Pre-Conference 3-C Executive Summit
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
The Power of Cooperative Preincident Relationships
Sheriff Warren Rupf, Contra Costa (CA) County Office
This segment of the program is introductory only (commonly referred to as the motivational phase of a lesson plan) and sets the stage for the rest of the day, which will help attendees build knowledge about homeland security/terrorism threats, interdiction resources (law enforcement), and intervention/response (“all hands”). What we do in the street every day (survival skills) will make us more effective when a terrorism event occurs.

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
The Disaster within the Disaster: When Government Agencies Fail or Fail to Work Together
Chief Harold Schapelhouman, Menlo Park (CA) Fire Protection District
When disaster strikes, local, state, and federal governmental and nongovernmental agencies need to work together quickly to establish a plan, solve complex problems, and provide for the common good. But, what happens when those efforts fail or agencies become ineffective and perform as competitors instead of as collaborators? Egos and inexperience get in the way, paving the way for additional suffering and deaths. The class examines catastrophic events and presents examples of failures and successes showing how planning, preparedness, and training make the difference.

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Ethical Considerations in Resource Management
Harvey Kayman, MD, MPH, California Department of Public Health
Capable emergency commanders incorporate huge amounts of data, ignore irrelevancies, integrate essentials, make crucial decisions under pressure, and take action. Some criticize with “perfect” hindsight, referencing “ethical” principles. The knowledge of ethical principles gained from this presentation will help detractors comprehend.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
International and Domestic Terrorism: Impact on First Responders
Keith Harper, Randy Cook and George Akkelquist, Counter Threat Institute (CTI) International
Do you think that terrorism occurs in “other places?” This Roundtable will change your view of where terrorists are operating, which may be closer to home than you think. The panelists, who represent decades of federal and local law enforcement and military intelligence experience, will review elements of religious extremism and walk through three terrorism cases with direct ties to the San Francisco Bay Area. An interactive session between the panelists and the audience follows the discussions.

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Using HSEEP-Compliant Exercises to Develop and Evaluate Emergency Services’ Capabilities
Michael Petrie, Director, UC Berkeley CIDER Emergency Management Sciences
Here are tools to select the best exercise for your organization’s needs, to understand problems associated with improper exercise selection and design, and how such improper selection can suggest capabilities that do not exist. Learn about the types of exercises contained in the US Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP). Understand the use of input, process, output evaluation measures to evaluate high stakes/low frequency capabilities and to select the most cost effective and appropriate exercise to use to develop or verify a capability.

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Education is Important, But Why an Advanced Degree?
Michael Corcoran, Ph.D., President, Henley-Putnam University, San Jose, CA
Attendees will learn the value of education in their specific arena and how education bridges the gap between local, state, and federal organizations. Educating others in your specific expertise fosters lasting and productive relationships across all disciplines.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Employees at Risk, or Risky Employees?
Christopher J. Carroll, SSA, FBI San Francisco Division
Changes are occurring in the workforce of private and public sector employers. There is a move to place gang members, including outlaw biker gang members, into “mainstream” employment. Public sector agencies may now be unknowingly hiring employees counter to their agency’s mission and who are possibly a threat to the community and their co-workers. Hear about examples of risky employees and strategies to screen them out of your organization.

Tactical EMS/Medical/Nursing
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Trauma Care: State of the Art
Angelo Salvucci, MD, FACEP, Santa Barbara, CA
Managing the critical trauma patient has evolved significantly in the past 50 years. Dr. Salvucci presents and explains developments in trauma management, dispelling urban myths and reinforcing the research in this key area of practice.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Bridging the Workforce: Understanding Our Ever-Changing Generations
Matthew F. Powers, EMS Chief, North County Fire Authority/Emergency Nurses Association
Participants will be able to name the four different generations in today’s workforce and identify factors that affect our generational differences and the qualities and liabilities of our generations. Then they will learn how to interact with each generation.

