AFTER SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE ONLINE PAYMENT GATEWAY REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN AND READ ENTIRE PAGE - THIS YEARS CLASS DESCRIPTION, INSTRUCTORS BIO AND SAMPLE VIDEOS BELOW
Membership dues in the Society are per calendar year (Jan 1st-Dec 31st). As a reminder in order to be eligible for the insurance coverage the Society provides to its members, dues must be paid by January 15th.
BILLING CHANGE NOTICE: In an effort to better reach all of our members we have partnered with the SDFA and will be using the new Association Management System for tracking Membership as well as Annual Conference registration. This will allow us to better manage Membership Dues billing for ALL of our members not just those that attend the conference, or remember to pay dues on their own. It will also allow for better communication with our members in the future as we will be able to easily send emails to all paid members.
This brings about a change to how this and future billings will work. Membership Renewal billing e-mails for Calendar year 2025 were recently sent out, if you did not get a billing notice, please contact Rick Gustad @ SCDir@sdfirefighters.org with your contact details and we will get it straightened out.
REMINDER: Dues must be paid by January 15th to be eligible for the insurance coverage.
PLEASE PAY DUES PRIOR TO REGISTERING FOR THE CONFERENCE - If you did not get a dues notice send your name/contact information to Rick Gustad @ SCDir@sdfirefighters.org and we will get that straightened out.
If you wish to attend the Conference on January 4th-5th, those that are current PAID members of the Instructors Society will be able to register for the Conference at NO-COST if you register by December 31st, after that the cost increases by $5. Non-Members will also be able to register for the conference, as its open to anyone in the fire service. This allows us to easily separate membership billing and conference registration. It is vital that you pre-register for the conference as that information is also what's used to send Certificates and it also allows us to better calculate quantity of refreshments needed for the Venue.
If you are NOT attending the conference there is no need to register for the conference - THIS IS A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. You just need to pay the invoice that was sent for 2025 Membership Dues
Pre-Registration will also help prevent the large backlog of people at the registration desk the morning of the conference. If you have PRE-REGISTERED and PRE-PAID you do NOT need to stop at the registration desk.
Thank you for supporting your South Dakota Society of Fire Service Instructors.
Stay Healthy. Stay safe.
Justin Adams
South Dakota Society of Fire Service Instructors - Secretary
Thank you for your continued support and partnership. We are looking forward to continued success because of your membership. Also, don't forget to checkout our Facebook Page.
Conference Speakers Topics:
Young Officers on Fire
Training Firefighters for Mastery (What the text books wont teach you) by Ryan Scellick
In this adaptive 8 hour course you will cover the differences of training recruits, ongoing organization training and individual company and battalion level training. Topics covered will include, pre-load training concepts, subject matter expert program, high risk low frequency training, high frequency low rics training, skill acquisition, "micro and macro skill" training, live fire, search, and multi-company evolutions
Ryan Scellick Bio
Ryan Scellick is a 23 year veteran of the fire service. He currently serves as senior shift Captain of a five station suburban department, following a three year period as the training officer. Ryan cross staffs the city’s only ladder and heavy rescue. He has served on the department’s land technical rescue team for five years.
Ryan spent more than five years as commissioned SWAT Officer on a busy regional SWAT team and over a decade traveling and teaching tactical medicine as well as the rescue task force concept. Ryan is also a lead instructor for their region’s truck academy, p-can operations, live fire training, high rise operations and vertical ventilation. Ryan has Bachelor’s degrees from Eastern Oregon University in Fire Administration and from Central Washington University in Paramedicine.
South Dakota State Fire Marshal's Office - Update from Staff Members
South Dakota Firefighters Association - Update of SDFA Happenings
Click Here to Download the minutes from the 2024 South Dakota Society of Fire Service Instructors Membership Meeting
A Social will be held Blarney's Sports Bar and Grill - 2100 Highland Way, Suite W, Mitchell, SD 57301 beginning at 7:00PM
Registration desk will open ~8:00am on Saturday. Please PRE-REGISTER to avoid the long lines the morning of the Conference. If you have pre-registered and pre-paid your Membership in the South Dakota Society of Fire Instructors you DO NOT NEED TO STOP at the registration desk
Saturday
Sunday
Conference presentations will begin ~9:00am on Sunday followed by SDSFSI Membership Meeting
Highland Conference Center
The Conference will the held at the Highlands Conference Center which sits between the Hampton Inn and the Comfort Inn & Suites
There are rooms blocked at both the Hampton Inn Mitchell as well as the Comfort Inn & Suites Mitchell I-90, be sure to mention the South Dakota Fire Instructors Conference when making reservations.
Hampton Inn Mitchell
1920 Highland Way, Mitchell, SD 57301 - +1 605-995-1575
Comfort Inn & Suites Mitchell I-90
2020 Highland Way, Mitchell, SD 57103 - (605) 299-1258
Membership/Conference cost is $35 with a discount of $5 given if paid by December 31st. Members in good standing of the South Dakota Society of Fire Service Instructors will be given a $30 discount off registration cost, meaning if you have paid your dues (Dues emails and invoices were previously emailed to all past members) and register by December 31st there will be no cost to registration.
If you have already setup a login via our new website, use those credentials and LOGIN to ensure member benefits and discounts are applied (setting up a login via the website is the best way to ensure you get accurate member discounts, but your e-mail needs to be in our system to setup a login).
If not using a login, click on Register as Guest then enter your email address and press GO. If your email is in our system it will recognize you if not continue by filling our all required fields. If you have used multiple e-mail addresses in the past you may try those as well. If the system does not recognize you and will not apply the 100% Department Member discount; send an email to Rick Gustad @ SCDir@sdfirefighters.org with your name, email, and department and we'll get you setup. Depending on Rick's workload and schedule at the time it may take a day or two to get back to you.
It is VERY important to use individual email addresses for everyone you register, this verifies membership status with the SDFA so appropriate discounts levels are applied. It also enables every individual with your Department/Agency access to our NEW Members INFO HUB resource and allows us to communicate any last minute changes to event schedules, class offerings/cancellations, changed PPE requirements etc...
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