COMING EVENTS
MAY 27-29-CHEMICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN/SPECIALIST, a course sponsored by the American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management, will be held in San Antonio, Texas. Contact: Registrar, American Institute of Hazardous Materials Management. 900 Isom Rd., Suite 103, San Antonio, TX 78216, (800) 729-6742.
MAY 27-29 — The training course CONFINED SPACE ENTRY, offered by the Occupational and Environmental Safety Training Division at Texas A&M University, will be held in College Station, Texas. Contact: Occupational and Environmental Safety Training Division, (409) 845-3418.
JUNE 1-5 — The Fire Marshals Association of North America (FMANA) offers its annual FIRE PROTECTION INSTITUTE, to be held in Wheaton. Illinois. The institute provides fire marshals and staff members with the latest fire protection engineering concepts and theories, as well as information on fire safety systems. Contact: Ben Roy, FMANA Executive Secretary, (302) 653-5700.
JUNE 1-5 — I-amar University’s 23RD ANNUAL FIREFIGHTERS TRAINING SCHOOL will be held in Beaumont, Texas. Professional instructors will provide uniform training in fire brigade operations through conference discussion and hands-on experience. Contact: Stella Cobb, (409) 880-8440.
JUNE 3-5 — The Philadelphia Fire Department’s Citizens’ Committee for Fire Prevention in conjunction with the Philadelphia Fire Department will conduct FlRE PREVENTION SEMINAR XXIV, to be held at the College of Textiles and Science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact: George Adams, Seminar Coordinator, Fire Prevention Division, 240 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, PA 19123-2991, (215) 592-5982.
JUNE 6-7—The 14TH ANNUAL JAWS OF LIFE ’92 training seminar, offered by Rescue Hazmat Consultants, will be held in Waco, Texas. Contact: Rescue Hazmat Consultants, P.O. Box 20126, Waco, TX 76702-0126, (800) 433-3402.
JUNE 7 —The Newark Museum and the Newark Fire Department Historical Association is hosting the ANTIQUE FlRE APPARATUS 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSTER AND PARADE, to be held in Newark, New Jersey. Contact: Captain Robert Frey, (201) 733-7462.
JUNE 10 —The program INSPECTION, TESTING & MAINTENANCE OF FIRE HYDRANTS, presented by the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Engineering Extension and Department of Fire Protection and Safety EngineeringTechnology, will be held in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Contact: OSU Engineering Extension, (405) 744-5714.
JUNE 13-14 — The Baltic Fire Engine Co. # I will celebrate its 125th anniversary with a 5K ROAD RACE AND A FIREMEN’S MUSTER AND PARADE, to be held in Baltic, Connecticut. Contact: Baltic Fire Engine Co. #1, 125th Anniversary Committee, P.O. Box 314, Baltic, CT 06330.
JUNE 14-17—The OREGON FIRE CHIEFS’ ASSOCIATION SPRING CONFERENCE will be held in Salem, Oregon. Contact: Don Milligan, Registrar. (503) 838-2309.
JUNE 19-20—The 118TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN OHIO VOLUNTEER FIREMEN’S ASSOCIATION will be held in Spencervillc, Ohio. Contact: The Invincible Fire Co., Inc., Second & Canal Sts., Spencerville, Ohio 4588″’.
JUNE 23-24—The seminars CONFINED SPACE SAFETY AND RESCUE and FIRE LOSS CONTROL. offered by F1RECON, will be held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Contact: Craig Schroll, President. FIRECON, P.O. Box 231, East Earl, PA 17519, (800) 222-8841.
JUNE 27—The SPRING PUMP-IN AND FIRE MUSTER2. sponsored by Fire Buffs of Illinois, will be held in Wheaton, Illinois. Contact: Dave Gitchell, (08) 345-8050, or Ralph Field. (708) 259-3062.
JULY 6-20 —Firefighters from the United States will have the opportunity to meet with Russian and Belarus firefighters on a professional FIREFIGHTERS’ TOUR OF RUSSIA, sponsored bv the Organization for American Soviet Exchanges, Inc. (OASES). Contact: Cynthia Dickstein, President, OASES, 324D Harvard St.. Cambridge, MA 02139, (617) 864-7717.
JULY 8-10—The course 24-HOUR WORKSHOP FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS AND OTHER PERSONNEL AT TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES, offered by the university of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development, will beheld in Madison, Wisconsin. Contact: Michael F. Waxman, (800) 462-0876.
JULY 10-12-FIFTH ANNUAL PITTSBURGH FlRERESCUE & EMS EXPO will be held in Monroeville. Pennsylvania. It is designed for fire, haz-mat. emergency-medicine, and publicsafety personnel. Contact: Ric Federico, Show Manager, (412) 539-2800.
JULY 14-18 — The International Fire Photographers Association (IFPA) will hold its 26TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE in Oklahoma city. Oklahoma. Contact: IFPA. Oklahoma Conference. P.O. Box 8337, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008.
