Smart Firefighting

Thanks for joining our 10 part FRI Mini Series recorded at the Fire-Rescue International (FRI) conference which was hosted by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Each summer, thousands of the most prominent fire and emergency service leaders from around the globe come to FRI. This year, we headed to Kansas City, Missouri at the Kansas City Convention Center, August 16 - 18, 2023 to learn, network, and collaborate together!

In this episode:

• The importance of informational architecture in artificial intelligence (AI)
• Ethical and practical implications of AI
• International perspectives on the American Fire Service’s capabilities

Learn from Bart van Leeuwen - a Situational Awareness Master Instructor, owner of Netage B.V. and Amsterdam Fire Department's Fire Captain.

Bart combines more than 20 years of experience as an operational firefighter at various fire departments in the Netherlands with 20 years of leading Netage B.V. - a SME delivering Smart Data for Smarter Firefighters. This unique combination gives him the opportunity to identify relevant research and its application in real world scenarios.

So click play now and stay tuned for the rest of the Mini Series!

Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is, or review our curated resources!

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Thanks for joining our 10 part FRI Mini Series recorded at the Fire-Rescue International (FRI) conference which was hosted by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Each summer, thousands of the most prominent fire and emergency service leaders from around the globe come to FRI. This year, we headed to Kansas City, Missouri at the Kansas City Convention Center, August 16 - 18, 2023 to learn, network, and collaborate together!

In this episode:

• How protocols and procedures directly impact first responder exposures
• Lessons applied to community risk reduction (CRR)
• How to implement new technologies that support firefighter health and wellness

Hear from Cindy Ell who wears many hats!

Cindy is a Certified Health Coach, cancer advocate, plus the Founder & President of the Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation since 2004. Her diverse experience in firefighter / first responder public relations, health, safety, benefits, cancer research and legislative issues has also led her to become the Chief Executive Officer for Enviro Ethos which seeks solutions to toxic exposures.

So click play now and stay tuned for the rest of the Mini Series!

Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is, or review our curated resources!

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Thanks for joining our 10 part FRI Mini Series recorded at the Fire-Rescue International (FRI) conference which was hosted by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Each summer, thousands of the most prominent fire and emergency service leaders from around the globe come to FRI. This year, we headed to Kansas City, Missouri at the Kansas City Convention Center, August 16 - 18, 2023 to learn, network, and collaborate together!

In this episode:

• What is Community Risk Reduction (CRR)?
• How can we deploy CRR strategies to strengthen our communities' resilience?
• How to accelerate CRR efforts across the USA

Get the scoop from Brent Faulkner - aka "The CRR Guy"!

Brent has always worked on the operations side of the house, yet has also always been a huge CRR champion and educator. As a safety professional, his goal is to help others understand that it's the little things that make a big difference in your overall safety.

That's why he's also CEO of Virtual CRR - virtual community risk reduction which allows fire departments, emergency management, and other organizations to have a platform to make their CRR programs work.

So click play now and stay tuned for the rest of the Mini Series!

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• Where do your donations to Kevin's Chicago Marathon fundraiser go?
• What makes Shirley Ryan AbilityLab the top rehab hospital in the world?
• Examples of using technology to support & empower each patient throughout the road to recovery

Find out from Dr. Allen Heinemann - the Director of the AbilityLab's Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR)

Dr. Heinemann conducts health services research with a focus on developing and applying outcome measures in rehabilitation care. His team developed the Rehabilitation Measures Database to help clinicians and scientists select instruments for patient care and research applications.

Hit play now to discover a broader perspective on what it means to empower people in need!

And don't forget to DONATE TO THE SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB by visiting this link!

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• What does the future of the Smart Fire Academy look like?
• How to build muscle memory with new immersive learning tools
• Insight into NAFTD & NFPA’s Firefighter’s Immersive Learning Environment (FILE) report

Learn from Ken Willette!

