About The Speaker

Eriks Gabliks
Eriks Gabliks is the superintendent of the National Fire Academy (NFA). He was named to this position in November 2020. As superintendent, Mr. Gabliks provides leadership for the NFA, which focuses on enhancing the ability of fire and emergency services and allied professionals to deal more effectively with fire and other emergencies. In 1991, he joined the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST). DPSST sets professional training and licensing standards for more than 41,000 public and private safety professionals in the state of Oregon. DPSST also operates the Oregon Public Safety Academy. Eriks served as agency director from 2010 to 2020.
Mr. Gabliks holds a master’s degree in public policy and administration from Portland State University. He has also completed the Executive Fire Officer Program at the NFA and the Executive Development Institute at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. Mr. Gabliks is past president of the North American Fire Training Directors and serves on various state and national organizations, including the Drexel University Fire Injury Research and Safety Trends Advisory Committee, and many others.
What’s Happening Around the Nation: An Update from the United States Fire Administration
Command Chat Presented by Eriks Gabliks
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), the U.S. Fire Administrator’s Summit on Fire Prevention and Control, #FireServiceOneVoice, NERIS, YOUR National Fire Academy (NFA), grants, and more will be shared during this special presentation for fire service leaders attending the TEEX Leadership Development Symposium. Major fire service discussions taking place nationally including cancer, mental health, recruitment & retention, codes and standards, environmental responses such as wildfires, and a list of others will be discussed. In addition, we will be saying good-by to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and hello to the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS) in 2025. We also will look at efforts underway at the NFA which offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities to more than 70,000 career and volunteer fire and EMS personnel on an annual basis.
Day 3
09.45-10.45
Frisco Grand Ballroom