2025 Classes

The speaker will share the top three threats, the top three vectors of attack and the top three mitigation strategies to protect yourself from falling victim to an attack

Weather can and does play a role in the safety of incidents and events. This presentation will discuss how the National Weather Service is engaging in the phases of emergency management to increase safety before incidents and events. It will also share examples of how weather impacts small and large indidents and events and provide takeaways on how those tasked with public safety can work to build more weather ready events and weather-aware incident response.

This presentation will encompass the procedures and planning practices for casinos during emergency situations.

As lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology evolves and becomes an integral part of clean energy solutions, it opens up new opportunities across Consumer/Industrial Products, Energy Storage Systems (ESS), and Electric Vehicle (EV) markets. However, with the proliferation of these high-energy batteries comes significant safety challenges—chief among them thermal runaway, fires, and explosions.

This presentation explores the latest advancements in Li-ion battery chemistry and their associated safety risks, focusing on the challenges and opportunities for engineers, facility managers, safety professionals, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs). Attendees will gain insights into the essential safety principles for the proper storage, handling, and use of Li-ion batteries, with an overview of relevant terminology and classifications.

The presentation will overview common causes of thermal runaway and fire incidents, practical strategies to mitigate these risks, and a summary of emerging international best practices and regulatory trends. The session will conclude with a discussion of global best practices for emergency response, offering guidance on how to safely manage thermal runaway and fire events involving Li-ion batteries.

The duty of the MIOSHA Disaster Response Team (MIOSHA DRT) is to help ensure the safety and health of emergency response workers, and to provide support in all phases of emergency management operations. MIOSHA DRT provides technical assistance and consultation during intitial response recovery, and rescue efforts, and traditional MIOSHA program services during clean-up operations following an incident. 
The presentation will create awareness and provide critical information on the assistance, efforts, and activities of the MIOSHA DRT in protecting the safety and health of first responders and other emergency response workers during declared emergency events in Michigan in a consultative non-enforcement manner. 
Attendees will learn how the MIOSHA DRT will provide assistance in ensuring and protecting the safety and health of first responders and other emergency response workers during the above situations.

This program will cover:
-Fire Protection Inspection, Testing and Maintenance: The Who, What, Where, and (most importantly) Why
-Ensuring the Reliability of your Fire Protection Systems

Fire department members really do like touring businesses and industries before an emergency happens!  The members can be so much more efficient if they have been in a building before.  Hazards, walking paths, emergency equipment, exits, hazardous materials, dangerous processes, important records to remove, where the locations that disabled workers go for rescue assistance, utility shut offs, and other important facts and details.  What can you do to make the walk through of your building more worthwhile?