Executive Development Seminar: Conflict Management and Emotional Control
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
4500 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 226-9900 or 1-800-ASK-MFRI
Featuring: Stefan Sanders
Sanders Communications, Inc.
Upper Marlboro, MD
Stefan Sanders is a dynamic recognized authority in the areas of leadership, management, and instructional techniques. This seminar will use an interactive teaching methodology to focus on four performance management themes: understanding yourself; understanding difficult people; conflict and the organization; and effective resolution.
This EDS is designed for new and seasoned officers, who wish to improve on their employee management skills.
Advanced registration closes May 2, 2007. Registration is open to all interested persons, but will be limited to 100. Priority is given to Maryland residents. There is a $50-a-day fee for out-of-state participants. Please register on-line at: www.mfri.org/seminars If you have any questions or need to cancel, please email seminars@mfri.org or call 301-226-9920 or 800-275-6374.
If you require special accommodations, please email your requirements to seminars@mfri.org or call 301-226-9920 or 800-275-6374.
Center for Firefighter Safety Research and Development
Firefighters and Intensive Resistive Exercise (F. I. R. E.)
The Center for Firefighter Safety Research and Development of the University of Maryland is conducting a research project to determine the physical attributes important for firefighting performance and the effectiveness of regular resistance type exercise (strength training) on both these physical attributes and on performance in simulations of firefighting tasks. The physical attributes will consist of components of fitness and body composition that are thought to relate to simulated tasks for firefighter recruits. These will be studied to determine best predictors of performance and assess the effects of a strength training program on these physical attributes and on the performance of simulated tasks.
The study will take place in the Department of Kinesiology and the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute at the University of Maryland in College Park and the procedures will involve three phases. During the first phase participants will be asked to complete all baseline testing, which will include questionnaires, the Candidate Physical Abilities Test (CPAT), aerobic capacity, leg and arm strength, hand grip strength and endurance, muscle fatigue resistance, assessments of body composition (muscle and fat mass), muscle power, hand-eye coordination, whole body coordination, and hand dexterity. The body composition tests will involve some radiation administration at baseline and again after completing the training program. The second phase will consist of participation in a strength training program three times a week for 10 weeks and the third phase will involve repeating all baseline tests.
In order to qualify for participation you must be between the ages of 18-40 and currently an active career or volunteer firefighter not currently participating in a regular resistive exercise program (strength training). You will be required to be in College Park for all aspects of testing and training, so participants living within 30 miles of College Park will be given first consideration. Participants that live more than 30 miles from College Park are encouraged to apply as there may be some aspects of the study in which they can still participate. Participants must not have more than three cardiovascular risk factors as identified by the American College of Sports Medicine and must not have any injuries or illnesses that would impair ability to participate in the study. Participants may be found ineligible after screening. All participants will be compensated for participation in the study.
For additional information or to see if you qualify please contact Angela Bennett at 1-800-ASK-MFRI or click the registration link above to complete an initial expression of interest registration.
2008 Mid-Atlantic Life Safety Conference
September 23, 2008
Kossiakoff Conference Center
Johns Hopkins APL
Laurel, Maryland
2008 Mid-Atlantic Life Safety Conference Brochure
