OFFICERS, DIVISIONAL ASSOCIATIONS HOST CHIEF, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES, I.A.F.C.
PROGRAM
I.A.F.C. Conference, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Saturday, August 29
10:00 a.m. Board of Trustees Meeting of International Fire Administration Institute—Pantlind Hotel
8:30 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting—Pantlind Hotel
Sunday, August 30
1:00 p.m. Registration—Exhibit Hall
2:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting—Pantlind Hotel
4:30 p.m. Committee Meetings—Civic Auditorium
Constitution and By-Laws
Civil Service Classifications
Monday, August 31 (Chief R. C. Malmquist, presiding)
8:00 a.m. Registration—Exhibit Hall
9:00 a.m. Exhibits—Exhibit Hall
9:30 a.m. Opening Session—Civic Auditorium
11:00 a.m. Memorial Service
1:30 p.m. Business Session
1:45 p.m. Report of the Treasurer, Chief G. A. Mitchell
1:55 p.m. Report of the Secretary-Manager, B. Richter Townsend
2:10 p.m. The Fire Chief and the Unions, William D. Buck, President, International Association of Fire Fighters and Chief Dan F. Vogel, Cincinnati, Ohio
2:45 p.m. The Fire Service in the United Kingdom, Chief F. W. Delve, London, England
3:15 p.m. Report of the Constitution and By-Laws Committee, Fire Marshal William J. Scott, Chairman
3:45 p.m. Committee Meetings—Civic Auditorium
Communications
Nominations
Arson
Tuesday, September 1 (Chief A. H. Lintelman, presiding)
9:30 a.m. Business session
9:45 a.m. Boy Scout Committee Report, Chief Albert W. Kimball, Chairman
10:00 a.m. Discussion—Committee on Civil Service Classifications, Henry J. McFarland, Chairman; Commissioner Edward J. MacDonald; Chief Irving D. Merrick
11:00 a.m. Progress in Home Fire Inspection Program, Chief Jay W. Stevens, Chairman
11:15 a.m. Arson Committee Report, William D. Rossiter, Chairman
11:30 a.m. Communications Committee Report, Edwin L. Heath, Chairman
11:45 a.m. Committee on Nominations Report
1:30 p.m. Flammability of Textile Products, B. J. Goldberg, Special Consultant to the Textile and Allied Industries
2:00 p.m. Civil Defense Planning, Governor Leo A. Hoegh, Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, Washington
2:30 p.m. Fire Protection Problems in a Smaller Community, Francis Hartman, Supervisor of Firemen’s Training, University of Michigan
3:00 p.m. Business session
Wednesday, September 2 (Chief W. J. Taylor presiding)
9:30 a.m. Business session
9:45 a.m. What Is Expected of Today’s Fire Chief, Chief Henry G. Thomas, Consultant, National Board of Fire Underwriters
10:15 a.m. Industrial Fire Safety Looks to the Future, John J. Ahern, Director of Security, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich.
10:45 a.m. The Fire Chief and the City Manager, Honorable Alfred II. Rypstra, City Manager, Grand Rapids, Mich.
11:30 a.m. Report of the Committee on Nominations
1:00 p.m. Gasorama—Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
2:00 p.m. Committee on Nominations—Report on balloting
2:00 p.m. Grand Rapids Fire Department Demonstration
7:00 p.m. Banquet-Floor show
Thursday, September 3 (Chief A. H. Lintelman, presiding)
9:00 a.m. Business Session
10:00 a.m. Committee Reports
Resolutions Committee
Joint IAFC-NFPA Fire Apparatus Committee
Exhibit Committee
Fire-Police Consolidation Committee
Membership Committee
President’s Advisory Committee
Publications Committee
Advisory Committee on Atomic Problems
Training Committee
11:00 a.m. Reports of Divisions, Action on Committee Reports, Installation of Officers
