Programs

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-    Motivational talks
-    Keynote addresses
-    One-hour breakouts
-    90 minute breakouts
-    Two-hour breakouts
-    Half-day workshops
-    Full-day seminars
-    Multi-day programs
Gary has made over 400 presentations at fire and EMS conferences including Fire-Rescue International, Fire-Rescue Med, Fire-Rescue East, EMS Expo, FDIC, EMS Today, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse Central, EMS World Expo, The Redmond Symposium, IAFF national, state and local conferences, Massachusetts Fire Chief's Conference, Wisconsin Fire Chief's Conference, Nebraska EMS Conference, California Fire Chief's Leadership Conference, California State Firefighter's Training Conference, NFPA Urban Fire Forum, Wisconsin EMT Association Conference, FDIC, Missouri Valley Fire Chief's Conference, Delaware EMS & Fire Conference, Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts, Virginia EMS Symposium, Ohio Fire Chief's Conference, Tennessee EMS Education Association, National EMS Memorial Service, Metropolitan Fire Chief's Conference, Illinois Fire Chief's Association, Florida Fire Chief's Conference, Pittsburgh Fire Expo, Fire Show Reno, Michigan Fire Expo, plus local and state conferences and symposiums.

Leadership Classes

  • ​Fully Involved Leadership - Who Would You Follow if Your Life Depended on it? 
  • Fire Chiefs Behaving Badly - What Gets Chief and Company Officers in Trouble
  • Things I Wish I Knew Before I Got Promoted to Fire Chief
  • The Four Rs of Fire/EMS Leadership - How to be Respectful, Rational, Reasonable, and Responsible
  • Image Management - Shaping the Image and Branding of your Fire Department
  • Popcorn Leadership - Leadership Lessons from the Movies
  • You Can Be the Thermometer or the Thermostat - Creating Change! 
  • "I am the boss ‑ so why can't I boss people around ‑ the 25 most common mistakes made by Chief Officers."
  • The New Company Officer Survival Briefing
  • ​Management Case Studies for Fire Chiefs
  • Management Case Studies for Chief Fire Officers
  • Do You See What I See  - Tricks of the Trade for Incident Commanders on Building Construction
  • The New Company Officer Survival Briefing
  • Planning for Regional Fire and EMS Services
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People – Fire Style
  • The Biggest Mistakes Chiefs and Company Officers Make

Keynote Topics

  • One Day You Will Leave This World Behind - So Live a Life You Will Remember 
  • A Walk in Time - Looking Back at our Profession and Where It Is Heading
  • Academy Graduations - It is About Public-Interest - Not Self-Interest

General Fire Classes

  • What To Teach Your Rookie Firefighters on Their First Day - One Day Seminar - Great for Academy Classes
  • One or Multi-Day: Incident Command Table Top Drills Tailored to your Department and Community
  • 100 Things You Did Not Learn in the Fire Academy
  • The Active Shooter  
  • What Fire and EMS Will Look Like in 25 Years
  • Dead Men DO Tell Tales - Crime Scene Management for Fire and EMS Personnel
  • Holy Smoke! Fire and EMS Preparations for Mass Gatherings
  • ​After the Mayday - What Now?

EMS Classes

  • ​100 Nuggets They Did Not Teach You in Paramedic School
  • ​Do You Know the Name of A Good Lawyer? EMS Risk Management: A Matter of Necessity
  • Management Case Studies for EMS Managers\​
  • Rising From the Ashes - The Rebuilding of an EMS System in the Memphis Fire Department
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