Schedule of Events 
JUNE 26, 2008 - THURSDAY
 
8:00                            Fallen Firefighter Memorial Golf Tournament at                   Big Sugar Golf Course  (For information call Tony Humphrey, Pea Ridge Fire Department 479-381-6686)
 
1:00 to 3:00              Class - NFPA 1403 (Live Fire Training! Know the Rules -)                                                 Instructor- Eng./Paramedic-David Dray- Bentonville FD-“Ballroom III”
                                 (Class will be cancelled if there is not enough participation on Registration form)
 
3:00 to 7:00              Early Registration at the Clarion Inn Convention Center
                                    EVENT- “SPONSORED BY PRO-FIRE”
 
6:00 to 11:00            Hospitality room opens in room “Conference Room II”
 
 
JUNE 27, 2008 - FRIDAY
 
9:00 to 5:00              Vendor area opens
 
7:30 to 11:30            Registration opens in the Atrium
 
8:30 to 10:00            Opening Ceremonies in the Ballrooms           
Presentation of Colors by: Bentonville F.D. Color Guard
Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation given by: Chaplain Blake Lassater
                        Welcome:     Chief Dan White, Bentonville Fire Department
                                                Mayor Bob McCaslin, Bentonville Arkansas
                                                Chief James Allen, Bentonville Police Department
                                                Patty Higginbotham, Ladies Auxiliary President
                                                Chief George Glenn, President Arkansas Fire Chief Assoc.
                                                Kevin McMasters, President Arkansas Firefighter Assoc.
 
Keynote Speaker: Dennis Smith, FDNY ret., Founder of “Firehouse Magazine”, Author of many books including “Report from Engine CO.82”
“SPONSORED BY SUN-BELT”
                                               
10:00 to 11:00         Ladies Meeting “Conference Room I”
 
10:00 to 11:00         Firefighter Association Meeting “Ballroom III”
 
11:00 to 1:00            Lunch- This will be a Vendor appreciation luncheon outside in tent.
                                    EVENT- SPONSORED BY THE “BENTONVILLE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS”
                                    Start of Vendor Bingo- (Forms and Rules will be discussed)       
 
12:00 to 4:00            Ladies trip to Promenade (meet at Clarion front desk)
                                    Drop off- 12pm, a pick up at 2pm and again at 4pm.                
                                   
1:00 to 3:00              Fire Chief Association Meeting “Ballroom I”
 
1:00 to 3:30              Class- (Hybrid and Alt. Fuel Vehicles—Procedures and Dangers-)
                                                Instructor- Todd Hoffman—Scene of the Accident “BALLROOM III”
                                    Todd can be contacted at todd@sceneoftheaccident.org or by phone at 713-553-6279
                                   
3:30 to 5:00              Class- (Vehicle Fires of Today-Hybrid, Alt. Fuels and Conventional-)
                                                Instructor- Todd Hoffman—Scene of the Accident “BALLROOM III”
                                    Todd can be contacted at todd@sceneoftheaccident.org or by phone at 713-553-6279
 
6:30 to 7:45              Dinner and Auction
                                    EVENT- “SPONSORED BY PRO-FIRE”  “Ballrooms”
                                   
9:00 to 12:00            Casino Night “Ballroom II”
 
8:00 to 11:00            Hospitality room opens in room “Conference Room II”         
 
 
 
JUNE 28, 2008 - SATURDAY
 
8:00 to 2:00              Vendor area opens
 
9:00 to 11:00            Ladies trip to “Signed Sealed & Delivered”
                        (Scrapbook store featured in “Better Home & Gardens Magazine”)
 
9:00 to 10:00            Extrication Demo by Phoenix Rescue Tools
                                    (West of outside vendor booths)
 
10:00  to 11:00         Live Burn by Rowe & Blanchat MFG. (Effectiveness of CAFS)
                                    (West of outside vendor booths)
 
11:00 to 1:30            Ladies Meeting (Luncheon and Bingo) “Conference Room I”
 
11:00 to 12:00         Lunch
                                    EVENT- “SPONSORED BY PRO-FIRE”
 
1:00 to 2:30              Firefighter’s Association Meeting  “Ballroom III”
 
 
 
1:00 to 4:00              Class- (Upcoming changes in EMS)- AFA credited class (3hrs)
                                    Instructor- Rob Chastain- Arkansas Fire Academy-“Ballroom II”         
 
1:00 to 5:00              Class- (Fireflow - Pressure vs. Volume)- AFA credited class (4hrs)                                                Instructor- Eric Gunn- Arkansas Fire Academy-“Ballroom I”
 
2:30 to 3:30              ASFA Executive Board Meeting “Conference Room I”
 
3:30 to 5:00              Fire Chief’s Association Meeting “Ballroom III”
 
 
3:00 to 5:00              Class - (Breaking the Anvil of Complacency in the Fire Service-)
                                    Instructor- Captain Travis-Dupriest –Fayetteville Fire Department “Ballroom I”
                                    For future classes contact Captain Dupriest at 479-409-9048
 
6:00 to 8:00              Banquet Ceremony, (Dinner, Awards, Drawings) - “Atrium”.
                                    EVENT- “SPONSORED BY PRO-FIRE”
 
8:00 to 11:00            Dance- DJ & LIGHTING BY CENTURY SOUNDS
 
8:00 to 11:00            Hospitality room opens in room “Conference Room II”                 
 
 
 
JUNE 29, 2008 – SUNDAY
 
9:00 to 10:00            Memorial Service “Atrium”
           
10:00 to 11:00         Ladies Auxiliary Association Breakfast “Conference Room I”
 
10:00 to 11:00         Fire Chief’s Association Breakfast Meeting
 
11:00 to 12:00         Firefighter’s Association Meeting