As the Executive Director of the North American Fire Training Directors (NAFTD), Ken is an experienced Business Development & Segment Director with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization management industry. To say he has strong product management and professional skills in Government, Emergency Management, Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Risk Assessment puts it lightly!

So start the episode to find out more!

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• Debunking the perceptions around tradition in fire service
• The evolving impact of the NIST & NFPA Roadmap to the Future of Smart Firefighting Report
• Developments at the TEEX Testing & Innovation Center

Get the scoop from Paul Siebert!

Since 1991, Paul has been in progressive positions within the Frisco Fire Department, retiring in 2017. He's now working for the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service Emergency Services Training Institute as the Public Sector Program Director. Prior to that, he managed response technology development for the TEEX Product Development Center.

So hit that play button to hear more!

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Hear from retired Battalion Chief Scott Yurczyk.

Yurczyk finished his firefighting career at Seattle Fire Department, and is now a Western Director for the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA). So click play to find out what he has to share!

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Hit play now to hear from retired Chief Eddie Buchanan - a man of many things.

Chief Buchanan got his start in 1982 and retired as an Assistant Chief with Hanover Fire & EMS in Richmond, Virginia. He's a past President of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, recipient of the George D. Post, Instructor of the Year Award, plus has served on a range of technical committees.

Buchanan now hosts the new “Fire Service Data & Tech Talk” Podcast for Fire Engineering, and currently works as the Business Development Manager for Deccan International.

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• What is the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) and how can the fire service use it?
• Tips for avoiding cognitive overload during first responder operations
• Why will a shared consciousness boost the fire service's effectiveness?

Get the scoop from Andreas "AJ" Johansson! With 29 years of experience across federal, state, and local government, AJ is Corona Fire Department's current Fire Captain - and a big champion for the use of the ⁠Team Awareness Kit (TAK)⁠.

TAK is the core of a suite of georeferenced imagery and communications tools that allow for scaled operational planning, data sharing, visualized elevation data, and target management.

Start the episode now to hear what AJ has to share...

Episode Resources:

• The TAK Syndicate
• The TAK Syndicate YouTube channel

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Find out from Emmanuel Joel - founder and CEO of Rescunomics - plus co-founder Cyril Ajayi.

Rescunomics is a provider of innovative solutions to Global safety for emergency responders. Emmanuel immigrated from Nigeria, served six years in the army, obtained a Masters Degree in Safety, Security and Emergency Management, with specialty in Occupational Safety, joined the Houston Fire Department in 2006, and retired as a Captain.

Cyril is a NEBOSH graduate, a creative thinker, an Ex-Marine Chief Engineer/ Technical Superintendent, and a Fleet Manager who has sailed on and managed various types of Marine vessels and other assets.

So hit play to find out what they have to share!

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Hear all about it from Jason Pennington, the Executive Director at Indiana IoT Lab.

The IoT Lab brings together forward thinkers, academia, and established organizations to support the Hoosier state's core competencies - make things, move things, and grow things.

With their partners and members, the lab supports and pursues connected technology deployment, projects of interest, and development initiatives in the IoT space.

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Hear all about it from Chris Moon, a firefighter for the Columbus Fire Department.

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Get the inside scoop from Michael Mendolia - the CEO at Business Crescendo - & Jonathan Szabo-Bodennec - the Pre-Sales Manager - Personal Location Devices for SYSNAV.

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Take a listen to hear from Associate Consultant for Emergency Services Consulting International: Deputy Chief Sterling Folden!

Having worked in the fire service for 31 years, the experienced Deputy Chief focuses on organizational leadership and professional development. His favorite question to ask is, "What if we..." - so click play to discover his insights!

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

So click play to hear from Officer John Newcomer from Ellettsville Police Department in Frankenmuth, Michigan now!

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Learn from Andrew Power who manages the Production and Training as a Service programs at Ravenswood Solutions - including proposals, project management, personnel management, regulatory compliance, delivery and sustainment of products. So play the episode to find out more now!

