FIRE COLLEGES

FIRE COLLEGES

Arizona State Fire School—Oct. 15-17, Phoenix, Ariz. For information, contact Battalion Chief Jake Siken, Firefighting Instruction Supervisor, Phoenix Fire Department, 49 South First Street, Phoenix.

Civil Defense Instructor Training Course for Eastern Area—Aug. 24-28, Sept. 14-18, Sept. 21-25, Sept. 28-Oct. 2, Radiological Monitoring for Instructors; Aug. 31-Sept. 4, Sept. 28-Oct. 2, Principles of Organization and Staffing for Instructors; Sept. 21-25, Basic Civil Defense for Instructors. All sessions will be held at the Eastern Instructor Training Center, Office of Civil Defense Mobilization, Brooklyn 35, N. Y. For information, write the Center at the above address.

Florida State Fire College—Sept. 7-11—Units 101, 107, 201. Sept. 14-18—Units 102, 106, 202. Sept. 21-25—Units 103, 105, 204. Sept. 28-Oct. 2—Units 104, 206, 208. For information, contact W. H. Barnett, Superintendent, P. O. Box 785, Ocala, Fla.

Indiana Fire Training Program—Sept. 9-12, 26th Annual State Fire School; Oct, 27-29, Fire Inspectors Course; Dec. 1-2, Fire Management Course. All courses will be held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. For information, write Professor Shelby Gallien, Director, Public Safety Institute, Purdue University.

Kansas Fire School—Oct. 19-22, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Director, Clyde A. Babb, Director, University of Kansas Extension Classes, 111 Fraser Hall, University of Kansas.

Maryland Fire School—Sept. 1-4, Twenty-Sixth Annual Short Course for Firemen. All sessions will be held at the Fire Service Building, University of Maryland. For information, write Robert C. Byrus, Director, Fire Service Extension University of Maryland, College Park, Md.

Morris County, N. J., Fire School—Sept. 1, ParTroy Hills District No. 6 Headquarters; Oct. 6, Budd Lake Fire Headquarters; Nov. 10, Millbrook Fire Headquarters, Randolph Township; Dec. 8, Morristown Fire Department. For information, write Robert H. Wright, Publicity Chairman, Long Hill Lane, Chatham, N. J.

New Hampshire Fire Training School—Sept. 1920, Meadowwood Fire Department, Fitzwilliam, N. II. Further details will be available from Leo N. Sasseville, Central Station, Laconia Fire Department.

New Jersey State Fire College—Sept. 25-27, Oct. 2-4, National Guard Training Center, Sea Girt, N. J. For information, write Carl V. M. Cusumano, President, 24 Branford Place, Newark, N. J.

Ohio State Arson School—Sept. 14-18, New College of Law Building, Ohio State University. For information contact Wayne C. Jenkins, Chief of Fire Prevention, State Fire Marshal’s Office, Wyandotte Building, Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio State Fire School—Sept. 14-18. Ohio State University, Columbus. For information contact Wayne C. Jenkins, Chief of Fire Prevention, State Fire Marshal’s Office, Wyandotte Bldg., Columbus, Ohio.

Ontario Fire College—Aug. 31-Sept. 4, Basic Fire Inspection Practices Course; Sept. 1418. Fire Department Instructors’ Course, Part 1. All the above courses are to be held at the Ontario Fire College at Gravenhurst. Sept. 14-18, Thunder Bay Regional Fire School, Fort William, Ont. Sept. 21-25, Simcoe District Fire School; Oct. 5-9, Muskoka District Fire School; Oct. 19-23, Mutual Aid Forum. The events listed above are to be held at the Ontario Fire College at Gravenhurst.

Pennsylvania Fire School—Aug. 24-28, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, Fire Department Officership Course; Oct. 5-9, Basic Fire Fighting Course; Aug. 31-Sept. 4, Oct. 19-23, Fire Department Pump School; Sept. 14-18, Oct. 26-30, Advanced Fire Fighting Course; Aug. 24-28, Sept. 28-Oct. 2, Nov. 16-20, Ladder Rescue and Salvage Course. All sessions to be held at the Pennsylvania State Firemen’s Training School. For information, write Art Espey, Director, Box 631, Lewistown, Pa.

Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Fire School—Sept. 13, Truax Field Air Force Base, Madison, Wis. Secretary, Herman Pfund, New Glarus, Wis.

Tri-State Fire School—Sept. 14-18, Huntington, W. Va. For information write Captain R. M. Myers, Secretary Planning Committee, c/o Fire Chief’s Office, 816—9th Street, Huntington, W. Va.

Western Pennsylvania Firemen’s Training Institute—Aug. 24-28. Annual Fire School, State Teachers College, California, Pa. For further information contact James Silbaugh, Secretary’, Fire School Committee, Uniontown, Pa.

Wisconsin Regional Advanced Fire Protection Schools—Aug. 28-29. Beaver Dam; Sept. 8-9, Ashland; Sept. 10-11, Rhinelander; Sept. 24-25, Sheboygan; Oct. 1-3, Waupaca. For information, write William E. Clark, Supervisor of Fire Service Training, Wisconsin State Board of Vocational and Adult Education, 14 North Carroll St., Madison, Wis.

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