NFA Outreach Program

NFA Outreach Program

1982 Outreach Class Schedule for National Fire Academy: Arkansas; Fire/Arson Detection, July 24-25, Sept. 25-26, contact Paul Benton, Dir., Ark. Fire Academy, P.O. Box 3048, E. Camden, Ark. 71701. Florida; Public Fire Safety Ed., Sept. 11-12, contact Dennis Dewar, Bureau Chief, Fire Stds. Tr., 1501 S.W. Broadway, Ocala, Fla. 32670. Illinois; Fire Incident Mgmt., July 17-18, Aug. 7-8, contact Gerald Monigold, Dir., Fire Service Institute, Univ. of Ill., 301 S. Wright St., Champaign, Ill. 61820. Kansas; Fire Apparatus Purchase & Maintenance, Sept. 11-12, contact Max Thomas, Dir., Fire Service Tr., 645 New Hampshire Ave., Lawrence, Kan. 60045. Maine; Instr. Techniques for Co. Officers, Aug. 14-15, EMS Admin., Sept. 11-12, Francis Roderick, Supervisor, Fire Service Tr., Dept, of Ed. & Cultural Services, Augusta, Maine 04330. Maryland; Vol. Fire Service Mgmt., Sept. 25-26, contact John Hoglund, Dir., Md. Fire and Rescue Institute, Univ. of Md., College Park, Md. 20742. Minnesota; Vol. Fire Service Mgmt., Fire Incident Mgmt., Aug. 21-22, contact Cleo Keiper, Sr. Inst., Minn. Dept, of Ed., 533 Capitol Sq. Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55100. Missouri; Fire Apparatus Purchase and Maintenance, Aug. 11-12, Fire Prevention I, Aug. 14-15, Fire Incident Mgmt., Sept. 18-19, contact William Westhoff, Jr., Coord., Fire Service Tr., Univ. of Missouri, 1001 Ashland Gravel Rd., Fire Tr. Bldg., Columbia, Mo. 65201. Montana; Fire Apparatus Purchase and Maintenance, Aug. 14-15, contact Supervisor, Montana Fire Service Tr. School, 2100 16th Ave., South, Great Falls, Mt. 59405. South Dakota; Pesticide Fire & Spill Control, Aug. 7-8, contact James Flippen, Coord., Fire Service Tr., 118 W. Capitol, Pierre, S.D. 57501. Texas; Fire Apparatus Purchase & Maintenance, Pub. Fire Safety Ed., Sept. 21-22, contact Henry Smith, Div. Head, Fire Protection Tr., Texas Eng. Ext. Service, Texas A & M Univ., FE Drawer K, College Station, Tex. 77843. Utah; Haz-Mat Incident Analysis, Sept. 9-10, contact Gordon Evans, Dir. of Fire Tr., Utah Technical College of Provo, P.O. Box 1609, Provo, Utah 84601. West Virginia; Fire Incident Mgmt., July 10-11, Sept. 18-19, contact Arnett B. Corley, Jr., State Fire Admin., 2000 Quarrie, Charleston, W.V. 26506. Wyoming; Fire Incident Mgmt., July 17-18, contact Robert Titus, Fire Tr. Officer, Hathaway Bldg., Rm 117, Cheyenne, Wy. 82002.

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Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.