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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
Pathophysiology, signs symptoms, how to check and treat open chest wounds will be covered. Also, Tension Pneumothorax will be addressed: What it is, how it happens, signs symptoms, treatment, and when to do a Needle Decompression.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cardiac Resuscitation Redux
Captain Andy Swartzell, San Ramon Valley (CA) Fire Protection District
New prehospital procedures and novel technology have increased a patient’s chance of survival to hospital discharge. However, despite recent advances, without continued research and a greater adoption of measures to help preserve brain function following ROSC, many patients will continue to be lost. This course will discuss out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) survival rates treated by emergency medical services in the United States; recent advances in research, technology, and procedures to improve prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) rates in OOHCA; and the role and impact of therapeutic hypothermia for cardiac arrest patients.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Development and Implementation of Sane EMS Systems
Daniel Gerard, EMS Coordinator, Alameda (CA) Fire Department
EMS systems have developed in a myriad of fashions, some with deliberate thought and others in a haphazard manner. With many different deployment and response models, the challenges are endless. Everyone is looking to cut budgets and reduce overhead, yet we are faced with challenges such as whether to provide ALS or BLS first response and what new equipment and new medications to buy. This presentation explores common misconceptions of EMS service delivery and provides managers and chief officers with greater insight into making key decisions for their organizations.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
It’s Primary: Rapid Identification & Management of the Critical Patient
Art Hsieh, CEO, San Francisco Paramedic Association
Students will learn to accurately the subtle signs of the impending “crash” patient during the primary assessment, value the need to approach each patient the same way each time, describe how to rapidly differentiate a critical patient’s symptomology, and devise simple and effective strategies to quickly stabilize critical patients.

Tactical Disaster & Homeland Security
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
First-In: Survival for California Disaster Scenes
Captain Carl Levon Kustin, City of San Mateo (CA) Fire Department
This course is geared for all first responders who would participate in field operations at a disaster site. It will help participants understand how to identify potential hazards and mitigation options and will also discuss personal protective equipment/system options and training programs that can help to realistically prepare field personnel for the special challenges associated with “First-In” disaster response.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
US Special Forces: Roles in Mitigating the Terrorism Threat Back Home
David P. Mitchell, Emergency Management Specialist, Extreme Terrorism Consulting
Learn what Special Ops can and can’t do by law, neutralizing threats abroad and what that means on the street, the information system, information flow to you, using classified information in an unclassified world-actionable information, and using lessons learned.

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Lessons Learned from the Debris Piles of Past Disasters
John Brenner, City of Sacramento (CA) Fire Department
This course will look at the challenges and experiences of major collapse incidents and common lessonslearned that apply to almost every major collapse disaster. It will also look at the operational lessons learned firsthand from man-made and natural collapse incidents. This class is for all public safety personnel. The lessons learned on the pile will better prepare you as a rescuer and a rescue manager.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
The Active Shooter Response and Life or Death Rapid Fire Interdiction
Joe Bierly, Lt Col (Ret.), USMC; President, Counterterrorism Training and Consulting Inc.
What has changed in terms of active shooter response since the VA Tech shootings, and what are the implications for training and SWAT selection? Learn the importance of the time factor when it comes to responding to an active shooter incident and the OODA loop as a planning factor.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Asymmetrical Warfare: Planning for the Unknown Attack
Richard J. Hughbank, Major (Ret.), US Army; President, Extreme Terrorism Consulting
This course will increase your knowledge and understanding of the various asymmetrical terrorist threats to national security and help you gain a conceptual and experiential grounding in the complex environment, multiple challenges, and potential interdependent nature of threats facing the United States. Improve your ability to identify, critically analyze, and forcefully articulate threats to the United States.

