COURSES/COMING EVENTS

COURSES/COMING EVENTS

DEPARTMENTS

April 16-17, 1985—ASBESTOS, THE WORKPLACE, BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS: RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT. To be held at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions’ Turner Building, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD. Contact: Jacqueline Corn, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room 1101, Baltimore, MD 21205. Telephone: (301) 955-2609.

April 16-19,1985—FIRE INSTRUCTORS’ WORKSHOP. To be held at the Centre Plaza Holiday Inn and Conference in Fresno, CA. Contact: George Tockstein, California Fire Instructors’ Workshop, Santee Fire Department, P.O. Box 1170, Santee, CA 92071. Telephone: (619)448-3648.

April 20-21,1985—TRENCH RESCUE CLASS. Contact: Jay Ruoff, South Metro Fire Training Academy, 2301 West Chenango Avenue, Littleton, CO 80120. Telephone: (303) 798-3558.

April 27, 1985—SUFFOLK COUNTY CHIEFS COUNCIL. To be held at the fire training center in Yaphank, NY. Contact: Chief Don Manning, Suffolk County Fire Training Office, P.O. Box 128, Yaphank, NY 11980. Telephone: (516)924-6822.

April 27-28, 1985—COMMUNITY FIRE DEFENSE. One of the National Fire Academy’s outreach classes. To be held in Springdale, AR. Contact: Arkansas Fire Training Academy, P.O. Box 3499, Camden, AR 71701. Telephone: (501)574-1521.

April 28-May 1,1985—DEMEX 85, WORLD CONGRESS & EXPOSITION FOR DISASTER & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. To be held at the Indiana Convention and Exposition Center. For conference information, contact: Doug Crichlow, EMIS, 25 McLean Place, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Telephone: (317) 9255198. For exhibition information, telephone: (502)582-1672.

April 29-May 3,1985—FIREMAN’S TRAINING SCHOOL. Sponsored by the Public Service Division at Lamar University and the Sabine Neches Chiefs Association. Contact: Lamar University, Stella Pitre, Public Service Division, P.O. Box 10008, LU Station, Beaumont, TX 77710. Telephone: (409) 880-8440.

May 4,1985-ANNUAL EXPOSITION. To be held at Yaphank Fire Training Center. Contact: Kenneth H. Johnson, Secretary, Fire Chiefs’ Council of Suffolk County, 7 Howell Place, Center Moriches, NY.

May 4-5,1985—FIRE AND RESCUE SCHOOL. Contact: Bob Hill, Adult Extension Director, Brainerd Area Vocational Technical Institute, 300 Quince Street, Brainerd, MN 56401. Telephone: (218) 828-5344.

May 5-10, 1985—FIRE PREVENTION AND INSPECTION PRACTICES SEMINAR to be held at Florida International University, Bay Vista Campus, North Miami, FL. Contact: South Florida Fire Safety Association, P.O. Box 8754, Pembroke Pines, FL 33084. Telephone: (305) 431-2388.

May 6-9,1985—HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT. Contact: The Center for Professional Advancement, P.O. Box 964, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. Telephone. (201)238-1600.

May 6-10, 1985—HAZARDOUS MATERIAL REGULATIONS/ COMPLIANCE. Contact: Colorado Training Institute, 1001 East 62 Avenue, Denver, CO 80216. Telephone: (303)289-4891.

May 10-12, 1985—FIRE EXPO ’85. Sponsored by the Lancaster County Firemen’s Association. Contact: Fire Expo ’85, 13 Clarendon Drive, Lancaster, PA 17603. Telephone: (717) 299-7169.

Continued on page 67

COURSES/COMING EVENTS

May 13-17, 1985—FIRE AND EXPLOSION INVESTIGATION SEMINAR sponsored by the Metropolitan Arson Investigators Association Inc. Contact: Battalion Chief Ken Fix, 1477 South Wheeling Circle, Aurora, CO 80012.

May 14-16, 1985—HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AWARENESS. Contact: Colorado Training Institute, 1001 East 62 Avenue, Denver, CO 80216. Telephone: (303)289-4891.

May 15-19, 1985—STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S CONFERENCE. To be held at the Holiday Inn in Douglas, WY. Contact: Scott Schein, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety, 506 W. 17th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82002. Telephone: (307) 7776683.

May 18-19,1985—FIRE TACTICS WORKSHOP. Contact: George H. Proper, Jr., President, Proper’s Fire Tech Associates, Inc., 27 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Loudonville, NY 12211. Telephone: (518) 458-1436.

May 18-19,1985—TOWN OF COLONIE FIRE CONFERENCE. To be held at the Colonie Coliseum, Newtonville, NY. Contact: Chief Charles H. House, 11 Hudson Court, Watervliet, NY 12189.

May 20-24, 1985—COMMERCIAL VEHICLE/CARGO TANK COMPLIANCE/INSPECTION. Contact: Colorado Training Institute, 1001 East 62 Avenue, Denver, CO 80216. Telephone: (303) 289-4891.

May 21-24, 1985—EMERGENCY ’85, International Congress and Exhibition for Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Relief. To be held at the USA Convention Center, Hall A, Washington, D.C. Contact: Mack-Brooks Inc., 137 East 36 Street, New York, NY 10016. Telephone: (212)532-1634.

May 29-June 2, 1985—EMS NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Contact: National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, P.O. Box 380, Newton Highlands, MA 02161. Telephone: (617) 8947179.

June 3-14,1985—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN-DEPTH. Contact: Colorado Training Institute, 1001 East 62 Avenue, Denver, CO 80216. Telephone: (303)289-4891.

June 9-12, 1985—SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION OF THE IAFC CONFERENCE. To be held at Lincoln Hotel at Urban Centre in Tampa, FL. Contact: Chief Anthony S. Coniglio, Jr., Tampa Fire Department, 808 East Zack Street, Tampa, FL 33602. Telephone: (813) 225-5729.

June 9-12,1985—PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION. Sponsored by the American Society of Safety Engineers. Contact: Registrar, ASSE Conference, 850 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068. Telephone: (312)692-4121.

June 14-16, 1985-PUBLIC FIRE EDUCATION CONFERENCE. Sponsored by the Nebraska State Marshal’s Office, Southeast Community College, University of Nebraska Division of Forestry, the Nebraska Public Fire Education Association, and coordinated by the Lincoln Fire Department. Contact: Lincoln Fire Department, 1801 “Q” Street, Lincoln, NE 68508. Telephone: (402) 471-7363.

June 20-22,1985-1NDIANA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. To be held at the Holiday Star Resort and Conference Center, Holiday Star Plaza at U S. Highway 30 and 1-65, Merrillville, IN. Contact: Indiana Fire Chiefs Association, Chief H. Richard Harrigan, Fire Headquarters, P.O. Box 583, Hobart, IN 46342. Telephone: (219)942-4719.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.