Critical Issues Briefings are held in locations around the state to address the most important topics impacting fire service leaders. Subject matter experts present on a variety of topics and share information you need you to know.

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Colorado Critical Issues Briefing
Denver Marriott West
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
10 am - 3 pm (lunch will be served)

AGENDA
9:30am - Registration Open

10:00am - Welcome & Introductions 

10:10am - Platinum Partner Introduction: Pinnacol

10:15am - Platinum Partner Introduction: OZ Architecture

10:20am - USFA Update: Chief Donna Black, Acting U.S. Fire Administrator

10:30am - Smart Stairs for Small Apartment Buildings: The Seattle Experience: Mark Chubb, Inclusi.us, Seattle Fire Department

11:00am - Recruitment and Retention - What Does the Data Show: Steve Ingalls, President & CEO, Catalyzer

11:30am - Firefighter Esophageal Cancer Screening: Erica Austin, Senior Director – First Responder Partnerships, Lucid Diagnostics

11:50am – FPPA Death and Disability Task Force - A Firsthand Look at Proposed Changes: Kevin Lindahl, Executive Director, FPPA

12:10pm – 1:15pm – LUNCH

1:15pm – A Review of the 2025 Legislative Session and How to Prepare for this Fall: Amanda Gall, Partner, and Kris Grant, Sr. Associate, Meridian Public Affairs

1:45pm -Wildland Fire Sim Table Demonstration: Brian Keating, Fire Management Officer, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office 

2:15pm - Economic Forecast for Fire Agencies: Richard Wobbekind, Associate Dean for Business & Government Relations, Senior Economist and Faculty Director of the Business Research Division and at the University of Colorado Boulder

3:00pm – Wrap Up & Adjourn

Topics and presenters subject to change