Montana Mutual Aid
Command, Strategy, & Tactics and Large Incident Management,
Training Symposium
Meeting Agenda for March 2nd and 3rd , 2013
Thanks to Sue and Ken Mergenthaler and the Eastgate Fire Department Crew for hosting
Saturday, March 2nd , 2013
1000hrs Call to Order – Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance
Introductions of Guests and Hosts and Session Notes
1020hrs Montana Mutual Aid – Purpose and Approach – Fire Chief Ken Mergenthaler, Eastgate Fire, Lewis and Clark County
Montana Fire Service Mutual Aid – History Review, Additions, SWOT
Montana Mutual Aid – High Line – Steve Harada, Brandon Brunelle, Bob Hanson
Montana Mutual Aid – West – Gary Mahugh, et al.
Montana Mutual Aid – East – Steve Harada
Montana Mutual Aid – Golden Triangle, Leonard Lundby, Joe Zahara
Montana Mutual Aid – Southern Zone – Rich Cowger
Montana State Fire Chief’s Association Update – Rich Cowger
Montana Mutual Aid – MT DNRC – Greg Archie
Fire Service All Threat Open Source Briefing – Bryan Costigan
Blue Card Command Training – Update Cory O’Brian
Montana DES Update – Director Ed Tinsley, MT DES(Invited)
Saving Local Taxpayers’ Money with Montana Mutual Aid – Brian Crandell
Exterior Fire Attack Standards, Training, and Certification – Britton Gray
Montana Wildland Fire –Fire Behavior Review of 2012, Estimates for 2013,
Fire Chief Sonny Stiger (ret.), Wolf Creek
1230hrs Lunch – MMA SWOT Inputs
1330hrs Large Incident Management & Mutual Aid Case Studies & Smart Practices – Flex Block
Strategy and Tactics for Fighting Structure Fires Based on Science & Engineering
Dan Mardrzykowski, NIST, Ed Burlingame, Kevin Conant, Terry Larson, John Culbertson
1830hrs Dinner with Dan and crew
1915hrs Strategy and Tactics for Fighting Structure Fires Based on Science & Engineering
continues
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
0800hrs(MST) Breakfast
0830hrs Large Incident Management and Mutual Aid – Case Studies and Smart Practices – Flex Block(continues)
Strategy and Tactics for Fighting Structure Fires Based on Science & Engineering
Dan Mardrzykowski, NIST, Ed Burlingame, Kevin Conant, Terry Larson, John Culbertosn
continues
Hazard Zone Incident Command Standard for NIMS Type 4 & 5 Incidents – Brian Crandell
Blue Card Command Training as a Best Practice – Brian Crandell
Command Support in Montana Mutual Aid –
MMA Watch Desk, Advance Element, Liaison & other support functions–
Ed Burlingame, Ken Mergenthaler, Gary Mahugh, Steve Harada, Jane Ellis, Brian Crandell
Montana Mutual Aid – Now, Next, and Future – Mergenthaler, Ellis, and group
1145hrs Good of the Order, Thank Yous(Sue & crew) and Closing –
Thanks for Showing Up. Snacks for the road(thanks, Sue and crew)
Next meeting – November 2nd and 3rd, 2013 at Eastgate FD(starts at 1000hrs)
UAL FLT 93 – NWA FLT 253