W S E S I 62nd ANNUAL

INSTRUCTORS CONFERENCE

February 17-19, 2023

Fond du Lac Fire Rescue (FDLFR) Station 1

815 S. Main St., Fond du Lac, WI

(Conference Programs)

Radisson Hotel & Conference Center

625 W. Rolling Meadows Dr., Fond du Lac, WI 

(Friday Dinner & Annual Meeting)

Emergency Services INSTRUCTOR (ESI) II 

FULL TRAIN-THE-TRAINER at FDLFR  FULL

This certification level of Emergency Services Instructor goes beyond the lesson plan and into the design of complete curriculum features for the instructor’s intended audience. The Train-the-Trainer class prepares instructors to deliver the ESI II course in their respective WTCS Districts. The ESI II certification exam will be scheduled on Thursday evening to permit candidates to attend the Track B classroom session Friday.

All participants must hold a current ESI I certification to attend.

Course fee of $130.00* includes Jones & Bartlett text: 

Fire & Emergency Services Instructor, 3rd Edition

*Those students who provide their own copy of the required text may email for a discounted fee.

CLASS IS FULL 

WINNING STRATEGIES FOR 

THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER (FTO)

MARC HILL, Wausau Fire Dept.

I’ve been voluntold to be the FTO -- now what? I don’t want to be training the probie! Finding yourself in the role of an FTO can be a challenging one. This course will provide successful strategies to employ and, will take it a step further, to ignite a passion for teaching and mentoring new recruits. This workshop will target multiple successful strategies in field training principles and practice. The attendee will leave with resource tools and knowledge to be a success and for continuous advancement.

BEARDS, LICENSE PLATES, 

AND TEE SHIRTS

RED VAN ERT, Altoona Fire Rescue

For many recent years, the volunteer (including paid-on-call, paid-on premise, and combination) emergency services have faced major challenges in attracting and keeping new members. In the most recent years, these challenges have spread to the career workforce as well.

This interactive discussion will explore the best practices for recruitment and retention in the fire and associated emergency services.

Keynote Presentation: INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING TO REPAIR, MAINTAIN, REPLACE, OR STRENGTHEN

Fire Chief AARON LIPSKI, Milwaukee Fire Dept.

Each of these active objectives puts both educator and learner in distinctly different positions. Further, failure to acknowledge and incorporate the context within which instruction or training occurs can limit buy-in and retention. We repair, perhaps, a skill or knowledge set that has inadvertently drifted from the norm. We maintain perishable skills or bits of knowledge that when not accessed frequently tend to fade from memory. We replace knowledge or skills when they become obsolete due to changing technologies. And, lastly, we strengthen our knowledge or skills by fine-tuning even after adequate performance or proficiency has been attained. I look forward to expanding on these concepts with real-world examples of success and pitfalls to avoid.

EVALUATING THE EVALUATOR

MARC HILL, Wausau Fire Dept.

It’s the student’s fault for not learning… isn’t it? How do we know our training is adequate? How do we evaluate our courses for knowledge and educational application? This course will show you how to evaluate your courses and your instruction methods. We will implement multiple resources, that are easy to use, to take a deep dive into how you instruct, what you instruct, why you instruct, and most importantly how you evaluate the knowledge of your students. This workshop is designed for seasoned instructors and beginners alike. The attendees will work together and see multiple variations of course evaluation and participate in data examination and curriculum alignment strategies. 

FIREFIGHTER I FOR THE NEW GENERATION

DEB WESTFAHL and TIM FRANZ, Fox Valley Tech. Col.

Countless seminars and articles are offered about understanding the new generation entering adulthood, but do any of them come up with actual methods that allow instructors to deal with these young adults and to tap into their unique way of looking at the world?

Whether you are an adjunct instructor teaching Firefighter at your local Technical College, or your department’s Training Officer mentoring your latest recruits through their Entry Level skills, this presentation will build upon the existing Firefighter I curriculum and provide techniques to reach the young minds of the ‘digital native’ generation and connect with their abilities.

 ISFSI Fixed Facility class is FULL.

TRACK C  -- National Fire Academy (NFA) Course:

INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER (ISO) F0729

 Held at FDLFR

This two-day course examines the Safety Officer's role at emergency responses. This course focuses on operations within an Incident Command System (ICS) as a Safety Officer and emphasizes response to all-hazards types of situations.

Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 19 – 8AM to 5PM

All participants must have a FEMA Student ID number (SID) and submit it for registration.

SIDs can be obtained at https://www.usfa.fema.gov/training/nfa/admissions

Class size limit: 30 – Register early!

Click here to download the NFA Enrollment Form, staged with our class info!

Please email your SID, name (Last, First, MI), Department or agency, and its city and state -- you will be added to the class roster.

Lodging (on your own) is available – $99.00 +tax

Contact Radisson Hotel and identify 

WSESI block –

Book early! –– Phone: 1-920-923-1440

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SUGGESTIONS?

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 920-235-5494