COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

JULY 12-13—Oregon City, Oregon, is the site of RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLERS: EVOLUTION, APPLICATION AND STRATEGIES FOR ADOPTION, sponsored by the United States Fire Administration and conducted on its behalf by the International Association of Fire Chiefs/Operation Life Safety Program with assistance from the National Fire Sprinkler Association and the National Fire Protection Association. Contact: Dana Jarvis Bles, Operation Life Safety; (703)273-0911,ext. 319.

JULY 15-17—Ten regional organizations are sponsoring the SEVENTH ANNUAL PITTSBURGH FlRERESCUE AND EMS EXPO in Monroeville, Pennsylvania Contact: Sonny Chick; Kelly Simon Productions; 1600 Ranch Dr.; Latrobe, PA 15650; (412)539-2800.

JULY 18-22 Corpus Christi, Texas, is the site ot RESCUE II-ADVANCED CONHNED SPACE/STRUCTURAl RESCUE, a 40-hour course sponsored by Roco, an industrial rescue and equipment company. Contact: Roco; 8254 One Calais Ave., Suite 240; Baton Rouge, I.A 708093450; (8(H)) 647-7626.

JULY 25-26 Creative Design Seminars Inc. will present a seminar, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT UPDATED NFPA STANDARDS 14, 20, AND 24, in Boston, Massachusetts. Contact: Creative IX-sign Seminars (708) 459-2747 (phone/fax).

AUGUST 4-6 Tile Phoenix Fire De|xirtment is s|X«isoring an IMAGING AND EDUCATION SYMPO- SIUM. It will focus on public relations and will be held at the Arizona Biltmore Resort. Contact: Phoenix Fire Department; Symposium Registration; 520 W. Van Buren St.; Phoenix, AZ 85003; (602) 534-2169.

AUGUSY 8-9—ERASE Enterprises will hold a Structural Collapse Rescue Curriculum in Denver, Colorado. John P. O’Connell, one of Eire Engineering’s editorial advisory board members, will be one of the instructors. Contact: ERASE Enterprises at (800) 3727330.

AUGUST 13—Rescue/Hazmat Consultants will conduct a BUS RESCUE SEMINAR in Waco, Texas. Contact: Rescue/Hazmat Consultants; P.O. Box 20126; Waco, TX 76702-0126; (8(H)) 433-3402.

AUGUST 19-22-FIREPRO Institute Ltd. is now offering courses on the MEASUREMENT Of BUILDING FIRESAEETY that teach the use of LimitFire Method'” (L-Curve) techniques. Contact: FIREPRO Institute Ltd.; Postal Box 600; Putney, VT 05346-0600; (802) 387-5600, fax (802) 387-4419.

AUGUST 20-21 —The Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Fire/Rescue Association Inc. is holding the 58TH ANNUAL MONROE FlRE SCHOOL in Monroe, Wisconsin. Contact: SWN1 Fire/Rescue Association; P.O. Box 135; Deerfield, IL 60015; (708) 9450544.

INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND REGIONAL EVENTS

JULY 23-26 Thi MISSOURI VAUIY ASSSOOATION of FIRE CHIEFS ANNUAL CONFERENCE will take place in Overland Park, Kansas. Contact: William Jahnke; Overland Park Fire Department; 9550 W. 95th St.; Overland Park, KS 66212-5062.

AUGUST 2-5 THE NATIONAL FIRE, ARSON, AND EXPLOSION INVESTIGATION TRAINING PROGRAMS, sponsored by the National Association of Fire Investigators and the National Fire Protection Association, will be held in Schaumburg, Illinois. Contact: The National Association of Fire Investigators; P.O. Box 957257; Hoffman Estates, IL 60195; (312)427-6320.

AUGUST 27-31—The International Association of Fire Chiefs is sponsoring FKE-RESCUE INTERNATIONAL 94 conference and exhibition, to be held in St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: IAFC; 4025 l air Ridge Dr.; Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; or call the IAFC conference department at (703) 273-0911, ext. 340.

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