49th Annual NFFS Committee Meeting in Massachusetts  2015 

49^th Annual

Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors Committee Meeting

June 15 – 19, 2015

Holiday Inn Boston/Dedham Conference Center

Dedham, MA

Fire Management in the 21^st Century: 

Working Toward Common Goals

AGENDA

Monday, June 15, 2015

TRAVEL DAY

0900 - 1700 Registration                

1000 - 1700 Eastern Area Operations Working Team (If needed)

1000 - 1700 NE Training Working Team (If needed)

1200 -1300 Lunch (on your own) 

1300 - 1700 NAASF Fire Committee Leadership Team

1500 - 1530 Break

1800 Dinner (on your own)

1830 -  2230 Hospitality room open

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

0700 - 0900 Registration 

0800 Northeast Fire Supervisors Committee Meeting 

0800 -  0815 Call Meeting to Order/ Introductions Dave Celino, MA, Chair

        Housekeeping                                         MA Incident Mgt. Team

 0815 - 0845 Welcome                                       Peter Church,  State Forester

 0845-  1000 NASF Fire Committee Report            Dan Smith, NASF

1000 - 1030 Break with vendors

1030 – 1040 (2) Vendor Spots  

1030 -  1200 Fire Technology Update Keith Smith, NASF

1200 - 1300 Lunch  

1300 - 1310  (2) Vendor Spots          

1315 -  1400  Wildland Fire Reporting- Integrating State, Fed., Local Karen Short, USFS, MT

1400 -  1415  Southern Fire Chiefs Update Southern Group Rep

1415 -  1430 Western Fire Managers Update Western Group Rep

1430 -  1500 VFA  Funding Allocation Formula,   Winnie Owens, NA

          NA National and Regional                  Owen Martin, 
1500 - 1530 Break with vendors

1530 – 1540 (2) Vendors Spots

1540 –  1615 UAS Update and NASAC Dan Zimmerman/Bill Edwards

1615 -  1700 Review / Discussion of Issue Papers Dave Celino, Chair

1800 - 2000 Ice Breaker / Social         All

2000  - Dinner (on your own)

2000  - 2230 Hospitality room open

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

0800           Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors Committee Meeting     

0800 - 0810  Housekeeping         MA IMT

0810 - 0900 USFS Northeastern Area Update / NA Reports Owen Martin, USFS NA

0900 - 0930 WRR, NA Grants, NFFPC Grant Audit(Parent) Maris Gabliks, USFS

0930 - 1000 Eastern Area Coordination Center - Update Laura McIntyre Kelly, USFS

1000 -1030 Break with vendors 

1030 –1040 (2) Vendors Spots

1030 - 1100 Mashpee MA – An Example of Community Joel Carlson, NE Forest Mgmt

                  Fire Management

1100 – 1200 Cohesive Strategy Briefing; Brad Simpkins, NH

                                                                   Owen Martin, USFS, NA

                                                                   Larry Mastic

1200 – 1245 Lunch

1245 -  1300 Board Bus for Field Day                                                                    

1300 -  1700 Field Tour

1700 -  1715 Return Bus to Hotel   

1800 - 2130 Banquet and Awards Ceremony    

2130 -  2230 Hospitality room open

Thursday, June 18, 2015

0800            Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors Committee Meeting

0800 - 0810   Housekeeping                             MA IMT

0810 - 0830 NAASF Report                             Ian MacFarlane, NAASF

0830 - 1000 NFFS Committee Business Meeting Dave Celino, Chair

1000 -1030 Break with Vendors

1030 –1040 (3) Vendor Spots

1030 - 1200 NFFS Committee Business Meeting Dave Celino, Chair

1200 -1300   Lunch

1300 –1340 (3) Vendor Spots

1300 - 1330 Complex Incident Mgmt Course Paul Kollmeyer, MI

                                                                   Rich Schenk, CT

1330- 1345 NE Compact Forest Health Committee Tom Parent, NE Compact

1345 - 1415 NFPA – program Update                     Michelle Steinberg, NFPA

1415 - 1445 NFFS 50^th Anniversary Project/Meeting Update    Gabliks/Dillon, USFS, NA

1445 - 1515 Closing Business

1515 2015 NFFS Meeting Ends

1530 - 1630 NFFS Committee Leadership Team Meeting Dave Celino, Chair

1730          Dinner (on your own)

1830 - 2230 Hospitality room open

Friday, June 19, 2015  TRAVEL DAY – return home