COURSES AND COMING EVENTS

COURSES AND COMING EVENTS

October 21-24,1986 —FIRE SCIENCE ’86 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE/EXHIBITION will bring together fire officers, architects, engineers, insurers, and members of other professions with interest in fire engineering and fire safety. The highlight of the conference and exhibition to be held in Perth, Western Australia, will be the topic of fire safety in airships. For more information, contact: Conference Secretary, The Institution of Fire Engineers, 480 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000.

October 22, 1986—SAFE VESSEL AND TANK ENTRY PROCEDURES/CONFINED SPACE: A PROBLEM FOR INDUSTRY will be conducted by Department of Continuing Education, Georgia Institute of Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. For more information, contact Deidre Mercer, Department of Continuing Education, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0385; or telephone (404) 894-2547.

October 26-31,1986 — National Foam System will conduct a weeklong seminar covering the ENGINEERING OF FOAM SYSTEMS including foam agents, devices, design, testing, and maintenance. For complete information and application, contact: K. M. MacEwan, National Foam System, Inc., 150 Gordon Drive, Lionville, PA 19353; telephone (215) 363-1400.

October 29-30, 1986—The CALIFORNIA-NEVADA-HAWAII FOREST FIRE COUNCIL will meet at the Sundowner Hotel, 450 Arlington Avenue, Reno, NV. For more information, write to CNH Forest Fire Council, c/o Ben Beall, Secretary-Treasurer, 2045 Clydesdale Way, Petaluma, CA 94952.

November 1-2,1986 — The Green River Firefighters Association of Western Kentucky will present FIREGROUND COMMAND SEMINAR. Contact Green River Firefighters Association, 332 Washington Street, Henderson, KY 42420, attention R. Jewell; telephone (502) 286-2177.

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