2016 U.S. Fire Service Technology Summit

 描述(由申请者提供)：国家坠落消防员基金会(NFFF)寻求于2016年8月在加利福尼亚州圣何塞主办为期两天的会议，以审查消防服务技术的现状，并揭示其在提高消防员健康和安全方面存在的差距。拟议中的2016美国消防服务技术峰会是支持消防员生命安全倡议#8的一系列会议中的第二次，该倡议#8“在任何可以产生更高水平的健康和安全的地方利用可用的技术。”这次首脑会议仿照先前职业健康项目中证明成功的协商一致进程，将促进消防部门与消防研究领域现有和潜在参与者之间的协作参与。约75人将被邀请，其中包括有权表达其利益和立场的消防功能团体组织的代表。其他与会者，包括消防局局长、行动局长和信息技术总监将代表消防部门。研究人员将负责就现有技术和正在开发的技术进行演讲，并促进专门制定以下共识的分组会议：1)对未来技术研究的建议；2)消防服务利益攸关方从项目开始到采用的投入途径；3)向消防员通报、教育和培训现有技术的方法；4)技术行业与消防部门合作将新兴技术转移到消防服务使用的机制；以及5)确定潜在的不同资金机会，以满足消防部门已确定的技术需求。硅谷被战略地选为这次会议的地点，以利用当地的创意和创新资源，并建立该地区的文化。因此，这次会议将启动美国最大的技术发展中心和消防部门之间的战略合作伙伴关系，消防部门需要这种支持来拯救平民和消防员的生命。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) seeks to sponsor a 2-day conference in San Jose, California in August 2016 to examine the current state of the art of fire service technology, and uncover existing gaps in its use to increase firefighter health and safety. The proposed 2016 U.S. Fire Service Technology Summit is the second in a series of meetings that support Firefighter Life Safety Initiative #8 "utilize available technology wherever it can produce higher levels of health and safety." Modeled after the consensus process proven successful in earlier occupational health projects, this Summit will foster collaborative involvement between the fire service and both current and potential players in the field of fire service research. Approximately 75 individuals will be invited, includng representatives of fire service constituency organizations with authority to articulate their interests and positions. Additional attendees, including fire chiefs, operations chiefs, and information technology directors will represent fire departments. Researchers will be charged with making presentations on both existing technologies and those in development, and facilitating breakout sessions devoted to consensus development of 1) recommendations for future technology research; 2) a pathway for fire service stakeholder input from project inception to adoption; 3) methods to inform, educate and train firefighters in existing technologies; 4) mechanisms for the technology industry to collaborate with the fire service in the transfer of emerging technologies to fire service use; and 5) identification of potential diverse funding opportunities to meet the identified technological needs of the fire service. Silicon Valley was strategically chosen as the location for this conference in order to tap in on local resources for creativity and innovation, and to build upon the culture of the area. As a result, this meeting wil initiate a strategic partnership between this nation's greatest loci of tech development and the fire service, which needs this support to save both civilian and firefighter lives.