Conference Schedule
On-Site Registration and Check-In 7:00 am to 8:00 am daily
Day #1, October 3rd
8:00 am – 8:40 am Introduction of DC Fire & EMS Chief John Donnelly for Opening Remarks by Robert Avsec, Battalion Chief (Ret.), followed by the Presentation of Colors and Our National Anthem.
8:40 – 9:00 am — Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jennifer O’Leary Tait, Section Chair for APA’s Division 18’s Police and Public Safety Section.
9:00 — 9:30 am – FSPA Awards
9:30 – 9:40 am — Break (10 minutes)
9:40 – 10:40 am — Swee Giang Khoo: Enhancing Mental Health Literacy of Emergency Responders through E-learning
10:40 – 10:50 am — Break (10 minutes)
10:50 – 11:50 am — Dr. Ryan Roberts: Preemployment Psychological Evaluations of Firefighter Candidates: Adapting the California POST Screening Dimensions.
11:50 – 1:00 pm — Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm — Dr. Gina Dunckel: Peer Support and Clinical Support: Fire service working with a clinician and developing mental health programs.
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm — Break (10 minutes)
2:10 pm – 3:10 pm — Alison Fienning: Neck Up Check Ups—Preventing suicide through prevention.
3:10 pm – 3:20 pm — Break (10 minutes)
3:20 pm – 4:20 pm — Dr. Nicole Sawyer: Then and Now: The rapidly changing landscape of gender norms and the hidden impact on trauma.
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm — Break (10 minutes)
4:30 pm – 5:00 – FSPA Membership Meeting
Day #2, October 4th
All workshops and Lunch Included in your Registration for the Conference
Onsite Registration & Check-in each day from 7:00-8:00 am
Day 1: October 5th, 2023
7:00 am — Registration
8:00 am — Opening Remarks from Robert Avsec, Battalion Chief (Ret.)
8:15 – 9:15 am — Keynote Speaker
Dr. Carla Sutton Moore & Fire Chief Roderick “Rod” M. Smith Atlanta Fire Rescue Department Developing Psychological Wellness Programs in the Fire Service
9:15 – 9:25 am — Break (10 minutes)
9:25 – 10:25 am — Developing a Behavioral Health Access Program for Firefighters and Their Families
with Brandy Carlson-Moore, MSW
10:25 – 10:35 am — Break (10 minutes)
10:35 – 11:35 am — Responding to Mass Casualties: Mental Wellness Deployments to a Hurricane and a Building Collapse
with Dr. Deborah C Beidel
11:35 – 12:35 pm — Lunch
12:35 – 1:35 pm — Fire Service Mental Health and Wellness in a Small, Rural State: Filling Gaps and Overcoming Barriers
with Dr. Nicole L. Sawyer & Susan Brown
1:35 – 1:45 pm — Break (10 minutes)
1:45 – 2:45 pm — Saving Ourselves…a Systems Approach
with Battalion Chief (Ret.) James Peal
2:45 – 2:55 pm — Break (10 minutes)
2:55 – 3:55 pm — The Unique Stressors of Fire Prevention Personnel
with Fire Marshal Vince Anderson
3:55 – 4:05 pm — Break (10 minutes)
4:05 — FSPA Membership Meeting
Day 2: October 6th, 2023
8:00 am — Opening Address (10 minutes)
8:10 – 9:10 am — 8:10 Origin and Development of the Peer Support Program in the Cincinnati Fire Department
with Dr. Erica Birkley & Joseph Elliott
9:10 – 9:20 am — Break (10 minutes)
9:20 – 10:20 am — Using the A.M.E.S. (Assemble, Measure, Execute, Systematic Use) Organizational Health Assessment to Assess Public Safety Provider Behavioral Health
with Michael Anthony Schlenk
10:20 – 10:30 am — Break (10 minutes)
10:30 – 11:30 — Understanding What Motivates Firefighters to Work and Challenges to that Motivation
with Gustė Gramaglia
11:30 – 12:30 pm — Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 pm — The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Firefighters
with Dr. Abby Morris – IAFF Center for Excellence
1:30 – 1:40 pm — Break (10 minutes)
1:40 – 2:40 pm — An Overview of Trauma Risk Management
with Dr. Kristen Wheldon
2:40 – 2:50 pm — Break (10 minutes)
2:50 – 3:50 pm — State of the Industry (Roundtable)
3:50 – 4:00 pm — Break (10 minutes)
4:00 – 4:15 pm — FSPA Awards
4:15 pm — Conference Closing
(Announce location of Conference in 2024)
PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
Included in registration
October 4th (the day before the conference)
PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES – Included in registration
Side-by-Side Fire Demonstration
LOCATION:
John Lewis Student Center Atlantic Theatre (Georgia Tech’s campus), 351 Ferst Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
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TIME: 3:00-4:30 PM
Witness the life-saving, property-saving impact of fire sprinklers in a dramatic side-by-side fire demonstration delivered by Atlanta Fire Rescue Department in cooperation with the Georgia Tech Fire Marshal’s Office.
FSPA Conference Attendees Meet & Greet and screening of the documentary film PTSD911
LOCATION:
John Lewis Student Center Cypress Theatre
(Georgia Tech’s campus), 351 Ferst Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
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TIME: 5:00-9:30PM
Please join us for a reception to connect and network with other fire service members and fire service clinicians from around the world followed by a screening of the film PTSD911 (Separate ticket is required for film).
