forge fire alliance august 4 - 6 2023

Event Schedule

August 4th

LECTURES
Doors open at 0800. 0830- till Cody Trestrail finishes (lol)

 
LOCATION
Doubletree By Hilton 
50 N 2nd St. Newark, OH 43055
 
KEYNOTE
0830-0900 w/ Sean Duffy
 
0900-1000 Matt Wenning w/ “Importance of Strength Training & Injury Prevention”
 
1015-1215 Corley Moore w/ “9Ls of Leadership”
 
1215-1230 Break to coordinate lunch that will be provided. Working lunch.
 
1230-1430 continuation of “9Ls of Leadership”
 
1445-1700 Cody Trestrail w/ “Make The Grab, NOT Excuses”
 
SOCIAL
1900-2200 @ Don & Sue’s Pizza 
645 W Chrurch St. Newark, OH 43055

August 5th

HOT CLASSES
0800-1700
 
LOCATION
West Licking Fire Station 2 Training Grounds
7072 National Rd. Etna, OH 43062 * Parking @ corner of National Rd (40) & York rd. *
** Staging/Sign-in firehouse bay **
 
GEAR
Full bunker gear & SCBA w/mask 
* Small limit amount of SCBAs will be available for long distance travel attendees *

HOT CLASSES ROTATION BASIC OPS
0800-1200 
– Forcible Entry
– Search
– Victim Removal 
– RIT w/ FAST RESCUE
 
LUNCH *BRING SACK LUNCH*
1200-1300 

HOT CLASSES ROTATION ADVANCED OPS
1300-1700 
– Forcible Entry ( Low Viz/Limited Space)
– Search (Hoarding)
– Victim Removal (Window-to-door/large victims)
– RIT (Subgrade Rescue/ Floor-Cut-Thru)
 
SOCIAL
1900-2100 @ TBD 

August 6th

RUCK FOR THE FALLEN CHALLENGE 
0900-1100 
 
LOCATION
West Licking Fire Station 2 Training Grounds
*Staging/Sign in firehouse bay*
 
GEAR
35 LB RUCK or SBCA & Fitness wear.
 
RUCK
Course lead by GORUCK SPECIAL FORCES MEMBER. 7 mile ruck course layered w/ firefighter job specific fitness challenges. 
* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO PREPARE PRIOR W/ RUCKING TRAINING *

** TEAM EFFORT….EVERYONE WILL FINISH **
 
LUNCH
1130-1300 BRING SACK LUNCH OR OFF PREMISES OPTIONS
 
HOT GAUNTLET 
1300-1700 
 
LOCATION West Licking Fire Station 2 Training Grounds.
 
GEAR Full firefighting PPE/SCBA/MASK
 
GAUNTLET
Multiple stations providing challenging series of forcible entry/ Search/ Victim removal & RIT operations under STRESS/LOW VIZ/LIMITED SPACE.

HOT LEAD INSTRUCTORS

– Justyn Fraize (Capt, The Colony FD) ( FF&C)
– Chris Kessinger ( Citizens First Fire Training)
– Eric Allen ( FAST )
– Sean Duffy ( Build Your Culture)
– Chris Sturtz ( Forge Fire & Company)
– Nick Watling ( Forge Fire & Company)
– Chad Thompson ( Forge Fire & Company)
– Jeff Stiver ( Forge Fire & Company)
 
– Todd Shepherd ( Forge Fire & Company)
– Zach Myers ( Forge Fire & Company)
– Les George ( Forge Fire & Company)

Event Registration

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Forge Fire & Company is matching donations to support sheltered animals in Crawford County.

You may have heard about the Clear the Shelter holiday campaign through Crawford County Now or on the radio.

Thanks to strong community support, animals across Crawford County are already finding care and homes—and donations are still welcome!

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