COURSES/COMING EVENTS
DEPARTMENTS
August 16-18, 1985—OHIO STATE FIREMEN’S ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE to be held at the Holiday Inn Eastgate in Clermont County, OH. For information, contact: Jeffrey L. Schubert, Publicity Chairman, at (513) 732-1040.
August 24,1985—NEBRASKA FIRE AND ARSON INVESTIGATION CONFERENCE to be held at the Holiday Inn in Hastings, NE. Contact: Bill Meehan, Southeast Community College, 8800 “O” Street, Lincoln, NE 68520.
August 26-29, 1985—HAZARDOUS SPILL CLEANUP COURSE held in Houston, TX, will cover emergency hands-on cleanup techniques for the containment, control, cleanup, mitigation, and restoration of spills of hazardous materials, including legal implications. For more information, contact: The Center for Professional Advancement, P.O. Box 964, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. Telephone: (201) 238-1600.
September-November 1985—FALL SCHEDULE of FIRECON’s seminars is now available. Classes include industrial fire protection, hazardous materials for industrial fire brigades, confined space safety and rescue, and more. For more information, contact: Gail Schroll, FIRECON, P.O. Box 4882, Lancaster, PA 17604.
September-December 1985—FALL SCHEDULE of the Firefighter Emergency Services & Rescue Certificate Program is available from Seneca College Newham Campus, 1750 Finch Ave. East, North York, Ontario M2J 2X5. Telephone: (416) 493-4144. Courses include auto extrication, assessment and management in emergency rescue situations, environmental hazards, and more.
September 14-15, 1985—SUPERVISORY AND PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR sponsored by the Manatee County Fire School, Vocational and Technical Center. For more information, contact: Deputy Chief Bill Maturi, Cedar Hammock Fire Department, Station #1, 5200 26th Street, West, Bradenton, FL 33507.
September 18-20, 1985—DETERMINING THE CAUSE AND ORIGIN OF FIRES, ARSON AND EXPLOSIONS seminar sponsored by the National Association of Fire Investigators. For more information, contact: Fire Seminar, National Association of Fire Investigators, Suite 300, 53 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. Telephone: (312) 939-6050.
September 28-29, 1985—FIRE TRAINING WEEKEND sponsored by the Wood County Firefighters Association will be held at the Blennerhassett Jr. High School just outside of Parkersburg, WV. For more information, contact: Mark Stewart, Route 1, Box 284-1, Washington, WV 26181.
October 30-31, 1985—COMPLEXITIES OF FIRE MANAGEMENT IN THE MID-1980S will be the theme of the annual meeting of the California-Nevada-Hawaii Forest Fire Council. This year’s meeting will be held at the Sundowner Hotel, 450 North Arlington Ave., Reno, NV. For more information, contact: Robert W. Weaver, Secretary-Treasurer, Forest Fire Council, 10980 Newtown Road, Nevada City, CA 95959. Telephone: (916)265-5179.
November 7-10, 1985—DEVELOPING THE COMPANY OFFICER seminar and workshop to be held by the International Society of Fire Service Instructors at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Cambridge, MA. For more information, contact: ISFSI, 20 Main Street, Ashland, MA 01721. Telephone: (617)881-5800.
