Nebraska Fire Chiefs 8th Annual Fire Chief Retention, Recruitment, & Leadership Symposium

Norfolk Lodge & Suites
March 16, 2024 | 8:00am-4:30pm

Speaker:

Tiger Schmittendorf


Tiger Schmittendorf is Vice President of Recruitment & Retention Services for First Arriving, a full-service marketing and technology team headquartered in Richmond VA. He served as Deputy Fire Coordinator for the County of Erie Department Homeland Security & Emergency Services (Buffalo NY) for more than 20 years before retiring in 2018. There he was responsible for the recruitment, training, and mutual aid operations of 97 fire departments and 6,000+ firefighters. He is a Nationally Certified Fire Instructor and has actively served as a firefighter with the Evans Center Volunteer Fire Company in Angola NY since 1980, having served as Chief of Training, Public Information Officer (PIO), Recruiter and as his department's first-ever junior firefighter. He brings 15 years of experience in engineering, sales, marketing and management to now marketing the product he loves: fire and emergency services. Connect with him at: tiger@firstarriving.com, via FireRECRUITER.com, RuntotheCurb.com, SoldierFirefighter.com, TrainYourReplacement.com, or on social media.

Hotel Information:

Norfolk Lodge & Suites
4200 W Norfolk Ave
Norfolk, NE 68701

Please contact the Norfolk Lodge & Suites directly to reserve a room and be sure to identify yourself as an Nebraska Fire Chiefs attendee to receive the group rate of $135.00/single room. Rooms will be held for the Nebraska Fire Chiefs Conference until February 16, 2024. Please call 402-379-3833 for reservations!

Symposium details:

Attendees of this workshop will have the opportunity to receive reimbursement to defray lodging (MUST BE 50 MILES or MORE), mileage and meal expenses for the attendees. The grant has a budget of around $11,250.00 for the 2024 Nebraska Fire Chief Leadership class that will be held in Norfolk, March 16, 2024.   If we exceed the amount budgeted, reimbursement will be paid in a flat amount equally to all attendees not to exceed actual expenses.

Please remember this is for all 1st responders, not just Chiefs and Officers.