Larry Sagen, FIRE 20/20’s Executive Director and founder, offers stimulating workshops and keynotes on topics including: connecting to multicultural communities, diversity recruitment, partnering with the community to enhance fire and life safety education and leading change. Larry has presented dynamic and thought-provoking sessions at Metro Chiefs, FRI, IAFF (EMS and Human Relations), IAFC Human Relations meetings, Canadian Fire Chiefs, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, and Firehouse World.
October 23, 2009
Texas Fire Marshals Conference in Austin, TX
"Prevention Out of the Box"
This presentation helps Fire Marshals and fire prevention staff to think out of the box to include multicultural communities as partners in prevention efforts, rather than looking at them as just customers of their programs and services. View the video "What Multicultural Communities Want Us to Know" (WMV).
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October 16, 2009
Equity & Diversity Conference in Alexandria, VA
"Diversity Recruitment - Lead, Join or Get Out Of The Way"
This presentation was made to 150 chief officers, company officers, firefighters and human resources staff at the 2009 Equity & Diversity Conference. The presentation focuses on strategies and tactics to develop an effective targeted recruitment campaign. It focuses on FIRE 20/20's "9 M's" recruitment model.
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August 2009
FRI Dallas
"Growing the Next Generation"
Andrea Speranza, Florencio Soliz III and Larry Sagen present best practices from the Halifax's Camp Courage girls public safety summer camp, and Austin's LBJ Academy High School Cadet program. The presentation identifies the key issues for starting, maintaining and evaluating recruitment, educational and empowerment programs targeted at high school-age youth.
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March 25, 2009
American Burn Association Conference in San Antonio, TX.
Partnering For Prevention - Reducing Fires in Multicultural Communities.
The presentation helps first responders and burn prevention specialists to better understand prevention issues in the growing multicultural communities in the U.S. and Canada. It provides an overview of FIRE 20/20's research in Seattle, Austin, Milwaukee and Calgary.
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March 2009
Partnering For Prevention Video Presentation
This 5 minute video presents perspectives from different multicultural communities about what firefighters and first responders need to know to safely and effectively deliver services. It includes relevant information from members of the African American, Chinese, Blind, Muslim, Homeless, Filipino, Hmong, Somali and Hispanic/Latino communities.
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October 2008
"Washington Fire Marshal Roundtable--Prevention Out Of The Box"
Co-presentation with Jan Doherty (Spokane FD) and C.A.R.E.S.
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September 2008
"Urban League of San Diego County, Moving Beyond Talk to Action"
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June 2008
"FESHE—Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education Conference"
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March 2008
"National Fallen Fighters 16 Life Safety Initiatives Advocates Forum"
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February 2008
Firehouse World, San Diego
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January 2008
IAFF Human Relations Conference, New Orleans
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August 2007
FRI, Atlanta, Georgia
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May 2006
41st Annual Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Conference
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