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Find out more from Michael Ilsbroux, the co-founder and CEO of EPIC Blue.

Michael envisions a future where people enter into an effective and complementary partnership with state of the art technology, which led him to create EPIC Blue. Driven by customer feedback, EPIC Blue found industry-wide location capability gaps impacting safety and efficiency in the field. This discovery led to developing two complementary workforce solutions to address those gaps and substantially improve operations. So start the episode to learn more now!

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Hear from Eric Steimle - the Hardware Engineering Lead for Banc3.

Since 2000, BANC3 Engineering, Inc. has been providing professional engineering and consulting services to a diverse range of public and private clients. They focus on hardware and software technology solutions for the A/E/C industry, and have a history and expertise in engineering, surveying, and consulting. Eric focuses specifically on augmented reality headset design, so start listening to learn more!

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

So take a listen to our chat with Seth Burton, a firefighter for the Columbus Fire Department.

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Hear from our 2nd competitor Alex Gorsuch, the co-founder and CTO of Ascent Integrated Tech.

Alex and his team build the unifying command dashboard for warfighters, firefighters, and SWAT officers by providing actionable insight on the health, environment, and location of the operator. He has led the development and deployment of many low SWaP-C ruggedized autonomous systems, diagnostics, human performance technology, and sensor arrays for defense and first responder operators.
Alex also taught customer discovery as well as tech and venture development for 5+ years, and is currently writing a book about mission-driven tech entrepreneurship.

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Hosted at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, the FRST Challenge is a competition focused on producing marketable prototypes that demonstrate indoor localization tracking and tracking of first responders within 1-meter accuracy without any pre-deployed infrastructure. The challenge is administered by the Indiana University Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and funded by the NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division.

Chief Technology Officer Dale Rolfson is the first of many competitors you'll hear from!

He's been with the Indianapolis Fire Department for almost 35 years, starting off as a recruit firefighter, drove a Ladder Truck for 14 years, and then worked as a Deputy Fire Marshal for 10 years with duties including Fire Investigation, Code Enforcement, Public Education, Communications Chief, and many other technology duties. He has been the CTO for IFD since April of 2012.

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Fire Safety Engineer Wojciech (Woj) Węgrzyński tells us more!

An Associate Professor and a Deputy Head of Fire Research Department at the Building Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, Woj earns his living by, "setting stuff on fire and trying to model that with a computer." He's passionate about fire safety and engineering plus loves experimenting and combining knowledge from different disciplines. His latest research areas are visibility in smoke, smart smoke control systems, and wind and fire coupled modeling. Waj is also an author of 25 peer-reviewed papers and 200+ technical expertise related to buildings - including large road tunnels, shopping malls, and some of Europe's highest skyscrapers.

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Learn from the expert in dynamic and progressive executive leadership Daniel (Danny) Kistner!

The retired fire chief used his 40+ years' experience in public safety to create DTK Consulting - a coaching and executive education for adaptive leadership, innovation, mobile integrated healthcare (community para-medicine), and other topics related to organizational development with an emphasis on public safety subjects.

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Find out from Mike Gugino, inventor of 3D FIT!

Mike has worked in the respiratory protection fit testing process for many years and has oversaw thousands of annual fit tests.  Mike knows the frustrations around fit testing all too well and while he was working in this role, he decided that there had to be a better way. So he created the app 3D FIT (still in development!) as an alternative respiratory protection fit test that only utilizes a smart device. Thanks to his innovation, Mike will help save first resopnder and medical workers time while making them safer with better fitting masks!

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Find out from Bart van Leeuwen - owner of Netage B.V., Station Instructor at Brandweer Amsterdam-Amstelland & Certified Situational Awareness Master Instructor for SA Matters.