Tactical Fire
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Forcible Entry “When Every Second Counts”
Captain Glen McGuire, San Jose (CA) Fire Department
This course is designed to show quick and efficient methods of gaining access through a number of different types of vertical surfaces. Techniques include using the traditional irons as well as a variety of tools to get through today’s new and challenging forms of resistance.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Vent for Life
Captain Rick Hudson, Sacramento City (CA) Fire Department
A review of concepts for prioritizing the first-due arriving companies’ tactical needs for ventilation, specifically for life-saving searches, will be targeted around arrival assignments and crew riding positions. Brief case studies are presented along with a group discussion forum.

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Read and React: Calling the Mayday
Firefighter Mark Von Appen, Palo Alto (CA) Fire Department and Captain Jake Pelk, Central County (CA) Fire Department
Learn how to identify Mayday situations and relay your needs through interactive classroom and hands-on, scenario-based training. Firefighters are confronted with Mayday situations that challenge higher thinking and are required to execute survival and communication skills with a high degree of accuracy. From the recruit to the veteran, all firefighters must be able to read and react to hostile situations and communicate effectively. The fireground is cruel and unforgiving—learn to read and react, because you only get one chance.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

10:30 AM - 11:30 PM
First Attack Persons Trapped
Captain Robert Leonard, San Jose (CA) Fire Department
The modern day fireground is extremely dynamic and is becoming ever more challenging for command officers to coordinate and manage, while firefighters safely and effectively complete necessary tasks. Engine company operations are the backbone of any successful fireground operation. Without hoselines in position, other tasks are subject to failure.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Success with Less: Tips and Tricks for Staying Safe on Today’s Fireground
Captain Michael Taylor, West Sacramento (CA) Fire Department
This lecture is designed to give you the nuggets you need for successful fireground operations when you feel limited by staffing or response. Choosing the proper nozzles, forcible entry tools, and apparatus set up will help you achieve your goals. Learn how to honing your skills so one firefighter can do more with less and how to empower the fireground to collect information on the structure. This course is ideal for all ranks to be successful. Structure fires do not care about staffing, but firefighters care about structure fires.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Calming the Chaos
Battalion Chief Anthony Kastros, Sacramento Metropolitan (CA) Fire Department
Today’s fireground should be a calm and orchestrated event, but often it is not. Fewer fires, mass attrition, and little or no command training have created an era in today’s fire service where the simple “bread and butter” house fire is a sentinel event. Radio traffic is unclear, and basic mistakes are made on a regular basis. Don’t believe the lie that you cannot prepare for the test and the job at the same time. The military, airlines, and NASA do it, and it’s about time the fire service did! These high-risk fields have relied on simulations for years. Simulation software should not just be used at test time; it’s a great tool to make great fireground officers. Students will review radio traffic and video of actual incidents. Simulation software will be used to size up and organize residential fire incidents.

Tactical Law Enforcement
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Review of the Lakewood Police Department Massacre
Sergeant Jim Detrick (Ret.), Auburn Police Department
A one-hour debrief into the tragic events of November 29, 2009, when Sgt. Mark Renninger and Officers Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold, and Greg Richards were gunned down in a Lakewood Coffee Shop. Also covered are the two-day manhunt and the killing of suspect Maurice Clemmons.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Taser® and Handgun Retention
Robert K. Bardsley, Patrol/School Resource Officer, King County Sheriff Department
Many officers now carry both Tasers® and handguns. Defending one is hard enough, but how do you protect both during an assault? This hands-on course will teach students how to defend their holstered Tasers®/handguns. These are zero-distance techniques, designed to work in extreme close quarters.

