BAMF
Department Overview
BAMF: Bureau of Apogaea Medical and Fire
BAMF is Apo's volunteer safety team that coordinates with local agencies about safety priorities for the Apogaea event. We have 4 areas of focus.
Conclave - our community's fire performers and spinners, effigy event performers. Enablers of the human connection to fire.
FAST - Fire Art Safety Team, the inspectors for our propane art and related flame effects. Interested fire artists, fire professionals are welcome to join the inspection team.
Medical - BAMF's volunteer team provides support to Apo's hired medical contractors. Volunteers are often the community's first point of contact at the BAMF tent in case of injury or incident. They also communicate about safety throughout the city, engaging with participants in their camps, educating about fire safety, helping Apogaea maintain the guidelines that are required by our county event permit.
Fire and Incident Response (ICS) - primary APO liaison with Stonewall Fire District. Understand current fire regulations and provide the Apo fire guidelines to the community. This part of BAMF is responsible for updating the Event Action Plan (EAP) and Incident Command System (ICS) documents. We typically hold 2 all-dept ICS meetings - 1 during work weekend and 1 at the event Thursday morning.
Important Contact Information
Board Member Liaison - for 2025 - Adriana Cordova (Warden).
Shadow and planned liaison for 2026 - Ian Feigh (Indiana)
Shadow and planned liaison for 2026 - Ian Feigh (Indiana)
Department Roles and Positions
BAMF Lead, Safety Services Coordinator and FAST inspection lead- 2025 Cory Sutela (uniKorniK8r)
BAMF and FAST XO - 2025 Mike Jerris (Storytime)
Department Policies
Links to Google Drive Documents
Volunteer Onboarding - (https://apourl.co/BAMF-On)
Fire Art Inspection information
Important Links
Other Items:
Apogaea