2025 ANNUAL / FALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

FAMA Board Meeting

YELLOW TOPAZ

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

FEMSA Board Meeting

BLUE TOPAZ

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

FAMA Technical Committee Planning Meeting

YELLOW TOPAZ

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Joint FAMA/FEMSA Board Meeting

BLUE TOPAZ

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm

FAMA Board and Committee Chairs Meeting

YELLOW TOPAZ

5:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Networking Hours

COURTYARD

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

CRYSTAL BALLROOM DEF

8:00 am - 8:05 am

Welcome to Charleston Meeting Kick-off

CRYSTAL BALLROOM ABC

8:05 am - 9:10 am

Opening Keynote

CRYSTAL BALLROOM ABC

Andrew Davis, “Digital Doppelgänger”

9:10 am - 9:45 am

Washington Update

CRYSTAL BALLROOM ABC

CFSI’s Bill Webb & GAC’s Dave Gatton, David Durstine, John Granby, Lee Morris and David Russell

9:50 am - 10:30 am

Networking Break

CRYSTAL PRE-FUNCTION

10:30 am - 11:20 am

FEMSA & FAMA Fire Lanes

EMERALD BALLROOM – FAMA Lane: TBA

CRYSTAL BALLROOM – FEMSA Lane: Ken Holland, NFPA Update

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch 

COURTYARD

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

FEMSA & FAMA Lanes

EMERALD BALLROOM – FAMA Lane: TBA

CRYSTAL BALLROOM – FEMSA Lane: Aaron Heller, “How Firefighters are Actually Wearing Our Gear”

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

FAMA Business Meeting

EMERALD BALLROOM

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

FEMSA Business Meeting

CRYSTAL BALLROOM

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Networking Hour

COURTYARD

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Welcome Reception

CRYSTAL BALLROOM DEF

7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Networking Hours

COURTYARD

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Breakfast

CRYSTAL BALLROM DEF

8:00 am - 10:30 am

FAMA Business Meeting

EMERALD BALLROOM

8:00 am - 9:00 am

FEMSA Panel Presentation

CRYSTAL BALLROOM ABC

9:00 am - 10:30 am

FEMSA Member Sections

CRYSTAL BALLROOM ABC

  • Dealer/Distributors & Manufacturing
  • Technology and Future Focus
  • PPE and SCBA
  • Health and Wellness
  • Tradeshow and Marketing

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Networking Break

CRYSTAL PRE-FUNCTION

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Structured Networking 

CRYSTAL BALLROOM

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Lunch – On Your Own

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Joint Presentation – Anirban Basu

CRYSTAL BALLROOM ABC

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Networking Break

CRYSTAL PRE-FUNCTION

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Closing Keynote – Jamie Clark

CRYSTAL BALLROOM ABC

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Networking Hours

COURTYARD

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Reception 

CRYSTAL PRE-FUNCTION

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Dinner & Entertainment

CRYSTAL BALLROOM DEF

9:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Networking Hours

COURTYARD