COURSES/COMING EVENTS
DEPARTMENTS
March 9-12, 1987-WESTERN PUBLIC FIRE EDUCATION CONFERENCE will be held at the Red Lion Inn at the Quay, Vancouver, WA. The conference will cover media relations, fire prevention programs for special groups, and special presentations of innovative and unique approaches to public education. For information, write to: Don Anderson, Tualatin Fire District, P.O. Box 127, Tualatin, OR 97062.
March 23-26, 1987 —The annual NATIONAL FOAM FIRE SCHOOL will be held at the Texas A&M University Fire Training Center. This school offers hands-on experience in the latest techniques for extinguishing flammable liquid fires in any situation from storage tanks to marine tankers. For information, contact: W. D. Cochran, National Foam System, Inc., 523 North Belt, Suite 260, Houston, TX 77060; telephone (713) 820-1095.
April 4-8, 1987 —The International Society of Fire Service Instructors 1987 FIRE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTORS CONFERENCE will once again be held in Cincinnati, OH. A total of 60 seminars will cover presentations in such areas as EMS, fire safety education, industrial brigade training, volunteer fire department management, rural water movement, alternative fire protection, certification, and firefighter safety. Keynote speaker Alan Brunacini’s firefighter safety presentation will be aimed at selfand departmental-examination of safety; John Sharry will look at the pros and cons of the new NFPA 1403 Live Fire Training Standard. For more information, contact the ISFSI, 20 Main Street, Ashland, MA 01721; telephone (617) 881-5800.
April 6-10, 1987-CALIFORNIA FIRE INSTRUCTORS WORKSHOP is being presented by the Training Officers Section of the California Fire Chief’s Association. For an information and registration brochure, write to: WORKSHOP ’87, P.O. Box 990, Santee, CA 92071.
April 13-17,1987The CALIFORNIA FIRE MECHANICS’ ACADEMY will be held at the Rancho Santiago College in Santa Ana, CA. Because of the large demand for classes, registration closes in February. For information, contact: Jerry Wiencek, Coordinator, Rancho Santiago College, 17th and Bristol Streets, Santa Ana, CA 92706; telephone (714) 667-3105.
May 8-10, 1987-STRESS: HELPING THE HELPER is an international conference for all emergency personnel exposed to stressful events. The conference will review critical incident stress debriefings, educational strategies, stress reduction techniques, employee assistance programs, family counseling, peer group support, etc. For information, contact: Jeffrey T. Mitchell, Ph.D., Marge Epperson-SeBour, MSW, ACSW, Emergency Health Services Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD 21228; telephone (301) 455-3223.
May 12-14,1987 — HAZTECH CANADA, the first major hazardous materials and waste management exhibition and conference to be held in Canada, will take place at the Toronto International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The conference will address a full range of topics including regulatory, technical, transportation, and emergency response issues. The exhibition will feature over 200 companies from Canada and the United States displaying the latest equipment, services, and technologies available. For more information, contact: Beverly Gibson, Exhibition Management Company, 6143 S. Willow Drive, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80111; telephone (303) 850-9119.
May 13-17, 1987 — RESPONSE 87, an emergency response conference offering information to participants in the search, rescue, and emergency response community, will be sponsored by the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) and held in conjunction with a national exposition offering firsthand evaluation of the latest products and services available for emergency situations. The conference will be at the Sheraton Twin Towers in Orlando, FL, and will cover national and international disaster response, water rescue, etc. For information, contact: The National Association for Search and Rescue, P.O. Box 50178, Washington, D.C. 20004; telephone (703) 352-1349.
