Coming Events

conferences/exhibitions

OCTOBER 3, Second Annual Surviving the Fire Service: A Behavioral and Cancer Prevention Conference. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Contact: (954) 262-7009. E-mail: kd737@nova.edu. Web site: http://nsubso.nova.edu/conference/index.html.

NOVEMBER 2-5, 2017 Colorado EMS Conference. Keystone, Colorado. Sponsor: Emergency Services Association of Colorado. Contact: (800) 889-5690, (303) 317-6511. Fax: (303) 200-7099. Web site: www.emsac.org/conference. E-mail: conference@emsac.org.

NOVEMBER 3-4, Fire/EMS Trendsetters Conference. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Sponsors: Fire/EMS Trendsetters. Web site: http://emstrendsetters.org/public_html.

NOVEMBER 3-5, MU FRTI Instructor Conference. Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Sponsor: MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute. Contact: (800) 869-3476, (573) 882-4735. Fax: (573) 882-0678. Web site: www.mufrti.org.

NOVEMBER 13-15, AAA Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. Sponsor: American Ambulance Association. Contact: (703) 610-9018. E-mail: info@the-aaa.org.

JANUARY 8-13, 2018, NAEMSP Conference. San Diego, California. Sponsor: National Association of EMS Physicians. Contact: (800) 228-3677, (913) 222-8654. Fax: (913) 222-8606 Web site: http://www.naemsp.org/.

courses/seminars

SEPTEMBER 26-28, Transportation Container Loading and Unloading Emergency Response (TCLUER). Pueblo, Colorado. Sponsor: Security and Emergency Response Training Center. Contact: (800) 933-4882. (719) 584-0584. E-mail: sertc@aar.com. Web site: www.hazmattraining.com.

OCTOBER 7-8, Live Fire Training Weekend. Chadwick, Illinois: Sponsor: First IN Response Essentials. Contact: (815) 441-8049. Web site: https://www.facebook.com/chadwicktraining/.

OCTOBER 9-11, Rescue Company Operations I. Indianapolis, Indiana. Sponsor: Fire Department Training Network. Contact: (317) 862-9679. Fax: (317) 862-9685. Web site: www.fdtraining.com.

OCTOBER 9-13, Highway Emergency Response Specialist (HERS). Pueblo, Colorado. Sponsor: Security and Emergency Response Training Center. Contact: (800) 933-4882. (719) 584-0584. E-mail: sertc@aar.com. Web site: www.hazmattraining.com.

OCTOBER 10, On-Target Solutions for Executive Leadership. Glenwood, Illinois. Sponsors: Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy, Cook County Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management. Contact: (847) 998-8090. Fax: (847) 998-8091. Web site: www.nipsta.org.

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

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