Coming Events

conferences/exhibitions

NOVEMBER 3-6, Colorado State 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 4-6, MU FRTI Instructors Conference. Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Sponsor: University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute. Contact: (800) 869-3476, (573) 882-4735. Fax: (573) 882-0678. Web site: www.mufrti.org.

NOVEMBER 7-9, AAA Annual Conference and Tradeshow. Las Vegas, Nevada. Sponsor: American Ambulance Association. Contact: (703) 610-9018. Fax: (703) 610-0210. Web site: http://www.the-aaa.org. E-mail: info@the-aaa.org.

JANUARY 24-26, 2017, NAEMSP Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. Sponsor: National Association of EMS Physicians. Contact: (800) 228-3677, (913) 222-8654. Fax: (913) 222-8606. E-mail: info-NAEMSP@NAEMSP.org.

JANUARY 16-18 2017, FDSOA 29th Annual Apparatus Specification & Maintenance Symposium. Orlando, Florida. Sponsor: Fire Department Safety Officers Association. Contact: (248) 880-1864. Fax: (248) 479-0491. E-mail: membership@fdsoa.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.

courses/seminars

NOVEMBER 1-4, Investigation of Gas and Electric Appliance Fires. Bento : Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy. Contact: (847) 998-8090. Fax: (847) 998-8091. Web site: www.nipsta.org.

NOVEMBER 9-11, Individual and Group Crisis Intervention-GRIN. Martinez, California. Sponsors: California Fire Chaplains Association, K-Love Crisis Response. Web sites: CFCA/FFC: http://firechaplains.weebly.com/news-and-training.html; K-LOVE: http://www.crisisresponse.org/Train/#2015%20class%20listing.

NOVEMBER 9-13, www.teamlgs.com.

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

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