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NFA Region X TRADE Spring Workshop Schedule Thursday June 5th – AM (8:00 – 12:00) Welcome: Chief Bivins, Vancouver Fire Department Functional and Preventive Firefighter Rehab - EMS Division Chief Roxy Barnes, Vancouver Fire Department

Thursday June 5th – PM (1:00 – 4:00) PIO Program Development and Establishing Collaborative Media Relationships - PIO Jim Flaherty, Vancouver Fire Department Facilitated Media Representative Round Table 4:00 PM - TRADE REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEETING 6:30 PM - TRADE REPRESENTATIVE DINNER - Heathman Lodge

Friday June 6th – AM (8:00 – 12:00) Reducing Line of Duty Deaths due to Sudden Cardiac Death - Dr.Thomas Hales, Senior Medical Epidemiologist NIOSH, CDC Creating a Culture of Competence - Chief David Daniels - IAFC Board Member - Safety, Health and Survival Section

Friday June 6th – PM (1:00 – 5:00) Chief Officers Responsibility in Live Fire Training - Battalion Chief Ed Hartin, Gresham Fire Department 7:00 PM - TRADE REPRESENTATIVE DINNER - Skamania Lodge

Saturday June 7th – AM (8:00 – 12:00) Large Area Oriented Search (Classroom) - Captains Jeff Gaines and Scott Blanton, Vancouver Fire Department Firefighter Self Rescue Systems (Classroom) - Firefighter Eric Becker, Vancouver Fire Department Saturday June 7th – PM (1:00 – 5:00) Large Area Oriented Search Hands on Training - H.O.T - Captains Jeff Gaines and Scott Blanton, Vancouver Fire Department Firefighter Self Rescue Systems Hands on Training - H.O.T - Fire-fighter Eric Becker, Vancouver Fire Department

6:30 PM - TRADE REPRESENTATIVE DINNER – location TBA

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Workshop Registration: All events with the exception of the Region X TRADE meeting and dinners are free and open to all fire service personnel. To register e-mail Ward Knable at: ward.knable@ci.vancouver.wa.us When e-mailing your workshop registration request please add “TRADE 2008 Spring Workshop” in the e-mail subject line. Also include: Name: Are you registering for the entire workshop? If not the entire workshop, what sessions would you like to attend? Your contact information Your Department/District/Organization Affiliation Individuals participating in the Hands on Training (HOT) sessions must bring full PPE and a SCBA.

Workshop and Hotel Venue: The Heathman Lodge - Vancouver, WA 7801 NE Greenwood Drive Vancouver, Washington 98662 Phone: (360) 254-3100, Fax: (360) 254-6100 To make room reservations Call: (888) 475-3100, To assure you get the workshop room rate, when making room reservations advise them you will be attending the TRADE Workshop. For additional hotel information please visit their web site at: www.heathmanlodge.com

The Training Resources and Data Exchange (TRADE) program is a regionally based network designed to foster the exchange of fire-related training information and resources among Federal, State, and local levels of government. TRADE was initiated in 1984 to address the difficulties that State and local fire training systems were experi-encing in disseminating quality-training programs effectively. The essential components of the TRADE sys-tem are the 10 regional networks that correspond to the existing federal regional boundaries. These net-works provide a mechanism for the exchange of resources and materials within and among regions. Region X is made up from the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The TRADE network consists of the directors of the 50 State Fire Service Training Systems and senior ex-ecutive training officers from the Nation's largest fire departments. The objectives of TRADE are to:

• Identify fire, rescue, and emergency medical services training needs at the regional level; • Identify and exchange training programs and resources within regions and, whenever possible,

replicate those resources; • Provide to NFA an annual assessment of fire training resource needs within the region, together

with recommendations as to how TRADE can better support federal, state, and local fire training systems;

• Identify national trends with an impact on fire-related training and education.

“What is TRADE?”

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Directions to The Heathman Lodge

From I-205 Southbound:

• Take Exit 30: (SR 500 Vancouver Orchards) • Follow the SR-500 WEST Vancouver Route • Travel ½ mile to the NE Thurston Way Exit • Turn RIGHT onto NE Thurston Way • Immediately move into the left hand lane and turn LEFT

onto NE Parkway Drive • Go 2 blocks and turn LEFT onto NE Greenwood Drive (the

first street you can turn left onto) • Heathman Lodge will be on the left

From I-5 Southbound:

• Take Exit 2: (SR-500 EAST to Orchards, 39th Street) • Turn RIGHT onto 39th Street • Follow straight onto SR-500 • Travel 3 miles to the NE Thurston Way Exit • Turn LEFT onto NE Thurston Way • Turn LEFT onto NE Parkway Drive • Go 2 blocks and turn LEFT onto NE Greenwood Drive (the first street you can turn left) Heathman Lodge will be on the left

From I-5 Northbound:

• Take Exit 2: (EAST towards Orchards) • Leads you onto SR-500 EAST • Take Exit: NE Thurston Way • Turn LEFT onto NE Thurston Way • Turn LEFT onto NE Parkway Drive • Go 2 blocks and turn LEFT onto NE Greenwood Drive (the first street

you can turn left onto) • Heathman Lodge will be on the left

From I-205 Northbound:

• Take Exit 30C: (SR 500 Vancouver Orchards) • Follow the SR-500 WEST Vancouver Route • Travel ½ mile to the NE Thurston Way Exit • Move to the right hand lane • Exit to the right onto Thurston Way • Immediately move into the left hand lane and turn LEFT onto NE Park way Drive • Go 2 blocks and turn LEFT onto NE Greenwood Drive • Heathman Lodge will be on the left

7801 NE Greenwood Drive, Vancouver, Washington

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Maps to Heathman Lodge—7801 NE Greenwood Drive, Vancouver, Washington

The Heathman Lodge Vancouver, WA

7801 NE Greenwood Drive Vancouver, Washington 98662