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