California Fire Chaplain Association

Federation of Fire Chaplains

Additional Information

Napa, California

April 22 – 25, 2014

(Tuesday – Friday)

On-Site Registration: Tuesday 4/22 and Thurs 4/24 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Pre-registration: California Fire Chaplain Association; P.O. Box 3281 Rocklin, CA 95677 916-343-3299

Fees: $110.00 ICISF Class- Grief Following Trauma Tues/Wed

Fees: $150.00 FFC/CFCA- Advanced Class Tues/Wed

Fees: $210.00 FFC/CFCA- Essentials Class (Inc. FFC Manual) Thurs/Fri

Fees: $150.00 CFCA/FFC- Keeping Chaplains Fired Up Thurs/Fri

  • Classes run 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
  • Fruit and pastries available 8:00 AM
  • Devotional 8:30 AM
  • Lunch at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Accommodations:

Hawthorn Inn andSuites, 1-707-226-1878 $90.00 per night, except Friday night, this rate may not be available to all attendees.

Best Western Premier, Hotel Napa; 4195 Solano Ave; Napa, Calif. Phone number 707-253-9300

Chablis Inn; 3360 Solano Ave, Napa, Calif. Phone Number 707-257-1944

Motel 6; 3380 Solano Ave, Napa, Calif. Phone Number 1-866-539-0036

Vino Bello Resort, 865 Bordeaux Way, Napa, Calif. Phone number 1-866-539-0036

Checkout expedia.com

River Terrace Inn, Downtown Napa. Phone number 1-800-766-6658

To get the lowest rate at the above motels, it is necessary to make your reservations as soon as possible. Because of the busy season, expedia.com or hotels.com may have the cheapest room rates.

Training Location:

Napa, California

Grace Church of Napa

3765 Solano Ave.

Napa, California 94558

-Course Overviews-

Grief Following Trauma,Tues. and Wed.

In the course of one’s career, it is inevitable that professionals will encounter traumatic death and loss issues both personally and professionally. Professionals often feel ill prepared to provide effective care throughout the grief process. This course will cover key grief and loss concepts relating to trauma and traumatic death. Participants will increase their knowledge of how trauma impacts the grief process and will gain skills for evaluating and supporting persons who have experienced traumatic death and loss.

This course is designed for anyone who works with people who experience grief and loss following a traumatic event.

Instructor, Ed Hatcher, MBA, MSHS, FFC Member, LPC, NCC.

FFC/CFCA Advanced Training, Keeping Chaplains Fired Up to Prevent Burnout: Thurs. and Fri.

Chaplain Cameron Brown has worked for the Fort Worth Fire Department since 1983 to the present and has been a FFC Member since 1994. She has been an FFC Board member since 2000. She has been involved with the ICISF and the CISM program since 1985. She developed and facilitated the second-ever CISM team (Fort Worth Fire Department). She was involved in Delta 191 Crash, Hurricane Andrew, Miami, Dade County. Waco Branch Davidians Initial Assault and Post Fire Mass Fatality Incident; Texas Oil Refinery Explosion, The Oklahoma City Bombing, Brennan National Gas Explosion, and recently the Fort Worth Courthouse Shootings and the West Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion. She is currently a Staff Care Chaplain at Cook Children’s Medical Center.

Instructor, Chaplain Cameron Brown has a BSSW in social work, M.Div; D.Min. and she is a Green Cross Academy of Traumatology Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator.

FFC/CFCA The Essentials Class, Basic F.D. Chaplain Training, Thurs. and Friday

Chaplaincy Foundation and Personhood, Firefighter and Victim Ministry, Injuries and Death, FD Funerals, PSOB, Fire Dept. Operations, CISM and Starting a Chaplaincy,

Instructors, Jim Cook, Retired Battalion Chief, Pres. C.F.C.A;Board member of the FFC; and Paul Camarena, retired Fire Captain, Chaplain FFC/CFCA, Board Member of the CFCA.

Advanced Training for Fire Chaplains, Tues. and Wed.

Coaching Your Team; Compassion Fatigue; Making Death notifications lecture and exercises; Funeral Planning Lecture and exercises for Active and Retired Firefighters.

Instructors, Mark O’Sullivan, CFCA Board Member, M.Min in Public Safety ; Paul Camarena, retired Fire Captain, CFCA Board Member and FFC Member; Davina Sentak, CFCA Board Member and FFC Member; and Jim Cook, retired B.C; F.D. Chaplain, CFCA President and FFC Board member.