Coming Events: June 2019

conferences/exhibitions

JULY 22-26, Pinnacle Conference: Inspiring EMS Leadership. Orlando, Florida. Sponsor: Fitch & Associates. Contact: (816) 431-2600. E-mail: pinnacle@fitchassoc.com. Web site: http://pinnacle-ems.com.

AUGUST 1-4, Symposium by the Sea. Boca Raton, Florida. Sponsor: Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center. Contact: (800) 766-6335. Web site: https://www.emlrc.org/symposium-by-the-sea/.

AUGUST 15-17, 83rd SWNIFRA Fire School and Conference. Janesville, Wisconsin. Sponsor: Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Fire/Rescue Association. Web site: www.swnifra.com.

OCTOBER 9-11, FEMSA/FAMA Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario. Sponsor: Fire and Emergency Manufacturers and Services. Association. Contacts: www.femsa.org, (630) 740-5742. www.fama.org, (352) 843-3404.

OCTOBER 18-19, Tri-State Emergency Responder Conference. Dubuque, Iowa. Sponsor: Northeast Iowa Community College. Contact: Phil Arensdorf, (563) 557-8271, ext. 327. E-mail: arensdorfp@nicc.edu. Web site: www.nicc.edu/fireems.

OCTOBER 25-27, 2019 EMS Trendsetters Fire/EMS Conference. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Sponsor: EMS Trendsetters. Web site: https://emstrendsetters.org/public_html/registration/.

 

courses/seminars

JULY 22-24, Fireground Search Operations. Indianapolis,
Indiana. Sponsor: Fire Department Training Network. Contact:
(317) 862-9679. Fax: (317) 862-9685. Web site: www.fdtraining.com.

JULY 23-25, Crude Oil/Class 3 Flammable Liquid Emergencies Transported by Rail (FLE-RR). Pueblo, Colorado. Sponsor: Security and Emergency Response Training Center. Contact: (800) 933-4882. (719) 584-0584.Web site:
https://sertc.org/.

AUGUST 1-4 (test, AUGUST 5), Rescue Technician: Cave Rescue I/II Class Huntsville, Alabama. Sponsors: Huntsville Cave Rescue Unit, Alabama Fire College. Contact: Brian Bailey, 
(256) 509-4785,
Brian@HCRU.org; Dan Mattle, Dan@hcru.org.
Web site: 
www.hcru.org/rescueclass.

AUGUST 4, Evidence Collection Technician. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Sponsor: International Association of Arson Investigators. Web site: https://www.firearson.com/.

AUGUST 14, Ambulance Cost Education (ACE) Regional Workshop– Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia. Sponsor: American Ambulance Association. Contact: (202) 802-9020. Fax: (202) 747-5745. E-mail: info@ambulance.org. Web site: www.ambulance.org.

 

For more events, visit http://emberly.fireengineering.com/events/calendar.html. Send calendar items to Rob Maloney, Robert.Maloney@clarionevents.com.

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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.