Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for FDIC International 2027 — locally sourced in Indianapolis, trained before the doors open, and managed on-site. (Almost) instant quotes.
FDIC International fills the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium with the global fire service — firefighters, officers and department leadership who come to train, network and evaluate the gear, apparatus and technology that protects their crews. The audience is technical and no-nonsense: these buyers know their equipment, they ask spec-level questions, and they make purchasing recommendations that carry real consequences for safety. The challenge is credibility and coverage across a long, busy week — a booth that can't greet a chief professionally, speak to the gear, support a demo and capture the contact cleanly loses ground to the exhibitor next door who can. With over 800 exhibitors competing for the same departments' attention, your front line has to be both approachable and convincing. The four roles below each address a different piece of running a credible, well-covered booth that earns the fire-service buyer's trust and captures the lead.
FDIC International fills the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium with the global fire service — firefighters, officers and department leadership who come to train, network and evaluate the gear, apparatus and technology that protects their crews. The audience is technical and no-nonsense: these buyers know their equipment, they ask spec-level questions, and they make purchasing recommendations that carry real consequences for safety
Source — organizer figuresFDIC International trade show models work the front of your booth so no firefighter, officer or department buyer reaches your stand unattended on a busy, technical floor. With chiefs, company officers and apparatus decision-makers moving between training sessions and the exhibit hall, our FDIC International trade show models greet and qualify arrivals, manage walk-up traffic, and open conversations so your technical team stays with the buyers ready to talk spec and procurement. Because they're sourced in Indianapolis, you skip the airfare, hotels and per-diems an out-of-town crew adds during FDIC week. The outcome: every qualified attendee is met and routed, and your specialists' time goes to the departments that buy.
FDIC International promotional models drive booth traffic and keep your equipment in front of a professional fire-service audience. On a floor of over 800 exhibitors competing for the same firefighters and officers, our FDIC International promotional models present your gear, distribute spec sheets and materials, and keep the booth active and approachable through long training-week days — drawing in the firefighters, officers and department buyers walking your aisle. Each is briefed on your equipment, key features and the one action you want — a demo, a spec-sheet scan, a follow-up meeting. The outcome: more qualified booth traffic, captured rather than passing to the next exhibitor.
FDIC International brand ambassadors represent your brand to a credentialed fire-service audience where credibility and product knowledge decide the conversation. Across a floor of firefighters, chief officers and apparatus buyers, our FDIC International brand ambassadors are briefed on your equipment, positioning and talking points so they embody the brand consistently — walking attendees through your gear, fielding spec, durability and compliance questions, and handing off cleanly to your engineers when the conversation goes deep. For manufacturers building long-term department relationships, the same ambassadors returning year over year build familiarity with your line and the officers in the room. The goal they serve: a credible, on-message presence that turns booth conversations into qualified department leads.
As your FDIC International event staffing partner we field the whole booth team behind the front line. That includes product demonstrators who support accurate, repeatable demos of your equipment and apparatus to a technical crowd; lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik and Bartizan so every firefighter, officer and department contact is scanned and qualified correctly in real time; presenters for in-booth product briefings; registration and check-in staff for booth flow; bilingual talent where your audience calls for it; and a team lead to run check-in, breaks and coverage across the week. Our talent works through show close each day — never an early walk-off — so your booth stays covered to the final hour, not abandoned when the floor quiets. One dedicated account executive scopes the mix to your booth size and demo needs and manages the team on-site, so your stand stays professional and producing for the firefighters, officers and department buyers on the floor.
92% of trade show attendees come specifically to see new products — primed to engage at your booth, if someone engages them first.
Source — CEIRA booth that's professionally staffed open-to-close at FDIC International — and a clean lead list when the show ends.
A woman-owned talent agency co-founded by Caryn Hanna, a former professional model.
More than 20 years of trade show and event staffing experience.
More than 2,000 trade shows, conventions, and promotional events staffed across the United States.
Over 2,000 experienced trade show models, brand ambassadors, and promotional staff across 25+ U.S. cities.
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A member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest global community of meeting and event professionals.
Fully insured with $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate general liability. Certificates of insurance available on request.
Local talent in every major U.S. convention city, eliminating travel expenses, with staff who know the venue.
Three steps to a fully staffed FDIC International booth.
We have FDIC International 2027 on file — venue, dates and roles are pre-filled, so you just pick your team and send. Your account executive replies fast with pricing and hand-picked talent.
Get a quote for FDIC International →FDIC International staffing puts trained booth professionals, brand ambassadors and lead-retrieval talent on your stand at FDIC International — the fire and rescue training conference and trade show that has run since 1929 and returns April 12–17, 2027 across the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
