Pre-Conference Workshops: Monday, October 19
Forged to Lead - Fire Chief's Pre-Con
11:30 am - 5:00 pm
This workshop is a leadership crucible—not a lecture. Fire Chiefs will engage in hands-on application, debate, and real-world problem solving across four interconnected areas: culture, pre-resilience, succession planning, and high performance. Each module builds toward practical outcomes, ensuring participants leave with actionable strategies tailored to their organization. $45 fee to participate, includes lunch
By the end of the workshop, participants will:
- Define organizational culture and their role as its chief architect
- Apply the Trust–Alignment–Performance framework to a current challenge
- Differentiate pre-resilience from reactive approaches and identify an upstream intervention
- Evaluate their succession pipeline and identify a targeted development action
- Use a five-element high-performance playbook to address a performance issue
- Commit to three concrete actions to implement within 30 days
Company Officer Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations
1:00 - 4:00 pm
This pre-conference workshop will provide an interactive discussion for company officers or for those moving into a company officer role discussing topics such as: expectations of a company officer, earning trust and respect, crew coordination, shores, company training, physical fitness, informal leaders, how to motivate, managing work/rest cycles, team building, creating crew traditions, investing in growth and development, attitude, crew's PIO, interactions with other shifts, performance evacuations, tailboard talks and more. $35 fee to participate
Colorado Fire Training Officers Association (CFTOA) Pre-Con
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Agenda Coming Soon
Hosted by the CFTOA, we'll take a deep dive into the training topics affecting our officers today.
QUESTIONS? Contact Assistant Chief Mike Scott at mscott@grandfire.org or Training Chief Don Koogle at don.koogle@durangofire.org.