Coming Events

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: http://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. Web site: https://ambulance.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/.

 

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