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2024 IMT Conference

The 2024 Colorado Incident Management Team (IMT) Conference theme is refilling the toolbox.

Event Information 

  • Dates: September 16 to 18, 2024
  • Location: Colorado Springs

Conference Agenda

The conference agenda for each day are included in the expandable folders below.  Please click each folder to find the daily schedule or download a PDF version of the conference agenda.

Monday, September 16, 2024: Pre-Conference

The pre-conference is by invitation only.

  • 2 - 4 p.m.: IMT Coordinators Meeting, Columbine Conference Room
Tuesday, September 17, 2024: Day One
  • 7:30 - 8 a.m.: Buffet Breakfast and Check In, Evergreen Ballroom
  • 8 - 9:15 a.m.: Welcome and Opening
    • Colorado Air Force Academy Color Guard with Pledge of Allegiance
    • DHSEM Division Director Kevin Klein
    • DHSEM Deputy Director Jim Burack
    • DHSEM Interim Office of Emergency Management Director Trevor Denney
    • DHSEM Incident Management Unit (IMU) Supervisor Drew Petersen
    • DHSEM IMU Specialist Karen Dickson
  • 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. Incident Management Team Updates and Incident Management Unit Briefing
    • Drew Petersen, DHSEM IMU Supervisor
    • IMT Coordinators
  • 10:15 - 11: 30 a.m. Break
  • 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Reimbursement Packets
    • Paul Moreno and Chris Monger, DHSEM State Emergency Operations Center Logistics 
  • 12 - 1 p.m. Lunch
  • 1 - 2 p.m. Team Communication Exercise - Bring your radios
    • Karen Dickson, DHSEM IMU Specialist
  • 2 - 2:15 p.m. Break
  • 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Auraria Higher Education Campus Mission
    • Cory Stark, DHSEM East Area Field Manager
    • Doug Cupp, NWIMT and Mission Incident Commander
  • 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Incident Strategic Alignment Process
    • David Vitwar, Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC)
  • 4:30 p.m. End of Day
Wednesday, September 18, 2024: Day Two
  • 7:30 - 8 a.m. Buffet Breakfast and Check In, Evergreen Ballroom
  • 8 - 8:15 a.m. Recap and Pulse Check
    • Karen Dickson, DHSEM IMU Specialist
  • 8:15 - 9:15 a.m. Highway 50 Bridge Closure
    • Chuck Balke, SWIMT, Mission Incident Commander
    • Bobbie Lucero, DHSEM West Area Field Manager
    • Other speakers TBD
  • 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. Break
  • 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Certification Updates, Exercise Design and Requirements, Behavioral Health Program
    • Drew Petersen, DHSEM IMU Supervisor
    • Karen Dickson, DHSEM IMU Specialist
    • Heather Cook, Behavioral Health Specialist
  • 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. CMIST Response Teams and How They Work with IMTs
    • Sadie Martinez, DHSEM Access and Functional Needs Team
    • Hannah Hoffman, DHSEM Access and Functional Needs Team
    • Drew Petersen, DHSEM IMU Supervisor
  • 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch
  • 12:30 - 2:45 p.m. Incident Strategic Alignment Process Tabletop Exercise
    • David Vitwar, DFPC
    • Travis Bailey, ECIMT
  • 2:45 - 3 p.m. Wrap Up and Close Out
    • Safe travels home