COMING EVENTS
DECEMBER 10-11 &mash;J.T. Baker Inc.’s Office of Training Services’ HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS SAFETY SEMINAR will be held in San Mateo, California. The seminar covers a wide range of chemical topics including hazard analysis, fundamentals of hazardous chemical safety, labeling, flammable liquids and solids, corrosive chemicals, and chemical waste disposal. Contact: J.T. Baker Inc., Office of Training Services, 222 Red School Lane, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865, (201) 859-9400.
DECEMBER 10-13 — The seminar LOSS CONTROL MANAGEMENT, conducted by the International Loss Control Institute, will beheld in Calgary. Alberta. Contact: Pat Bennett. (800) 554-6001 or (404) 466-2208.
DECEMBER 13-14—J.T. Baker Inc.’s Office of Training Services’ HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS SAFETY SEMINAR will be held in Dallas, Texas. The seminar covers a wide range of chemical topics including hazard analysis, fundamentals of hazardous chemical safety, labeling, flammable liquids and solids, corrosivechemicals, and chemical waste disposal. Contact: J.T. Baker Inc., Officeof Training Services, 222 Red School Lane, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865, (201) 859-9400.
DECEMBER 13-15-FIRE-EMS ’90, spon sored by the IAFC, will be held in Baltimore, Maryland. Presentations on issues facing EMS in the* fire service, 16 in-depth workshop sessions, peer discussions, exhibits, and a M*A*S*H party will be part of the event. Contact: Kimberly Reese, IAFC, 1329 18th Street NW. Washington, DC 20036, (202) 833-3420.
JANUARY 2-4 — The New England Consortium is sponsoring the EMERGENCY RESPONDERS 24-HOUR BASIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COURSE in Lowell, Massachusetts. The course meets OSHA requirements for operations level emergency responders to hazardous substances releases. Contact: Helen Butler, Work Environment Laboratory, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, (508) 934-3257.
JANUARY 7-9 —The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers the course 24-HOUR WORKSHOP FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS AND OTHER PERSONNEL AT GENERATOR AND TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES. The course covers government regulations and guidelines, industrial hygiene of hazardous substances, hazard evaluation, and numerous other topics. Contact: Engineering Information, (800) 462-0876.
JANUARY 7-10 — The New York State Department of State Office of Fire Prevention and Control offers TRAINING OFFICER W0RKSH0P-I & II. Contact: New York State Department of State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Academy of Fire Science, P.O. Box 811, Montour Falls, NY 14865-0811.
JANUARY 7-11-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS, a course in the EPA Hazardous Materials Training delivered by Education and Consulting Resources, Inc., will be held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Contact: Horry-Georgetown Technical College, 65th Avenue North Campus, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577, (803) 449*7416.
JANUARY 9-11—The 24-hour hazardous materials incident FIRST RESP0NDER-0PERATI0NAL LEVEL course and workshop will be held in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania by the Center for Hazardous Materials Research, a subsidiary of the University of Pittsburgh Trust. Contact: CHMR, 320 William Pitt Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, (412) 826-5320.
JANUARY 9-11—The American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management is hosting the CHEMICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE (24 HOUR) seminar/training program in Houston, Texas. The course covers all of the OSHA requirements in 1910.120(q) and (p)(8), except those that must be site specific. Contact: Registrar, American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management, 11230 West Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78213, (512) 340-7775 or (800) 729-6742.
JANUARY 13-18 —The Florida Chapter of the International Association of Fire Service Instructors will conduct its annual FLORIDA TRAINING IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE in Ocala, Florida. Contact: Deputy Chief Jack Shireman, Dade City Dept, of Public Safety, Fire Rescue Division. 301 North 4th Street. Dade City, FI. 33525, (904) 521-1494.
JANUARY 15-WORKER PROTECTION STANDARDS: HAZARDOUS WASTE OPERATIONS & EMERGENCY RESPONSE is a one-day workshop to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Topics on the OSHA/EPA standards to regulate the safety and health of employees engaged in hazardous waste operations and emergency response will be addressed. Contact: EPA Workshop Coordinator, (800) 78323^2 or (202) 797-6511.
JANUARY 15-17 — Chubb National Foam is hosting the FOAM FlRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING SEMINAR to be held in San Diego. California. The seminar is targeted to foam system design engineers and technical personnel, building officials, insurance inspectors, mechanical engineers, and designers of fire protection systems. Contact: Susan Ruscltto, Chubb National Foam, P.O. Box 270, Exton, PA 19341-1350, (215) 363-1400.
JANUARY 15-17-ARSON CONTROL IN THE 1990’S, a symposium sponsored by the International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc. (IAAI) in conjuction with the NFPA, will be held in Houston, Texas. Administrative level issues and legislative initiatives will be discussed as will research and investigator safety considerations. Contact: Tony Ahart, IAAI. P.O. Box 91119. Louisville, KY 40291, (502) 491-7482.
JANUARY 16-18—EMEX ’91, EXPOSITION & CONFERENCE will be held in l.as Vegas, Nevada. A total of 39 sessions in the three conference program tracks —preparedness, response, and recovery—are scheduled along with more than 60 exhibitors. Contact: EMEX ’91, 300 First Avenue, Needham, MA 02194, (617) 449-8938.
JANUARY 21-25 —The Denver Fire Department’s 18TH ANNUAL ADVANCED ARSON INVESTIGATION SEMINAR, held in Denver, Colorado, will address topics such as interview/interrogation, fire-related pathology, advanced fire scene investigation, fraud fire, and much more. Contact: Denver Fire Dept., Fire Investigation Division, 745 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80204, (303) 640-5551.
JANUARY 22-23—The American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management is hosting the RCRA COMPLIANCE seminar/training program in Houston, Texas. The course covers all of the federal and state requirements for the management and disposal of hazardous waste. Contact: Registrar, American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management, 11230 West Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78213, (512) 340-7775 or (800) 729-6742.
JANUARY 26-27—The New York State Department of State Office of Fire Prevention and Control offers ICE RESCUE. Contact: New York State Department of State Office of Fire Prevention and Control, Academy of Fire Science, P.O. Box 811, Montour Falls, NY 14865-081 1.
JANUARY 28-30 — The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers a course on EXISTING HOUSING INSPECTION, contact: Philip M. Bennett, Dept, of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 432 N. Lake Street, Madison, WI 53706.
FEBRUARY 4-7-HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM: 40-HOUR WORKSHOP FOR SUPERFUND AND RCRA REMEDIATION SITE PERSONNEL is sponsored by and will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It will address the safety issues associated with hazardous materials and will also feature workshops and case studies and assignments that will explore hypothetical situations. Contact: Engineering Information, (800) 462-0876.
