COURSES/COMING EVENTS

COURSES/COMING EVENTS

March 17-21, 1985—FIRE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTORS CONFERENCE. To be held in Cincinnati, OH. Contact: FDIC Conference Registrar, International Society of Fire Service Instructors, 20 Main Street, Ashland, MA 01721. Telephone: (617) 881-5800.

March 18-21,1985—NATIONAL FOAM FIRE SCHOOL. To be held at the Texas A&M University Fire Training Center. Contact: T. A. DiLuigi, National Foam System Inc., 150 Gordon Drive, Lionville, PA 19353. Telephone: (215) 363-1400.

March 23-24, 1985—FIRE RISK ANALYSIS. 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.

March 24-29, 1985—ARSON SEMINAR. To be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, B.C. Contact: International Association of Arson Investigators Inc., #235-6450 Roberts Street, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 4E1. Telephone: (604)294-9661.

March 25-May 3, 1985—FIREFIGHTER STANDARDS. Contact: Arkansas Fire Academy, P.O. Box 3499, Camden, AR 71701. Telephone: (501)574-1521.

March 26-28,1985—INTERFLAM ’85 FLAMMABILITY CONFERENCE to be held at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England. Contact: Interflam ’85, Mr. B. J. Hill, 4 Broughton Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT6 OBB.

April 1-3, 1985—UNDERWATER INVESTIGATOR, to be held in Orlando, FL. Contact: Dive Rescue Inc./International, 2619 Canton Court, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Telephone: (303) 482-0887.

April 1-5, 1985—CALIFORNIA FIRE MECHANICS’ ACADEMY. Contact: Wayne Olson, Director of Technology, Santa Ana College, 17th and Bristol, Santa Ana, CA 92706. Telephone: (714) 667-3225.

April 11-14, 1985—STRESS AND BEHAVIORAL EMERGENCIES, to be held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus. Contact: Emergency Health Services Department, Jeffrey T. Mitchell, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD 21228. Telephone: (301)455-3223.

April 12-14,1985—FIRE AND ARSON CONFERENCE. To be held at the Holiday Inn in Collinsville, IL. Contact: H. Douglas Brown, 200 Louise Drive, Collinsville, IL 62234. Telephone: (618) 344-4981.

April 15-26,1985—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN-DEPTH. Contact: Colorado Training Institute, 1001 East 62 Avenue, Denver, CO 80216. Telephone: (303)289-4891.

April 17-21,1985—EMT CONFERENCE. To be held at the Holiday Inn, Denver, CO. Contact: The Emergency Medical Technicians Association of Colorado, 2885 E. Aurora, Suite 5, Boulder, CO 80303. Telephone: (303)449-7363.

April 20-21,1985—VEHICLE EXTRICATION SEMINAR. Contact: Corona Firemen’s Association, 790 S. Smith, Corona, CA 91720. Telephone: Fred Szabo, (714) 737-9641.

April 20-21,1985—FIRE/EMS/LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING WEEKEND. To be held at Liberty High School, Clarksburg, WV. Contact: Harrison County Bureau of Fire/Rescue, Route 3, Box 201, Clarksburg, WV 26301. Telephone: (304)623-6559.

April 26-28, 1985—TECHNICAL RESCUE SYMPOSIUM. Sponsored by the National Association for Search and Rescue. To be held on the campus of Colorado State University at Fort Collins, CO. Contact: NASAR, P.O. Box 50178, Washington, D.C. 20004. Telephone: (703)352-1349.

Four Firefighters Hurt in Fire in Abandoned Harlem (NY) Building

Four firefighters were injured battling a massive fire that tore through an abandoned Harlem building where jazz icon Billie Holiday reportedly once lived.