Virginia Fire Chiefs Association

ALERRT Summit

Awareness, Life Safety, Education, Risk Reduction Training (ALERRT)

The ALERRT Summit is the Commonwealth of Virginia’s premier Summit for life safety professionals, who strive to save lives across Virginia. The Summit provides opportunities to learn and network with professionals from varying disciplines within the fire service and Community Risk Reduction minded professionals. 

Join us on our mission to save lives in our communities across the Commonwealth. 

The ALERRT Summit is scheduled for November 14, 2025 at Germanna Community College in Fredericksburg, VA and will feature courses on:

  • How to Build A CRR Section/Division
  • Data Analysis for CRR/Life Safety
  • Human Trafficking 
  • Communication Strategies for your Community

AGENDA

November 14, 2025, 0800-1700 hours
Germanna Community College
10000 Germana Point Drive
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22408

0730-0800 Registration
0800-0830 Opening Remarks
0830-0930 Show Me the Data: Transforming to a Data-Informed Fire Department
John Morrison, Data Analytics Strategy Manager of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
0930-0945 break
0945-1045 Developing a Community Risk Reduction Program

Brad Cochrane, CRR and Life Safety Manager for Fairfax County Fire and Rescue

Marlon Murphy, Policy Advisor, Fairfax County Fire & Rescue

1045-1100 break
1100-1200 Human Trafficking
Kathryn Freeman
Special Agent, Virginia State Police, Human Trafficking Unit
Remington Pomaranski, Lead Intelligence Analyst, Virginia Fusion
Center/Virginia State Police, Human Trafficking Unit

1200-1300 lunch
1300-1700 Communicating with Your Community

Virginia Department of Fire Programs instructor(s)

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