COMING EVENTS
AUGUST 19-PROTECTIVE CLOTHING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL OPERATIONS: AN OVERVIEW OF NFPA STANDARD 1999, a two-hour teleconference on the Emergency Education Network of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be aired beginning at 2 p.m. EDT. Contact: Emergency Education Network, 16825 South Seton Ave., Room K-009, Emmitsburg, MD 21727, (301) 447-1068.
AUGUST 22-23-THE FOURTH ANNUAL FIRE SERVICES HEALTH AND SAFETY SYMPOSIUM, sponsored by the Chesterfield Fire Department, the State Department of Fire Programs, and Virginia Organization for Fire Service Safety and Health, will be held in Chesterfield, Virginia. Contact: Patrick M. Collins, (804) 748-1614.
AUGUST 27-29-SEVENTH ANNUAL EMERGENCY VEHICLE & FLEET MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, presented by The Conference Corporation and Jems Communications. will be held in Indianapolis. Indiana. Contact: The Conference Corp., P.O. Box 2400, C arlsbad, CA 92018-2400, (619) 4318088.
SEPTEMBER 10-REFRESHER TRAINING OF WASTE SITE WORKERS, offered by HazMat Training, Information and Services, Inc., will be held in Columbia, Maryland. It is designed to meet the requirements of OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(8). Contact: Donna Britt, Course Registrar. (410) 964-0940.
SEPTEMBER 12-16—IAFC: IMAGINE TOMORROW. the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ fire and emergency services annual conference and apparatus and equipment exposition, will lx* held in Anaheim, California. Contact: IAFC Conference. Registrar, *025 Fair Ridge Rd., Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868, (703) 273-0911.
SEPTEMBER 15-17-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION/NORTH AMERICA, sponsored by HazMat World, will be held in Detroit. Michigan. Contact: Tower Conference Management Co., 800 Roosevelt Rd., Bldg. E – Suite 408, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-5835, (708) 469-3373.
SEPTEMBER 22-23—The second ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FIRE RETARDANT SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, sponsored by Intertech Corp., will be held in Cleveland, Ohio. It will focus on recent developments that enable manufacturers and users to meet new environmental legislation. Contact: Kathy Briggs, Intertech Conferences, 170 U.S. Route One, Portland, ME 04105, (207) 781-9800.
SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 4-THE EIGHTH ANNUAL EMS MANAGEMENT ACADEMY will be held in Kansas City, Missouri. This year’s meeting will focus on “Turning Issues into Answers.” Contact: Fitch & Associates, (816) 431-2600.
OCTOBER 3-5 — The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA)’s 15TH ANNUAL SEMINAR will be held in Huntsville, Alabama. Topics include disasters of all types and AIDS. Contact. TACDA, P.O. Box 1057, Starke. FL 32091, (904) 964-5397.
OCTOBER 8-DEVELOPING PUNS FOR AND PREVENTING CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES: COMPLYING WITH EPA AND OSHA REGUUTIONS. win be held at the HazMat Southwest ’92 conference in Dallas, Texas. Contact: American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management, 900 Isom Rd., Suite 103, San Antonio, TX 78216, (800) 729-6742.
OCTOBER 13-16-PIPELINE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE, a course offered by the Occupational and Environmental Safety Training Division of the Texas A&M University System, will be held in College Station. Texas. Contact: Occupational and Environmental Safety Training Division. (409) 8453418.
OCTOBER 22-24-INTERFACING EXPERT FORENSIC TECHNICIANS IN FIRE INVESTIGATIONS, a seminar sponsored by the International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc., will be held in Wilmington, Delaware. Contact: Ken Johnson. (304) 256-2115.
OCTOBER 24-PREPARING THE FIRE GROUND SAFETY OFFICER, a seminar presented by the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA), will be held in Smyrna, Georgia. Topics include appointing a safety officer, liabilities, on the fireground, personnel accounting, accident/injury reduction and processing, and more. Contact: FDSOA, P.O. Box 149, Ashland, MA 01721-0149, (508) 8813114.
OCTOBER 25-30 — The American Search and Rescue Institute, Inc. (AMSAR) offers ECHNICAL RESCUE SEMINAR, to be held in Joshua Tree, California. Contact: AMSAR, P.O. Box 2399, Yucca Valley, CA 922862399, (619) 365-3114.
OCTOBER 28-29-PRODUCT SAFETY AND LIABILITY PREVENTION: THE ROLE OF THE EXPERT WITNESS, offered by the Department of Engineering Professional Development, will be held in Madison, Wisconsin. Contact: Professor Richard A. Moll, Dept, of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 432 N. Lake St., Madison, WI 53706, (800) 462-0876.
OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 4-The theme of the 1 1TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION & EXHIBITION of the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA), to be held in Nashville, Tennessee, is “Back to Nashville —Back to Basics: Quality, Training, Management.” Contact: AFSA, (214) 349-5965.
NOVEMBER 10-12-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION/WEST, sponsored by HazMat World, will be held in Long Beach, California. Contact: Tower Conference Management Co., 800 Roosevelt Rd., Bldg. E – Suite 408, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-5835, (708) 4693373.
NOVEMBER 14-ARSON DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION SEMINAR, hosted by the Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company #3, will be held in Belle Mead, New Jersey. Contact: Ronald E. Bartash, (908) 874-5567; or Rick A. Pressl, (908) 359-8802.
