COMING EVENTS
APRIL 20-24—An ON-TARGET CERTIFIED FITNESS COORDINATOR WORKSHOP will be held at the Ohio Fire Academy in Renoldsburg. The workshop’s purpose is to train and certify fire department fitness coordinators. Contact: Randy Jewell, (800) 878-3466.
MAY 9-PREPARING THE FIRE GROUND SAFETY OFFICER, presented by the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA), will be held in Salem, Oregon. The seminar outline includes appointing a department safety officer: liabilities; what to do before, during, and after the call; on the fire ground; and more. Contact: FDSOA, P.O. Box 149, Ashland, MA 01721. (508) 881-3114.
MAY 14-16—The THIRD ANNUAL NORTHEAST EXTRICATION COMPETITION AND SYMPOSIUM sponsored by the Selkirk (NY) Fire Department, will be held in Albany, New York. Twenty teams will be chosen from the applicants to participate in the competition, and the main speaker will be Ft. Tom Carr. Contact: Selkirk Fire Dept., (518) 767-9772.
MAY 15-19 — The International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists, Inc. (IADRS) with the Hamilton County Sheriffs Department and Loveland-Simmes Fire Department Underwater Search & Rescue Unit are sponsoring SEARCH LINES ’92. to be held in Cincinnati. Ohio. Contact: Beverly N. Yarber, Associate Director, IADRS, 201 N. Fink lame. Fort Collins. CO 80524-2712. (800) 42.3-7791.
MAY 17-21 —The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) annual meeting and fire safety exhibit, FlRESAFETY IN THE ’90S will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana. More than 170 fire safety exhibitors, Sunday seminars. and a large lineup of speakers will be featured. Contact: NFPA, Meeting Registration Dept.. (617) 984-7310.
MAY 18-20—The EMERGENCY INFORMATION SYSTEM (EIS) USER’S CONFERENCE held bv Research Alternatives. Inc., will be held in Rockville. Maryland. T he goal is to teach emergency managers how to make the best possible use of limited funds, manpower, anti existing resources with automated emergency systems. Contact: Research Alternatives, 966 Hungerford Dr., Suite 1, Rockville. MD 20850, (301) 424-2803.
MAY 28,29—The Tracy Fire Department and Fire Technology Services are sponsoring SEARCH AND RESCUE-FORCIBLE ENTRY WORKSHOPS, to be held in Tracy, California. Contact: Fire Technology Services, 22422 Sunlight Creek, El Toro, CA 92630, (714) 58.31914.
MAY 30-31 —The l ire Technology Department at Odessa College is sponsoring a 16HOUR PROGRAM ON FIRE COMMAND with chief Alan Brunacini of the Phoenix Fire Department, to be held at the Ector County (TX ) Coliseum. Contact: Odessa College Continuing Education Department, (915) .335-6582.
JUNE 10-12 – HAZ MAT/INTERNATIONAL ’92 the hazardous materials and environmental management conference and exhibition sponsored by Hazmat World, will be held in Atlantic City. New Jersey . Contact: Tower Conference Management Co., 800 Roosevelt Rd., Bldg. E – Suite 408, Glen Ellyn, IF 601.3758.35, (708) 469-3.37.3.
JUNE 13-FIRING UP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY a conference sponsored by the Connecticut Technical College’s Fire Technology and Administration Program, will be held in Waterbury. Connecticut. Contact: George J. Munkcnbeck. STC Coordinator. Fire Education and Training, c/o Waterbury State Technical College, 750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT 06708, (203 ) 596-8707.
JUNE 19-21 — The 1 17TH ANNUAL MICHIGAN STATE FIREMEN’S CONFERENCE, sponsored by the City of Clare, Clare Fire Department, and Central Michigan Fireman’s Association, will be held in Clare, Michigan. Contact: Jeff Michaels, (517) .386-7439.
JULY 16-18-TEAM RESCUE CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, sponsored by Resctw Magazine and The Conference Corp.. will be held in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: The Conference Corp., P.O. Box 2400, Carlsbad, CA 92018-2400, (619) 4.31-8088.
The Volunteer Firemen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (VFIS), in cooperation with the Congressional Fire Services Institute, will present a teleconference entitled “Firefighter Health and Safety: A Report to Congress.” It will take place on May 20 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EST. The teleconference will address the recommendations made at the National Firefighter Health and Safety Forum last October. Topics include EMS; fire apparatus; fire suppression operations; hazardous materials; law, regulations, and standards; and personal protective equipment. There will be a toll-free call-in questionand-answer period. Contact: Tamela Monroe or Scott Davidson, VETS, (800) 23.3-1957 or (717) 741-091 1
