![](media/image1.png){width="1.3194444444444444in"
height="9.98611111111111in"}Welcome!

**National Park Service**

### Fire Education, Prevention, and Information Specialists' Workshop

###### Fire Connections, Year II

Santa Fe, New Mexico -- February 24-28, 2003

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003

4:00 p.m. Group meeting. "OPEN HOUSE"

> Showcase your program! Since we have so much information to share,
> this is an *informal*
>
> opportunity for the group to review and learn about your program
> before dinner. The
>
> deVargas room will be available for you to display your wares.

Meeting Location: deVargas Room (This is our meeting room all week.)

6:00 p.m. Break

6:30 p.m. **Dinner** to be in the Hotel St. Francis under "NPS Fire
Education"

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Southwest style buffet, private room. Cost \$18.00 (Includes tax,
gratuities, coffee/tea. Other beverages are pay as you go.)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2003 **-** "NPS Connections"

**Today's objective:** To discuss NPS perspectives, programs and issues
and how the NPS Fire Communications and Education program "fits" in.

**Today's facilitator and timekeeper, respectively:** Roberta D'Amico
and David Eaker

**Notetaker:**

**Daily evaluators (two) to be selected:**

![](media/image2.png){width="3.5in"
height="2.3333333333333335in"}**Location:** deVargas room

**Lunch:** On-own

8:00 - 8:25 a.m. Administrivia Roberta D'Amico

Introductions/Welcome IMR committee

8:25 - 8:45 Welcome to Santa Fe Ernest Ortega

8:45 - 9:00 "Open Mike"

Program Overviews and Discussion

9:00 - 9:15 Break

9:15 - 10:15 The Realities of Governmental Rick Frost

Communications -The good, the\
bad and the ugly!

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height="9.98611111111111in"}TUESDAY, cont.

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:30 Wildland Fire Program Initiatives & Policies Bryan Swift

Healthy Forests and more!

11:30 - 12:45 p.m. Lunch

12:45 - 1:45 Interpretation, Education and Fire Neil DeJong

Connecting to NPS programs

1:45 - 2:00 Break

2:00 - 3:00 Natural Resources Information Liaison Mike Whatley

The Natural Connection

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:15 Connecting to the Interagency System

Panel Faciliatator: Jim Whittington

Southwest Interagency Coordination Center Mary Zabinski

Jay Ellington

Santa Fe National Forest Dolores Maese

4:15 - 4:30 "Open Mike" Facilitator

> Program Overviews and Discussion

4:30 Review of the day -- daily evaluators Facilitator

4:45 Logistics and details for Wednesday's Field Trip Jim Whittington

5:00 Adjourn

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003 **-** "THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES IN FIRE

MANGAGEMENT"

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**Today's objective:** To learn about post Cerro Grande activities, and
today's Fuels Program.

**Today's facilitator and timekeeper, respectively:** Jim Whittington
and Lori Iverson

**Notetaker:**

**Daily evaluators (two) to be selected:**

**Location:** deVargas Room and travel day

**Lunch:** AT THE SCHOOL!

8:00 - 8:15 a.m. Administrivia

8:15 - 10:00 Fuels Overview Dick Bahr

The Gamut Revisited

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height="9.98611111111111in"}WEDNESDAY, cont.

10:15 -- 10:30 Break

10:30 Reiterate logistical details for afternoon Jim and Lori

travel to Mountain Elementary School

11:30 Arrive at School

11:30 - 12:15 p.m. Lunch at the school combined with an\
orientation/presentation

12:15- 12:30 Break

12:30 Los Alamos School John Hogan

Education and Volunteer Program Craig Martin

1:45 - 2:00 Break

2:00 Re-group, board buses

2:00 Cerro Grande Re-visited Jim Whittington

Dean Clark

4:15 Review of the day -- daily evaluators Facilitator

(Outside of the busses before boarding.)

4:30 Travel back to Santa Fe -- Adjourn upon return

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2003 **-** "FIRE EDUCATION, PREVENTION &

INFORMATION"

**Today's objective:** To showcase examples of interagency cooperation,
learn from 2002 experiences, and identify needs for future information
officers.

**Today's facilitator and timekeeper, respectively:** Scott Sticha and
David Eaker

![](media/image4.png){width="3.5in" height="2.625in"}**Notetaker:**

**Daily evalators (two) to be selected:**

**Location:** deVargas Room

**Lunch:** On-own

8:00 a.m. Administrivia

8:05 - 9:00 Incident Partners

Panel facilitator: Scott Sticha

American Red Cross Matt Bertram

FEMA Ed Conley

9:00 - 9:15 Break

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height="9.98611111111111in"}THURSDAY, cont.

9:15 - 10:15 Partners in Prevention and Education

Panel Facilitator: Lori Iverson

Living on the Edge Bequi Livingston Firewise Programming and
Coordination Terri Wildermuth

The Nature Conservancy Ed Brunson

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:45 NPS and the SCA Fire Education Program 2002 NPS liaisons

Panel Facilitator: Marty O'Toole Lori Iverson

> Angela Smith
>
> Scott Sticha
>
> Jim Whittington

The 2003-2004 Program Roberta D'Amico

11:45 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 The Future of Information

Panel Facilitator: Jim Whittington Jim Paxon

Bob Summerfield

Maureen Brooks

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 - 3:15 NPS Firewise Programs Morgan Miller

Panel Facilitator: Scott Sticha Barb Stewart

3:15 -- 3:45 "Open Mike" Facilitator

Program Overviews and Discussion

3:30 - 3:45 Break

3:45 - 4:15 NPS and Project Learning Tree Lori Iverson

Facilitator: Scott Sticha Jody Lyle

4:15 - 4:45 "Open Mike" Facilitator

Program Overviews and Discussion

4:45 Review of the day -- daily evaluators Facilitator

5:00 Adjourn

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2003 **-** "WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?"

**Today's objective:** To discuss program developments and direction.

**Today's facilitator and timekeeper, respectively:** David Eaker and
Lori Iverson

**Notetaker:**

**Daily evaluators (two) to be selected:**

**Location:** deVargas room

**Lunch:** On the road...

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height="9.98611111111111in"}FRIDAY, cont.

8:00- 8:15 a.m. Administrivia

8:15 - 9:15 Web Connections Tina Boehle

9:15 - 9:30 Break

9:30 - 10:15 Fire Management Strategic Plan Roberta D'Amico

Where do we go from here?

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:30 Leading into the Future Steve Frye

(Information and Incident Management, NPS

perspectives and the role of NPS Fire Education,

Prevention and Information Specialists.)

11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Close-out/review/evaluation David and Lori

***Safe Travels everyone!***

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