob Bardsley, Shoreline PD Taser | |
| U.S. Special Forces: Roles in Mitigating the Terrorism Threat Back Home Dave Mitchell, U.S. Navy Seal, Ret. | ||
| Vent for Life Captain Rick Hudson, Sacramento City Fire Department | ||
| Bridging the Workforce: Understanding Our Everchanging Generations Matt Powers, RN, MICP, Battalion Chief North County Fire Authority | ||
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Break in Exhibit Hall | |
| 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Edged Weapons & Patrol Carry Knives Sgt. Don Gulla, King County SO SOG Knives | |
| Lessons Learned from the Debris Pile of Past Disaster Events Mark Hoffmann, Deputy Chief, Oakland FD | ||
| Read and React - Calling the Mayday Firefighter Mark Von Appen, City of Palo Alto Fire Department and Captain Jake Pelk, Central County Fire Department | ||
| Treating an Open Chest Wound and Needle Decompression: When to do it? Greg Kennedy, EMS Coordinator and Clinical Educator for Contra Costa County Fire and Reach Consultant | ||
| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Chatsworth Metrolink vs. Freight Train Disaster Thomas Somers, Captain, Los Angeles, CA FD | |
Thursday, September 16, 2010
| 8:00 am - 2:30 pm | Registration | |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Tactical Considerations to Terror Response Aaron Richman, Advisor, Israel Defense Forces; Director, Institute of Terrorism Research and Response | |
| 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Open | |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break in Exhibit Hall | |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Suicide Bomber Interdiction Aaron Richman, Advisor, Israel Defense Forces; Director, Institute of Terrorism Research and Response | |
| First Attack Persons Trapped Captain Robert Leonard, San Jose Fire Department | ||
Cardiac Resuscitation Redux | ||
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Survival Speed Drills Corporal Ryan Spurling Washington State Patrol | |
| The Active Shooter Response and Life or Death Rapid Fire Interdiction Joe Bierly, Lt. Col (Ret.), USMC; President, Counterterrorism Training and Consulting Inc. | ||
| Success with Less, Tips & Tricks for Staying Safe on Today's Fireground Captain Michael Taylor, West Sacramento City Fire Department | ||
| Development and Implementation of Sane EMS Systems Daniel Gerard, EMS Coordinator, Alameda Fire Department | ||
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Networking in Exhibit Hall | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Officer Rescue and Rapid Trauma Tx in Hot Zones Ofc Tim McClung, King County Airport Police/Fire Rescue CAT Tourniquet | |
| Asymmetrical Warfare; Planning for the Unknown Attack Richard Hughbank, Major, U.S. Army, Ret. | ||
| Calming the Chaos Battalion Chief Anthony Kastros, Sacramento Metro FD | ||
| It's Primary: Rapid Identification and Management of the Critical Patient Art Hsieh, NREMT-P, MA, CEO San Francisco Paramedic Association | ||
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Break in Exhibit Hall | |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Confined Space Combat; Fighting for Survival | |
| Response to Mass Fatality Incidences; Who Owns the Dead? Jim Crabtree, LACo EMS Agency | ||
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Response to Commando-Style Terrorism Attacks Joe Bierly, Lt. Col., Ret. USMC, CTC, INC | |
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