Jackson Professional Firefighters

17th Annual Jackson
Fire Expo
ALL New Location

Saturday and Sunday,
March 10th and 11th 
Jackson High School
7600 Fulton Dr NW
Massillon OH 44646

All new location with much more room, but still the same high quality speakers.

Saturday will have three speakers. Chief Jeff Simpson of the Salisbury Fire Department in MD, will be discussing the concerns of exposure to smoke and toxic byproducts of fire. Also Battallion Chiefs Henri Moore and Greg Martin of the Hanover Fire Department in Hanover county VA, will talk about the concerns associated with solar energy hardware during emergencies, and issues regarding first in responders to emergencies involving railroad facilities and equipment.

Sunday we will have FDNY Deputy Chief Tom Dunne. Chief Dunne is giving two separate presentations; “Strip Mall Fires” and “Think Like An Incident Commander” .

You asked for it, and we listened. You wanted to be able to pay for multiple people to attend and checkout only once. To register online, select the days that a person is attending and add their name. If you need to add multiple people, add them one at a time before proceeding to the checkout. Please be sure to add your department affiliation.

Days Attending

Saturday Only $75.00 Sunday Only $75.00 Both Days $140.00

Name of attendee

Department Affiliation

To assist our guests from out of town, we have placed a map of area lodging below.

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Please Contact Tony Hercules with any questions at 330-592-0914, or email at seminarcoordinator@jacksonfirefighters.com

Below is the link for the Powerpoint presentation in PDF format used by Jason Krusen during the Jackson Fire Expo 2011. The dangers of hydrogen cyanide in fire smoke are highlighted in this presentation.

HCN, the new Carbon Monoxide Powerpoint PDF

The following links are to the files referenced by Dr. Walsh in his presentation on hydrogen cyanide in fire smoke.  These materials are made available to all who attended the Jackson Fire Expo and to those who are looking for more information about hydrogen cyanide in fire smoke.  The publications below offer a startling insight to the hidden dangers of cyanide in smoke.

Dr. Walsh’s Cyanide in Fire Smoke Powerpoint Presentation in PDF format.

Smoke – Perceptions, Myths, and Misunderstandings – A publication by the Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition.

Smoke – An Advance Perspective on Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – Dr. David Penny – A publication by the Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition.

Smoke – Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide:  The Toxic Twins of Smoke Inhalation – A publication by the Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition

If you have registered for the Jackson Fire Expo 2011, and you did this prior to Jan 3, we need you to contact our seminar coordinator at seminarcoordinator@jacksonfirefighters.com to ensure that we received your registration information.

If you are a vendor that has registered for our Jackson Fire Expo 2011 and you did so before Jan 3, we need you to contact Tim Berczik at seminarvendorcoordinator@jacksonfirefighters.com to ensure that we received your registration.

Due to a scheduling conflict, the speaker for the Saturday AM session of the Jackson Fire Expo will be Donald W. Walsh, Ph.D., EMT-P.  The subject will be the same as scheduled.

Donald W. Walsh, Ph.D., EMT-P

Dr. Donald W. Walsh has a vast array of experience from his 30-year Chicago Fire Department career, and continues his involvement at all levels in public safety. Since 1976, Dr. Walsh worked for the Chicago Fire Department’s Bureau of Operations where he has served as a Chief Officer and an Assistant Deputy Fire Commissioner until his retirement in 2007. His public safety background includes being an Adjunct Faculty Member of the National Fire Academy under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and elected Fellow of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. Dr. Walsh’s extensive background in public safety and private industry has fostered new technologies and programs in the area of antiterrorism training, incident command, rescue equipment development, and disaster management response programs. His most recent research on fire smoke and cyanide treatments has been published in peer review and professional publications. In 2004, Dr. Walsh served as a subject matter expert for the United States Army and NASA on Fire Fighter safety issues in coordination with the US Fire Administration.

