COMING EVENTS
JUNE 20-23 — The INTERNATIONAL FIRE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION 25TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE will be held in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include fatalities and injuries to firefighters, EMS, insurance companies and the fire photographer, investigative and scene surveillance photography, crime scene connection with arson, and multiple department photo response unit. For more information, contact Training Conference 1990, International Fire Photographers Association, P.O. Box 8337, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008.
JUNE 21 —The workshop WORKER PROTECTION STANDARDS: HAZARDOUS WASTE OPERATIONS & EMERGENCY RESPONSE win be held in Dallas, Texas by the Environmental Protection Agency at no cost. For more information, contact the EPA workshop coordinator at (800) 783-2372.
JUNE 22-24—The MICHIGAN STATE FIREMAN’S ASSOCIATION IISTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE will be held in Lapeer, Michigan. For more information, contact Chairman Harold Kirsch, 3295 Woodbrier Drive, Lapeer, MI 48446, or call (313) 664-7811.
JUNE 24-27—The 1990 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION of the New England Association of Fire Chiefs will be held in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. For more information, contact Chief Martin J. Jordan, Secretary-Treasurer, P.O. Box 948, Monument Beach, MA 02553, or call (508) 759-4412.
JULY 6-8—The third annual PITTSBURGH FIRERESCUE & EMS EXPO, PITTSBURGH EXPO MART will be held in Monroeville, Pennsylvania by the Fire Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Firemen’s Legislative Federation of Pennsylvania, and the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania. For more information, contact Kelly Simon Productions, Inc., Plymouth Center, Suite #5, 521 Plymouth Street, Greensburg, PA 15601, or call (412) 837-7469.
JULY 12-15 —CLINIC0N ’90 will be sponsored by the Florida Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians in Kissimmee, Florida. For more information, contact Registrar, Florida ACEP, 5824 S. Semoran Blvd., Orlando, Florida 32822, or call (407) 281-7396.
JULY 15-20 — Texas A&M will hold its seventh annual HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CONTROL SCHOOL FOR FIREFIGHTERS and its 24th annual SPANISH FIRE SCHOOL FOR FIREFIGHTERS in college Station, Texas. For more information, contact Fire Protection Training Division, Texas Engineering Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX 77843-8000, or call (409) 8457641.
JULY 19-22-1 he GREAT AMERICAN FIREHOUSE EXPO will be held by Firehouse magazine in Baltimore, Maryland. For more information, contact Barbara Schubnel, Firehouse Communications, 210 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury, NY 11797, or call (516) 4968000.
JULY 24—The workshop WORKER PROTECTION STANDARDS: HAZARDOUS WASTE OPERATIONS & EMERGENCY RESPONSE win be held in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts by the Environmental Protection Agency at no cost. For more information, contact the EPA workshop coordinator at (800) 783-2372.
JULY 25—The workshop QUALITY CONTROL OF RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLER INSTALLATIONS TO ENSURE RELIABILITY win be held in Oakland, California by the USFA. Presentations focus on plan preparation and review, installation, final inspection and approval, maintenance, and accountability and liability. For more information, contact Eva Claudio, Operation Life Safety, 1329 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, or call (202) 833-3420.
AUGUST 10-12—The NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY MICHIGAN WEEKEND win be held by the
Michigan State Firemen’s Association in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Topics include preparing for incident command, tactical operations for company officers, public fire education planning, Incident Command System, and leadership. For more information, contact Michigan State Firemen’s Association, P.O. Box 405, Swartz Creek, MI 48473.
AUGUST 10-13 — rhe 1990 SEMINAR/CONFERENCE of the American Civil Defense Association and Doctors for Disaster Preparedness will be held in Northbrook, Illinois. Featured are presentations by strategic defense analysts, survival proponents, medical authorities, nuclear research experts, and advocates of national security. For more information, contact Janice Tyliczka, TACDA/DDP Seminar/Conference, P.O. Box 1057, Starke, FL 32091, or call (904) 964-5397.
AUGUST 18-22—The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS ANNUAL SHOW win be held in Orlando, Florida. For more information, contact Bruce Miracle, IAFC, 1329 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, or call (202) 833-3420.
AUGUST 24-26 — PARASC0PE ’90, sponsored
by Montgomery County Emergency Medical Services, Department of Fire and Rescue Services, will be held in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information, contact Lt. Willa K. Little, Montgomery County Department of Fire & Rescue Services, Public Services Training Academy, 10025 Darnestown Road, Rockville, MD 20850, or call (301) 4248451.
SEPTEMBER 20-23 —The ninth annual AMERICAN FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION CONVEN-
TION AND EXHIBITION will be held in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Featured are fire sprinkler industry products and services. For more information, contact Pat Moorehead at (214) 349-5965.
SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 1 -The fourth annual COLORADO FIREFIGHTERS ACADEMY will be held in Durango, Colorado. Topics include personal safety, foreground command/operations, stress management, and motivating and recruiting volunteers. For more information, contact Pat Donnelly, San Juan Basin Vo-Tech School, Box 970, Cortez, CO 81321, or call (303) 565-8457.
OCTOBER 1-5 — The sixth annual TECHNICAL RESCUE SEMINAR will be held by the American Search and Rescue Institute in Joshua Tree National Monument, California. The seminar includes morning lectures and demonstrations followed by hands-on practice. All technical equipment is provided. For more information, contact the American Search and Rescue Institute, P.O. Box 2399, Yucca Valley, CA 92286-2399, or call (619) 3653114.
OCTOBER 25-26 —The 28th annual GREATER CINCINNATI REGIONAL ARSON ANU FIRE INVESTIGATORS SEMINAR will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information, contact Greater Cincinnati Regional Arson and Fire Investigators Seminar, P.O. Box 75067, Cincinnati, OH 45275, or call Ken Luxemberger at (606) 727-2279.
