Coming Events

conferences/exhibitions

MARCH 20-22, F.I.E.R.O. Fire PPE Symposium. Raleigh, North Carolina. Sponsor: Fire Industry Equipment Resource Organization. Web site: http://www.fireppesymposium.com/.

APRIL 4-5, Forging New Relationships: 29th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Symposium and Dinner. Washington, D.C. Sponsor: Congressional Fire Services Institute. Contact: (202) 371-1277. Fax: (202) 682-3473. E-mail: update@cfsi.org. Web site: http://www.cfsi.org/events/annual_dinner.cfm.

APRIL 9-14, IAAI 2017 International Training Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. Sponsor: International Association of Arson Investigators. Contact: (800) 468-4224. E-mail: iaai@firearson.com.

APRIL 12-14, Navigator Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. Sponsor: International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. Contact: (800) 960-6236. E-mail: webmaster@emergencydispatch.org. Web site: http://www.emergencydispatch.org/NAVIGATOR/contact-us/.

MAY 15-18, Aircraft Construction & Familiarization Workshop. Seattle, Washington. Sponsors: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group, Boeing Fire Department, Port of Seattle. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: info@arffwg.org. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

JUNE 1-2, Future Aviation Safety: A Global Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. Sponsors: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group, International Aviation Fire Protection Association. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: info@arffwg.org. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

JUNE 9-10, NVFC Training Summit. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Sponsor: The National Volunteer Fire Council. Web site: www.nvfc.org.

JUNE 12-14, AAA Stars of Life. Washington, D.C. Sponsor: American Ambulance Association. Contact: (703) 610-9018. E-mail: info@the-aaa.org. Web site: https://the-aaa.org/.

JULY 10-14, EMLRC Clinicon. Orlando, Florida. Sponsor: Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center. Contact: (800) 766-6335. Web site: http://www.emlrc.org/clincon/.

JULY 31-AUGUST 1-2, 2017 NASFM Annual Conference. Charleston, South Carolina. Sponsor: National Association of State Fire Marshals. Contact: (202) 737-1226. Web site: http://www.firemarshals.org/.

AUGUST 7-12, National EMS Educators Symposium. Washington, D.C. Sponsor: National Association of EMS Educators. Contact: (412) 343-4775. Fax: (412) 343-4770. Web site: http://naemse.Org/Page/Symposium.

SEPTEMBER 17-20, 28th Annual ARFF Working Group Training & Educational Symposium. Louisville, Kentucky. Sponsors: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: info@arffwg.org. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

courses/seminars

MARCH 20-24, Advanced Breathing Apparatus Specialist (Smoke Divers). Glenwood, Illinois. Sponsor: Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy. Contact: (847) 998-8090. Fax: (847) 998-8091. Web site: www.nipsta.org.

MARCH 21-24, Chaplain Training. Camarillo, California. Sponsors: Ventura County Fire Department, California Fire Chaplain Association, and the Federation of Fire Chaplains. Web site: http://firechaplains.weebly.com/.

MARCH 25, Public Fire and Life Safety Educator Seminar. College Park, Maryland. Sponsor: Maryland Fire Safety Partners. Web site: www.mfri.org.

MARCH 28-30, Crude by Rail Emergency Response. 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.

MARCH 28-31, DHS Mastering Unified Command: From Hometown to Homeland: An All Risk/All Type Simulator. Las Vegas, Nevada. Sponsor: Firefighter Inspiration, Readiness, and Education. Contact: www.trainfirefighters.org.

APRIL 3-7, Rope Rescue Operations. Glenwood, Illinois. Sponsors: Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy. Contact: (847) 998-8090. Fax: (847) 998-8091. Web site: www.nipsta.org.

APRIL 8-9, Live Fire Training Weekend. Chadwick, Illinois: Sponsor: First IN Response Essentials. Contact: (815) 499-5452. Web site: http://www.firstinresponseessentials.com/index.html.

APRIL 11, 12 or 13, FEMA EMI Virtual Tabletop Exercise, Scenario: Hurricane. Delivered via Video Teleconference, no cost. Sponsor: FEMA. Contact douglas.kahn@fema.dhs.gov Web site: https://training.fema.gov/programs/emivttx.aspx.

MAY 22-25, Mastering Unified Command Workshop: From Hometown to Homeland. Dover, Delaware. Sponsor: Firefighter Inspiration, Readiness, and Education. Contact: www.trainfirefighters.org.

The upcoming Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) offers dynamic fire service leaders in its General Sessions, nationally known instructors in its Hands-On Training (H.O.T) and classroom sessions, and the latest technology from fire industry exhibitors.

APRIL 24-29, 2017 Indianapolis, Indiana Contacts: (888) 299-8016. E-mail: registration@pennwell.com. Web site: www.fdic.com.