COURSES/COMING EVENTS
DEPARTMENTS
January-December 1986—SCHEDULE OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY’S OPEN ENROLLMENT CLASSES is now available. Courses cover everything from recruit training and fire risk analysis to firefighter safety/survival and marine firefighting strategy and tactics. For details and/or a copy of the program, contact: Texas A&M University, Fire Protection Training Division, College Station, TX 77843-8000. Telephone: (409) 8457641.
February-May 1986—FIRE AND POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS are being offered by Eastman Kodak Company to provide comprehensive training to people involved in the lawenforcement area. Among topics to be covered in each workshop are accident, survelliance, arson, etc. More detailed information on all domestically hosted Kodak workshops can be obtained by writing to: Lee Schilling, Law Enforcement and Security Markets, Eastman Kodak Company, 343 State Street, Fifth Floor, Building 20, Rochester, NY 14650. Telephone: (716) 724-2364.
February 3-4 and 6-7, 1986—FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR presented by Frank Brannigan at Valencia College, Orlando, FL. This program presents the overall picture of the field of fire protection “for those whose ambition extends beyond the back step into fire service management.” For information, write to: Robert Milke, Valencia College, P.O. Box 3028, Orlando, FL 32802. Telephone: (305) 299-5000, extension 3273.
March 1-2, 1986—FIREFIGHTER/EMS COURSES are being offered by Weirton Heights Rescue School. For information, write to: Weirton Heights Rescue School, P.O. Box 2542, Weirton, WV 26062. Telephone: (304) 748-2410.
March 6-8, 1986—DIVERS ALERT NETWORK (DAN) BENEFIT DIVING ACCIDENT AND HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT COURSE will be conducted by the DAN staff and Duke’s F. G. Hall Hyperbaric Laboratory. For more information, contact Cindi Easterling, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3108, Durham, NC 27710. Telephone: (919)684-6878.
March 15-19, 1986—FIRE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTORS CONFERENCE sponsored by the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and hosted by the Cincinnati Fire Department. For information, contact the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, 20 Main Street, Ashland, MA 01721. Telephone: (617)881-5800.
March 24-26, 1986—NATIONAL FOAM FIRE SCHOOL will be held at the Texas A&M University Fire Training Center in College Station, TX. Classroom sessions and live field demonstrations will cover theory and principles applicable to foam agents and systems used to protect almost any conceivable hazard. For information, contact: T. A. DiLuigi, National Foam System Inc., 150 Gordon Drive, Lionville, PA 19353. Telephone: (215)3631400.
April-November 1986—HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AWARENESS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN-DEPTH STUDY COURSES and schedules are available from Colorado Training Institute, 1001 East 62 Avenue, Denver, CO 80216. Telephone: (303)2894891.
April 6-13. 1986—DIVERS ALERT NETWORK RESEARCH TRIP. Divers will learn about decompression tables and their own propensity to produce bubbles. This research is expected to contribute to the safe future of diving. Contact: See & Sea Travel, 680 Beach Street, Suite 340, Wharfside, San Francisco, CA 94109. Telephone: (415) 771-0077.
April 19-20, 1986—VEHICLE EXTRICATION SEMINAR is being sponsored by the Corona Firemen’s Association. For information, contact: Jeff Holden, Corona Firemen’s Association, 790 S. Smith, Corona, CA 91720. Telephone: (714) 737-9641.
