Coming Events

Coming Events

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Sept. 8-11—Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Olympics, For further information contact Olympic Committee, P.O. Box 7315, Ancaster, Ontario, L96 3N6.

September 13—Great Lakes Division, I AFC annual conference, St. Louis, Mo. For further information contact Chief Richard Harrigan, Fire Headquarters, P.O. Box 583, Hobart, Ind. 46342.

Sept. 13-17—IAFC Annual Conference, St. Louis, Mo. For further information contact Donald D. Flinn, General Manager, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc. 1329 18th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Sept. 18-20—Para-Scope ’81, “The Crisis Connection,’* Crisis Intervention for Pre-hospital EMS Personnel, Marriott Hotel, Bethesda, Md. For further information contact Captain Mary Beth Michos, R.N., Montgomery County Department of Fire/Rescue Services, 10025 Darnestown Rd., Rockville, Md. 20850.

Sept. 18-19—Connecticut State Firemen’s Association, annual convention, Wilton, Conn. For further information contact John Moehring, Secretary, 51 Rutz Street, Stamford, Conn. 06906.

Sept. 21-25—Industrial Fire Protection School, Topeka Fire Training Academy, Topeka, Kan. For further information contact Max Thomas, Director, Fire Service Training, University of Kansas, 645 New Hampshire, Lawrence, Kan. 66044.

Sept. 25-27—Illinois State Firemen’s Association, 91st annual conference, O’Hare Marriott Hotel, Chicago, Ill. For further information contact O. E. Hirst, 100 S. Bench St., Galena, Ill. 61036.

Oct. 12-15—52nd Annual Kansas Fire School for Municipalities, Hutchinson, Kan. For further information contact Max Thomas, Director, Fire Service Training, University of Kansas, 645 New Hampshire, Lawrence, Kan. 66044.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

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Delta explosion

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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.