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Department:: FIRE 20/20

Title/rank:: Executive Director

Years of public service:: 18

Agency structure:: other

Top issues in your department:: Recruiting and retaining a qualified, diverse, inclusive and safety-conscious fire and EMS
Outreach to multicultural and high risk communities for fire prevetion and community risk reduction
Volunteer recruitment and retention
Culture change

Professional Qualifications:: -Developed and implemented "Recruiting & Retaining Diversity in the Fire Service" training.
-Developed and give away for free the "Why I Chose Fire" video, specifically targeted at 15-21 year old women and people of color.
-Developed and implemented "Each One, Reach One" Volunteer recruitment and retention training.
-Developed and implemented "Mastering Change" training on how to lead a culture change in your department.
-Developed and implemented "Partnering For Prevention" training on how to partner with multicultural and high risk communities to develop, implement and measure the impact of successful fire prevention and community risk reduction programs.
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Topics you provide training for:: Recruiting and retaining a qualified, diverse, inclusive and safety-conscious fire and EMS
Outreach to multicultural and high risk communities for fire prevetion and community risk reduction
Volunteer recruitment and retention
Culture change training

Areas of expertise:: Recruiting and retaining a qualified, diverse, inclusive and safety-conscious fire and EMS
Outreach to multicultural and high risk communities for fire prevetion and community risk reduction
Volunteer recruitment and retention
Culture change
Research, online surveys
Evaluation of SAFER and Fire Prevention Grants

Bio:: Larry Sagen
Director and Founder, FIRE 20/20™

Larry Sagen has worked with fire and emergency service departments throughout the US and Canada in the areas of community-based prevention, change management, and diversity recruitment and retention. In 2005 Larry Sagen started the non-profit, FIRE 20/20 to help fire and EMS departments more effectively connect with their multicultural communities to increase the reach and effectiveness of prevention and targeted recruitment programs. Larry led landmark research in 2005-2007 studying first responder and civilian safety in Calgary’s, Seattle’s, Milwaukee’s and Austin’s multicultural communities. The research was funded by a Fire Prevention and Safety Grant from the Department of Homeland Security, a grant from the International Association of Fire Chiefs and funding from the City of Calgary, AB. In 2010 FIRE 20/20 is partnering with NASFM and IFMA to conduct a national study identifying specific issues career, combo and volunteer departments face in working with multicultural and high risk communities.

Prior to FIRE 20/20, Larry founded and directed the International Youth Hall of Fame, a non-profit that brought communities together to acknowledge and celebrate “everyday youth who were being extraordinary in their own way.” The Youth Hall of Fame was awarded honors by the Points of Light Foundation, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. In 2002, the International Youth Hall of Fame was merged with the Points of Light Foundation.

Larry has presented workshops and/or spoken at the following conferences: Metro Chiefs, FRI, the Burn Foundation, Canadian Fire Chiefs, IAFF EMS, IAFF Human Relations, FESHE, NFFF, IABPFF, NAHF, i-Women, FDIC, Washington Fire Marshals’ Roundtable, Texas Fire Marshals, and the California Ops Chiefs.

Larry has a Masters Degree in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Minnesota.

Web site:: http://www.fire2020.org

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