Bart combines more than 20 years of experience as an operational fire fighter, and over 20 years of leading Netage. Netage is a software tool used to deliver Smart Data for Smarter Firefighters, and operates on a global scale for fire services and related organizations. Currently, it is heavily involved with the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) on various smart data topics.

Bart's unique background gives him the opportunity to identify relevant research and its application in real world scenarios, so you definitely want to take a listen!

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Hear from Western Wake Fire & Rescue's Caption and the Fire Academy Instructor at Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools: Travis Adkinson.

At the age of 18, Travis found himself applying to volunteer as a firefighter alongside a friend; and almost 20 years later, Travis finds himself teaching students the intricacies of fire prevention and fire safety. This interesting conversation covers aspects of education trends in the classroom, how to use immersive learning as a tool for public safety, and how to adapt to the ever-changing first responder landscape.

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Get in the know with Udit Agrawal - the Director at Brijbasi who is passionate about understanding the challenges firefighters face on a daily basis. 

Brijbasi supports the Indian Fire Service in terms of Training, Fire Apparatus, Equipment or any other solution.  With over 50 years of working together, the firefighting fraternity has made Brijbasi who they are today. Brijbasi’s wide range of products and solutions include Aerial Ladder Platforms, Turbo Hydro Jet Fire Fighting, Mobile Water Transport (Hydraulic Submersible Pumps), Airport Crash Fire Trucks, Industrial & Municipal Fire Trucks, Defense Application Trucks, Drones, Robotic Fire Fighting, Virtual Reality Fire Fighter & Apparatus Operation Training, Rescue Tools & Equipment.

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This is the eighth episode of our TSI Mini Series. Hosted in Texas during October 2022, Technology Summit International - IAFC's newest conference - brought the tech of the future to today’s fire and emergency service professionals — helping them reduce risks to their communities, improve their ability to respond to emergencies, and save lives.

In this episode:

• What is TEEX Tested?
• How TEEX guides start ups & public safety through technology adoption
• How to get involved & vet your technology at Disaster City

Find out from Ray Ivie: Test & Eval Director at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service - TEEX. Working across A&M system facilities - including Brayton Fire Training Center, Disaster City, Bush Combat Development Center, Internet Tech Eval Center, A&M Engineering, Bush School of Public Service and Health Science Colleges - to support research and conduct assessments, Ray plans, coordinates, & executes operational assessments of products & solutions for the emergency responder / public safety communities. He additionally teaches undergrads at the Hollingsworth Center for Ethical Leadership and grad students at the Bush School of Public Service.

To name just a bit of his quite extensive background, Ray was the former Senior VP / GM of Network Solutions Group at CACI International; led groups of business divisions providing expertise & technologies for enterprise IT solutions for IC, DOD & other USGOV agencies; plus served as President of the Integration & Operations Solutions Group a LGS Innovations (former Bell Labs-Federal), and Director of Geospatial Solutions for General Dynamics Mission Systems, Advanced Information Systems - leading strategic opportunities with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), other IC agencies & DoD.

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This is the seventh episode of our TSI Mini Series. Hosted in Texas during October 2022, Technology Summit International - IAFC's newest conference - brought the tech of the future to today’s fire and emergency service professionals — helping them reduce risks to their communities, improve their ability to respond to emergencies, and save lives.

In this episode:

• Why are global meetups important? 
• How can the fire service explore evergreen solutions?
• How is adopting technology a big challenge AND solution?

SFF met up with Stefan Truthän - the progressive driving force and visionary behind hhpberlin who has been responsible for the operational and strategic development of the company since 2008. As Chief Organizational Architect, Stefan has been an integral part of the engineering firm since 2002. With his unconventional solutions and great passion, he helped hhpberlin grow rapidly and wants to set decisive impulses for the future of public safety.

Over the past 30 years, Stefan has also been a volunteer firefighter in various roles plus joined the advisory board of INTERSCHUTZ in Hanover as well as the conference advisory board of INTERSCHUTZ USA. 