Dr. Walsh’s most recent publication, (The National Incident Management System Principles and Practices – Second Edition) was a collaboration of six national experts and authors in emergency management and public safety to produce the national resource education supplement instruction manual to meet the United States Department of Homeland Security NIMS mandated under Homeland Security Presidential Directive Five. Dr. Walsh is currently working on new fire safety technologies and research on the dangers of fire smoke, cyanide identification and treatments protocols, and antiterrorism preparedness programs related to cyanide weapons and disasters.

Donald Walsh

John Salka, Battalion Chief, FDNY

Battalion Chief John Salka is a 31 year veteran with the FDNY and is the battalion commander of the 18^th battalion in the Bronx. He is a nationally known lecturer and seminar presenter and has presented at the Firehouse Expo in Baltimore, the FDIC in Indianapolis, the NY State Association of Fire Chiefs show and many other venues. He is the author of “First In Last Out Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department” and “The Engine Company” which was published in early 2009. He received the 2001 FDIC Training Achievement Award for his Get Out Alive firefighter survival training program and travels extensively training firefighters throughout the 50 states in tactics, strategy, leadership and safety& survival.

John Salka, Battalion Chief, FDNY, will be presenting Fireground Responsibility, Five Alarm Leadership. To register for the Jackson Fire Expo 2011 firefighter continuing education seminar, please see our Jackson Fire Expo 2011 page or register below.

Days Attending

Saturday Only $75.00 Sunday Only $75.00 Both Days $140.00

Name of attendee

Department Affiliation

Rob Schnepp

Rob Schnepp is the Chief of Special Operations for the Alameda County (CA) Fire Department. He is the author of a textbook entitled Hazardous Materials: Awareness and Operations, by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, and is on the editorial advisory board for Fire Engineering magazine.

Rob is a member of the NFPA Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel. He is also a member of the task group charged with revising NFPA 473 Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Hazardous Materials

Rob is an instructor for the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency, providing hazmat/WMD training to an international audience.

Rob Schnepp will be presenting Fire Smoke: myths, perceptions and misunderstandings. To register for the Jackson Fire Expo 2011 firefighter continuing education seminar, please see our Jackson Fire Expo 2011 page or register below.

Days Attending

Saturday Only $75.00 Sunday Only $75.00 Both Days $140.00

Name of attendee

Department Affiliation

Jason Krusen

Jason Krusen is a Captain on Haz-Mat 1 with the Columbia Fire Department in Columbia, SC, with over 14 years of experience. He is on the Board of Directors for the Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition. He has an Associate’s Degree in Fire Service Administration. He is a contributing editor for the Carolina Fire Rescue Journal. Jason is a Planning Manager with the South Carolina State Urban Search and Rescue Team, SC-TF1, a Logistics Manager for the Type II Collapse Search & Rescue Regional Response in Columbia, and a Planning Manager for the Midlands Region IMT. Jason is also the Project Manager and Instructor for E-Med Training Services, LLC

To register for the Jackson Fire Expo 2011 firefighter continuing education seminar, please see our Jackson Fire Expo 2011 page or register below.

Days Attending

Saturday Only $75.00 Sunday Only $75.00 Both Days $140.00

Name of attendee

Department Affiliation

The Jackson Fire Expo Sunday event at Stark State College will be held as scheduled.  We have been in discussions with the Dean of the college to be sure that we will not get a last minute cancelation again.

The Vendor Expo will begin at 7:30 AM and the program will begin at 9:00 AM.

Without the support of the Vendors, this Expo would not be possible every year.  Please remember to visit the vendors and support them.  This year will be difficult for some vendors, as they lost a day of sales with the Expo being canceled for Saturday.  Please, if you are considering a purchase and you see the item for sale by a vendor at the Jackson Fire Expo, consider buying the item from the local vendor.  Without the vendors, there is no Jackson Fire Expo.

The 15th Annual Jackson Fire Expo SATURDAY SESSION only will be cancelled due to the extreme snowfall in the area.  Refunds will be issued for SATURDAY ONLY.  The Sunday session will continue as scheduled.

We are sorry for the late notice, and any inconvenience caused.  Our original agreement with the venue allowed for the Saturday session to continue in spite of the weather, but we were notified after midnight that we would not be allowed on the premises for our Expo.