Don’t Miss the Annual Northern California APCO Awards Luncheon!
Please join us in honoring our own local Heroes of Northern California on Thursday, October 11th at the beautiful Lighthouse at Glen Cove Marina in Vallejo, California.
An abbreviated Chapter Meeting is scheduled starting at 10 AM. The Awards Luncheon will begin at 11:30 AM and conclude by 1:00 PM.
Keynote Speakers:
Graham Groneman
Battalion Chief
Marin County Fire Department
Graham Groneman began his fire service career and a Volunteer in 1998 with the Muir Beach Vol. Fire Department. Graham started with the County of Marin in 2001 as a Seasonal Firefighter and was hired on to the permanent staff in 2005. Graham has filled the positions of Firefighter, Fire Apparatus Engineer, Fire Crew Foreman, Fire Captain and Battalion Chief. Graham is currently assigned to the Woodacre Fire station as the Battalion Chief in charge of Training. One of Grahams assignments has been to implement a MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) mobility program in the departments fleet of vehicles. The Solution has greatly improved firefighters ability to receive and communicate vital information during emergency incidents.
Mark Brown
Deputy Fire Chief
Marin County Fire Department
Deputy Chief Brown started his career as a volunteer firefighter in 1986 in Sonoma County. He was hired by the Marin County Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic in 1991 and worked his way up through the ranks to Deputy Fire Chief. The Deputy Chief’s duties include commanding the emergency operations of the Fire Department which includes fire suppression, training, emergency medical services, communications, hazardous materials incidents, and other emergency responses.
Mark is a Type I Operations Section Chief on Cal Fire Incident Management Team 4. He is also one of the Incident Commanders of the North Bay Incident Management Team, a Type III All-Hazards Incident Management Team. His deployments include floods, earthquakes, public health emergencies, hurricanes, oil spills, mud slides, civil unrest, wildland fires and planned events.
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Keynote Speaker: Chris Baker, Battalion Chief, Roseville Fire (Ret.) will be speaking on his perspective as a first responder at the Camp Fire. The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive in the modern history of California having taken at least 86 lives and destroying over 18,000 structures. Chris responded with a California Office of Emergency Services Type I engine strike team to downtown Paradise on the morning of November 8, 2018, after the fire entered the city. Chris will describe what was seen, done, sacrificed, and learned during the days Paradise burned, including how first responder communications systems were used and how they performed.
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Please join us for a FirstNet Town Hall panel discussion moderated by past APCO International President, Dick Mirgon. This will be a great opportunity to hear the latest regarding the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband network directly from those involved with its development and deployment. The panel will include experts in the field from the Federal FirstNet Authority, the AT&T FirstNet Team as well as public safety agencies that have been early adopters of the service. The topics will include Coverage, Local Control, FirstNet Application Store, Deployables as well as many other topics. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear directly from the experts, and to get your questions heard and addressed.
Moderator:
- Dick Mirgon
Panelists:
- Chris Baker-FirstNet Authority
- Andy Smith-City of San Jose
- Brent Finster-Stockton Fire Dept
- Dan Woods-Enterprise Communications – FirstNet Integrator
- Sinan Akkaya-AT&T – RAN Director
- Steve Devine-AT&T – FirstNet Public Safety Strategy and Policy
- Scott Andrews-AT&T – FirstNet Advanced Solutions Team
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Address: 8th and 6th Street off Soscal Way. Go North on Soscal way. Left on 8th Street, Left at 6th Street which is the Wine Train Yard
Keynote: OnStar Emergency Services Update
OnStar’s Emergency Services are best known for their role as a vital link between motorists and 9-1-1 centers during emergencies such as Automatic Crash Response and vehicle location assistance technologies. But are you up to date on their latest technologies and innovations to help public safety?
We will be in the New University Union. It is requested that you park in Lot B, directly across the street from the building. Please print out a parking pass and be sure to display it on your dash during your time at the meeting.