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This is the sixth episode of our TSI Mini Series. Hosted in Texas during October 2022, Technology Summit International - IAFC's newest conference - brought the tech of the future to today’s fire and emergency service professionals — helping them reduce risks to their communities, improve their ability to respond to emergencies, and save lives.

In this episode:

• What is the 3 horizon framework?
• How can we improve that framework?
• How can we embrace ambiguity?

Hear from Microsoft's Director of Technology Strategy and Public Safety & Justice Sai Narain. 

Sai has led high performing project teams developing technology strategies to solve strategic planning problems for Fire Chiefs, EMS Managers & 911 Centers across North America. Given his successful track record in technology leadership, sales & marketing, program/account management, and strategic planning in the Public Safety industry, Sai clearly possesses a strong background in technology innovation, a talent for connecting people and ideas, and experience in leading organizations reach new levels of success through technology management and solutions-based architecture.

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This is the fifth episode of our TSI Mini Series. Hosted in Texas during October 2022, Technology Summit International - IAFC's newest conference - brought the tech of the future to today’s fire and emergency service professionals — helping them reduce risks to their communities, improve their ability to respond to emergencies, and save lives.

In this episode:

• A peak into new technology that provides the ability to see through smoke
• Should first responder rethink how to use their hands & eyes during fires?
• Why is it important to consult first responders throughout the engineering process?

Get the scoop from Andrew Leaman, Canadian entrepreneur & VP of Fire & Defense Solutions at Longan Vision. Based at McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ontario, Longan Vision is a provider of design and sales of enhanced vision and communication devices. They provide advanced products to face extreme challenges, and are building an ecosystem of linked products to enhance communication and efficiency.

Leaman's focused on making first responders' lives safer with technology and team building. At Longan Vision, one of their key values is working with their community partners to continue to adapt, evolve, and work together to make lives better.

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This is the fourth episode of our TSI Mini Series. Hosted in Texas during October 2022, Technology Summit International - IAFC's newest conference - brought the tech of the future to today’s fire and emergency service professionals — helping them reduce risks to their communities, improve their ability to respond to emergencies, and save lives.

In this episode:

• What is Technology Summit International (TSI)?
• What is the difference between being data-driven and data informed?
• Why is funding still the biggest challenge?

Learn from Scott Roseberry, an experienced Battalion Chief with a demonstrated history of working in the public safety industry. Skilled in not only Fire Service, Emergency Management, Disaster Response, Leadership, and Project Management, Scott is strong military and protective services professional with a Master of Public Administration - MPA focused in Public Administration from University of Texas - Permian Basin.

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This is the third episode of our TSI Mini Series. Hosted in Texas during October 2022, Technology Summit International - IAFC's newest conference - brought the tech of the future to today’s fire and emergency service professionals — helping them reduce risks to their communities, improve their ability to respond to emergencies, and save lives.

In this episode:

• How the definition of "emergency" is changing
• How to use technology to run high call volume
• Why limiting resource strain should be the goal

Get some insight from San Antonio Fire Department's Chief Bryan Norris. Chief Norris has served SAFD for the past 20 years, moving up the ranks from firefighter to Division and then Assistant Chief before he became Deputy Chief in 2022. Given his background, he's had a wide range of responsibilities, such as but not limited to planning and analytics, administrative functions for the Emergency Services Division, plus safety, communications, and technical services for the Community Risk Reduction Division and Office of Emergency Management.

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This is the second episode of our TSI Mini Series. Hosted in Texas during October 2022, Technology Summit International - IAFC's newest conference - brought the tech of the future to today’s fire and emergency service professionals — helping them reduce risks to their communities, improve their ability to respond to emergencies, and save lives.

In this episode:

• How to use data to make informed decisions
• Why customer feedback should be the design philosophy
• How to reduce first responders' cognitive load

Hear from Alex Gorsuch, the co-founder and CTO of