FE Volume 147 Issue 3

MARCH 10-11—A course, held by Oklahoma State University and addressing alternative approaches to NFPA’s Life Safety Code, FIRE SAFETY EVALUATION SYSTEM, will be conducted in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Contact: OSU Engineering Extension; 512 Engineering North; Stillwater, OK 74078. MARCH 16-18—The Fire Service College in Moreton-in-Marsh, England, is the site of the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AVIATION FIRE

When Brian Paquette decided to seek a career in the fire service, he was faced with a dilemma: Although he had applied to several departments and had successfully completed the required eligibility tests for the Manchester (NH) Fire Department, he discovered that most communities in the area, facing shrinking budgets, preferred to hire firefighters who already had been trained.

SURVIVAIR has appointed DAVID ANDREW BOLLING to the position of regional sales manager for Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming. Bolling has a science degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. ACQUISITIONS UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, the New Yorkbased parent of AAI CORPORATION, has acquired Symtron Systems, Inc., of Fair Lawn.

A written training outline, slides, and handouts comprise the ClOSED CIRCUIT TRAINERS PACKAGE from Biomarine. The package is written to help trainers knowledgeably discuss closed-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus (CC-SCBAs, also called “rebreathers”), which increasingly are being turned to for specialized applications such as hazardous-materials incidents, confined-space rescue, and firefighting in tunnels and high-rises.