What you missed at this year’s CAFDA Conference in Lake George!
- Apparatus New or Refurbish: a very informative presentation by Bulldog Fire Apparatus and their capabilities to completely refurbish apparatus from the frame up. They gained 6 potential customers from the immediate area.
- Conflicts of Interest and Ethics professionally presented by the State Comptrollers Office answering many questions from the audience, with many examples of what NOT to do.
- Legalities of Purchasing and Competitive Bidding, this is a HOT topic and attendees learned what they should and should not be doing as fire districts. Excellent information from OSC. Are you using SorceWell for piggyback purchasing, you probably shouldn’t. Consult with OSC.
- Human Resources for Volunteer Fire Districts, another HOT topic and well covered with great examples of what not to do from legal council Greg Serio.
- Roles and Responsibilities of the AHJ an excellent presentation by Dave Walsh. CAFDA is looking to bring this presentation back as a stand alone for commissioners, chiefs and officers later this year.
- Navigating Discipline in the Fire Service with Tim Hannigan was a presentation designed to keep fire districts and companies out of trouble as they hand out discipline, lots to learn and another HOT topic because in many instances it’s being done wrong and being challenged.
- The vendor show and cocktail reception were a big hit, well attended, great food & beverages. The venue at the Carriage House was perfect, too bad the weather wasn’t a bit warmer, but it was warm inside.
- The Wrap Up on Saturday morning was the ever popular Ask The Experts panel which had experts representing fire apparatus, insurance, insurance brokers, VFBL and legal. Lots of good questions, discussions and answers.
CAFDA is happy to announce the dates for Conference ’26 in historic Lake George, April, 9th, 10th and 11th, 2026, plan on joining us.