2025 Missouri Valley Division of Fire Chiefs Annual Conference

This event offers a professional platform to connect, learn, and grow within the industry. This event offers valuable insights and professional development opportunities. Join us for the annual conference June 11-13, 2025 at the St. Charles Convention Center. Every year the Missouri Division of the IAFC comes together to offer education to fire service leaders. For three days you have the opportunity to build relationships, explore the latest topics in the fire service, and refocus your administrative mindset.
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Keynote Speaker: Matt Hasby: Matt is a retired Navy SEAL, combat leader, and Leadership Instructor at Echelon Front. He served twice as an instructor for the West Coast Training Detachment, as a member of JSOC, and a leader at SEAL Team Five. During his 21-year career, his deployments included various locations in the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Southeast Asia. In 2006 Matt deployed to Ar Ramadi, Iraq as a member of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser. Matt served as a sniper, breacher, and secondary point-man opposite “American Sniper” Chris Kyle in Charie platoon, under the leadership of Leif Babin. Matt took part in some of the fiercest fighting in Ramadi and saw firsthand how instrumental good leadership is on the battlefield. Some of his more perilous experiences in Ramadi are also featured in the book Extreme Ownership.
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