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