COMING EVENTS
MAY 17-22—The American Society of Safety Engineers’ education department is producing 11 SAFETY SEMINARS AND TRAININGWORKSHOPS, with subjects ranging from confined space entry to ASP/CSP exam preparation to electrical hazards, on these dates in Norfolk, Virginia. Contact: ASSE’s education department; (708) 692-4121, ext. 14.
MAY 19-20—The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute Training Academy will hold a course in College Park, Maryland, on TRENCH COLLAPSE AND RESCUE, contact: university of Maryland at College Park; (301) 220-7250.
MAY 28—The Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Working Group will hold its ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL MEETING at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Contact: Paul Caldervvood; 70 Pearl St.; Everett, MA 021491106; (617) 389-5928.
JUNE 5-6—The 15th annual JAWS OF LIFE rescue training seminar, sponsored by Rescue Hazmat Consultants, Inc., will be held in a to-be-announced location. Contact: Rescue Hazmat Consultants, Inc.; P.O. Box 20126; Waco, TX 76702-0126; (800) 433-3402.
JUNE 6-11 —Tactical Specialties and Tactical EMS, Inc., arc sponsoring the fourth annual TACTICAL EMS SCHOOL, designed for EMS personnel involved with law enforcement special operations teams, which will beheld in Columbia, Missouri. Contact: Tactical Specialties; 1309 Dawn Ridge; Columbia, MO 65202; (314) 474-2436.
JUNE 9-12—The International Fire Photographers Association will be conducting its 1993 ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE in Chicago, Illinois. Contact: Keith Cullom; IFPA 1993 Annual Conference; P.O. Box 8337; Rolling Meadows, IE 60008.
JUNE 9, JUNE 10, JULY 7, AND JULY 8On these dates, the National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., will be holding a series of one-dav standards update seminars, titled “UNDERSTANDING NFPA 25-INSPECTION, TESTING, AND MAINTENANCE OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS,” in Fairfield, New Jersey; Braintree, Massachusetts; Nashville, Tennessee; and Indianapolis, Indiana, respectively. Contact: The NFSA; (914) 878-4200.
JUNE 12—The last lecture in the 1993 FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONAL LECTURE SERIES, sponsored by the New Jersey State Fire College, will be held at Fort Dix in Wrightstown, New Jersey. The lecture’s title is FlREGROUND COMMUNICATIONS. Contact: New Jersey State Fire College; 6 Commerce Dr.; Cranford, NJ 07016; (908) 272-7712.
JUNE 14-16 AND JULY 26-28-Lamar University-Bcaumont is holding its 1992-93 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 8-, 16-, AND 24-HOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS LEVEL TRAINING COURSES on these dates. Contact: Lamar University-Beaumont; Division of Public Services and Continuing Education; Occupational Health and Safety Division; P.O. Box 10008; Beaumont, TX 77710; (409) 8808434.
JUNE 16-19—The Warren Township FireDepartment and Howellco Extrication Specialists are sponsoring the MIDWEST EXTRICATION COMPETITION AND LEARNING SYMPOSIUM Contact. Lt. Paul Bailey; Warren Township Fire Department; 501 N. Post Road; Indianapolis, IN 46219; (317) 899-3303-
JUNE 17-20 —The Michigan State Firemen’s Association will hold its 118TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE on these dates in Niles, Michigan. Keynote speaker Dan Aston will address “Ego in the Fire Service.” Contact: Edwin Aymer, (517) 872-3007 or (517) 693-6076.
JUNE 24-25 —Calderwood Consulting is sponsoring a two-dav training program, MARITIME FIREFIGHTING-PART I, THE BASICS OF SHIPBOARD FIREFIGHTING, at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Contact: Paul Calderwood; 70 Pearl St.; Everett, MA 02149-1106; (617) 389-5928.
JUNE 30 AND JULY 23—The American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management is conducting an ANNUAL ENVIRONMEN- TAL UPDATE: HAZARDOUS WASTE AND OTHER RULES, in Dallas, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas, on these respective dates. Contact: The American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management, Inc.; 900 Isom Rd., Suite 103; San Antonio, TX 78216; (210) 3407775.
JULY 19-AUGUST 6—The Emergency Response Training Academy is offering a course in BASIC AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING on these dates in Blytheviile, Arkansas. Contact: Emergency Response Training Academy; (501) 532-2500.
AUGUST 3-6—The National Association of Fire Investigators and The National Fire Protection Association are cosponsoring the 1993 NATIONAL FIRE, ARSON, AND EXPLOSION INVESTIGATION TRAINING PROGRAM, to be held in Schaumberg, Illinois. Contact: The National Association of Fire Investigators; P.O. Box 957257; Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60195; (312) 427-6320.
AUGUST 16-20 —The Emergency Response Training Academy is offering a course in COMPREHENSIVE AIRCRAFT FAMILIARIZATION. to be held in Blytheviile, Arkansas. Contact: Emergency Response Training Academy; P.O. Box 724; Blytheviile, AR 72316; (501) 532-2500.
AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 1-The International Association of Fire Chiefs w ill present FIRE-RESCUE INTERNATIONAL, a conference/exposition, to be held in Dallas, Texas. Contact: the LAFC Conference Department; 4025 Fair Ridge Dr.; Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; (703) 273-091 1.
SEPTEMBER 7-10-‘”THE CONTINUING CHALLENGE ’93,” HAZARDOUS MATERIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORKSHOP, a workshop/conference sponsored by various national and California-state agencies and associations, including the California Emergency Services Association and the California Hazardous Materials Investigators Association, will be held in Sacramento, California, on these dates. Contact: Bill McNairnie; (916) 264-7147.
