MEGA-WAREHOUSE SEMINAR:

Frontline Leadership Lessons Learned from a Mega-Warehouse Fire in Indiana


Details for FREE seminar:

Tuesday, September 23, 2025: 8:00am - 3:00pm (CST)

(Check-in begins at 7:30am)


The Hemmens Cultural Center: 45 Symphony Way, Elgin, IL

Join us for this FREE insightful seminar focused on one of the fire service’s most evolving challenges—responding to fires in mega-warehouse storage facilities. These expansive structures, some exceeding 4 million square feet, present unique operational and tactical considerations, particularly in areas with limited resources.


This seminar offers a rare opportunity to explore the complexities of firefighting in sprinklered, high-density facilities. Using real-world case studies—including the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s recent report on the fire in the 1.2 million square foot Walmart Distribution Center in Plainfield, Indiana, on March 15, 2022—we will examine lessons learned, best practices, and firsthand accounts from command staff who led the response and overcame a “Mayday” event within the structure.


This program is ideal for fire service personnel, building owners, safety managers, fire and building code officials, and insurance professionals. Together, we’ll work toward improving safety, readiness, and response strategies in today’s large-scale built environment.

Instructors

Ron Ritchey

National Fire Sprinkler Association

Jeff Dixon

Deputy Chief,

Plainfield (IN) Fire Dept.

Matt King

Lieutenant,

Plainfield (IN) Fire Dept.

Refreshments and boxed lunch will be provided. Certificates will be issued for contact hours/CEUs (ICC Preferred Provider approved).

Please register by Friday, September 19.

Questions? Please contact Erik Hoffer:

708-403-4468 | erik@nifsab.org

FireSprinklerAssoc.org