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Edged Weapons and Patrol Carry Knives
Sergeant Don J. Gulla and Detective Gary Drake, Gulla’s Arrestling
Learn why and where to carry a patrol knife and the types of knives, as well as weapon retention techniques with the use of a patrol folding knife. This course will use the new SOG Training Folding Knives.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

10:30 AM - 11:30 PM
Suicide Bomber Interdiction
Aaron Richman, Advisor, Israel Defense Forces; Director, Institute of Terrorism Research and Response
Suicide Terrorist Interdiction is an act whose successful execution is demanded on by the system on the very first time without any experience by the officer involved. Current rules of engagement cannot be used because of lack of a visible weapon and intent. Therefore, there is a demand for a change in the rules of engagement for this threat. The Israeli National Police, in general, and the Jerusalem Police, specifically, have been interdicting and responding to suicide bombing attacks for many years. The tactic of the adversary has adapted to the constant improvement in the counterterror techniques and countermeasures of the Israelis. This lecture will present various case studies by this former captain in the Jerusalem Precinct that address suicide bomber interdiction by security and law enforcement personnel from events inside Israel during the years 1995-2008. The presentation will include suicide bombing case studies relevant to the American emergency response and homeland security community with strong lessons learned.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Survival Speed Drills
Corporal Ryan Spurling, Washington State Patrol
Law enforcement officers will learn to integrate control tactics and firearms skills in a dynamic environment--skills that are crucial to survival. This class allows students multiple repetitions in a constantly moving environment and positional shooting from every angle at all ranges.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Officer Rescue and Rapid Trauma Tx in Hot Zones
Deputy Tim McClung, King County Sheriff’s Office/Special operations Division
This course will provide the awareness you need to train and prepare for the possibility of affecting a traumatically injured officer in a hostile environment. Learn several procedural and equipment options.

Open Sessions
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The Tale of a Survivor
Captain Jeff Helvin, Sacramento City (CA) Fire Department
A first-hand account of a flashover that occurred at a structure fire that nearly took the lives of four firefighters. Students will identify the contributing factors, lessons learned, and the changes this incident made in the perspective of the presenter/fire officer. See video from a helmet cam worn by one of the firefighters on-scene and hear the audio of the radio traffic. The events that led to an explosive fire on the first floor while four firefighters were searching on the second floor without being aware of the danger below them will be broken down step by step. Structure type, floor plan, potential hazards for firefighters, the original dispatch, size-up, the decision-making matrix, tactics, communications, using a thermal imaging camera in zero visibility, smoke conditions, and imminent flashover will be covered.

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Chatsworth Metrolink vs. Freight Train Disaster
Captain Thomas Somers, Los Angeles (CA) Fire Department
There are 233,000 miles of railroad track in the United States, with 3,000 accidents per year. Most responders have tracks in their jurisdiction or are part of a mutual-aid plan for such incidents. This case study will stress the need to recognize the situation for what it is and show how preparedness influenced the outcome of this disaster.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Tactical Considerations to Terror Response
Aaron Richman, Advisor, Israel Defense Forces; Director, Institute of Terrorism Research and Response
Approximately 90 percent of all terror attacks are thwarted by the Israeli Security Forces prior to detonation. This is due in large part to the integration of intelligence and tactical units in identifying the threat and making early interdiction into the planning phases of the adversary attack. Through many years of lessons learned, hands-on training, and the integration of the tactical units with the other specialty units, the Israel National Police has been transformed into a successful counterterror unit.

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Confined Space Combat: Fighting for Survival
Detective Gary Drake, Gulla’s Arrestling
This course will teach techniques that are specific to escapes when officers find themselves immobilized whether on the ground, against a wall, or in a corner. Statistics show it is when officers are immobilized that they sustain injuries and lose their weapons.

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Response to Mass Fatality Incidences: Who Own the Dead?
Jim Crabtree, RN, BSN, MICN, Los Angeles County EMS Agency
Learn where ultimate legal authority rests at a death scene and the tasks performed by death scene investigators. Conflicts may develop between fire and coroner responders; learn how to deal with them and psychological stressors that occur at a death scene.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Response to Commando-Style Terrorist Attacks
Joe Bierly, Lt Col (Ret.), USMC; President, Counterterrorism Training and Consulting Inc.
This course will provide an overview of the attacks in Mumbai in 2006 and similar attack profiles and discuss lessons learned from both friendly and terrorist perspectives. Learn the implications for training and for command and control.