FE Volume 141 Issue 6

June 20-24—A DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING conference will be sponsored by the EMS Degree Program at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Topics scheduled for discussion include writing a disaster plan, terrorism and EMS, mass gatherings, and lessons learned from recent events. The conference offers three college credits or continuing medical education credits upon completion. For more information, contact the Emergency Medical Service Degree Program, 2140 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., or call (202) 994-4372.

You're right —this isn't fire prevention month. But planning for the week in October that's the focus of many of our annual fire prevention activities should start now. To have high impact in your district, fire prevention activities should be imaginative, identifiable, relevant, educational, somewhat entertaining, and accepted by most of your public. That requires a great deal of planning. We can no longer afford merely to open the fire house doors for seven days each year and rely on our citizens to wander in.

Christopher J. Naum, a battalion captain with the Onondaga County (N.Y.) Fire and Rescue Services, is the International Society of Fire Service Instructors' 1987 National Fire Instructor of the Year. The award is given each year to the instructor who shows commitment to the fire service and its training needs and exemplifies the highest qualities of an instructor and educator.