On March 19, 2011 JFD will be host FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka. This 8 hour Leadership Seminar will cover two topics:

1. Five Alarm Leadership

Five Alarm Leadership is a dynamic program that is designed to energize and motivate the people in your department to perform and excel in everything they do. This program outlines many of the common situations that fire departments and fire companies find themselves in and presents suggestions and solutions to those situations. Chief Salka, a 30 plus year veteran of the FDNY has experienced many of the challenges and hurdles that your fire department is facing. He has learned through his experience as a lieutenant, captain and chief how to treat people, how to motivate them and even how to discipline them so that they want to come back for more. Issues such as integrity, inspiration, interest, innovation, insight and initiative are all discussed and applied to life in the firehouse and on the fireground. Join Chief Salka as he guides you through your most difficult but vital role as a leader in the fire service.

2. Fireground Responsibility

In this program Chief Salka takes a critical look at the line-of-duty death of a firefighter and the many contributing factors that played a role in the event. Using the report issued by NIOSH after their investigation, each of the factors, events and decisions related to this fire are examined to discover if anything could have been done differently with more positive results. Issues such as SCBA usage, accountability tactics, risk vs reward decision making, survival skills and communications are all discussed and debated to uncover the real cause of the LODD and the possible actions and decisions that can be made in the future to prevent another similar tragedy.

Email us- March19@jfd39.com for questions and comments.

Chief Salka is a nationally recognized fire training professional who has been a featured presenter at the Firehouse Expo in Baltimore, the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis, the Fire Department Institute (FDNY) and the NY Firefighters Burn Center seminar Program to just name a few.

Chief Salka is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine, and also writes articles for Fire Engineering,WNYF, and Size-up Magazines. He was also the recipient of the “2001 Training Achievement Award” at the 2001 Fire Department Instructors Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Where has he been lately?

1. Alaska Fire Conference, Seward Alaska 2010

2. NY State Assn. of Fire Chiefs Conference, 2010

3. Firehouse Expo, Baltimore MD, 2010

4. Fire Chiefs Assn, British Columbia, Canada, 2010

5. Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Conference, LaCrosse Wis. 2010

6. South carolina Firefighters Conference, Myrtle Beach SC, 2010

7. California Fire/EMS/Disaster Conference, Palm Springs CAL. 2010

8. Fire Dept Instructors Conference (FDIC), Indianapolis IND, 2010

9. Boca Raton FD, Florida, 2010


Email us- March19@jfd39.com for questions and comments.