Coming Events

conferences/exhibitions

MAY 1-3, Technology and the ARFF Industry. Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sponsor: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

MAY 3-5, The 2018 ARFFWG Seminar at Canadian Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sponsor: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

JUNE 2-9, The United States Police & Fire Championships. San Diego, California. Sponsor: The United States Police & Fire Championships. E-mail [email protected]. Web site: http://www.uspfc.org/.

JUNE 11-13, AAA Stars of Life Conference. Washington DC. Sponsor: American Ambulance Association. Contact: (703) 610-9018. Fax: (703) 610-0210. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: https://ambulance.org/.

JUNE 25-JULY 1, Can-Am Police-Fire Games. Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Sponsor: Can-Am Police Fire Games. Web site: http://canampolicefiregames.org/.

JULY 10-14, EMLRC Clinicon. Orlando, Florida. Sponsor: Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center. Contact: (800) 766-6335. Web site: http://www.emlrc.org/clincon/

JULY 31-AUGUST 4, The 23rd Annual NAEMSE Educator Symposium. Washington, DC. Sponsor: National Association of EMS Educators. Contact: (412) 343-4775. Fax: (412) 343-4770. Web site:  http://naemse.org.

AUGUST 2-5, Symposium by the Sea. Orlando, Florida. Sponsor: Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center. Contact: (800) 766-6335. Web site: http://www.emlrc.org/symposium-by-the-sea/.

AUGUST 13-15, NASFM 2018 Annual Conference. Park City, Utah. Sponsor: National Association of State Fire Marshals. Contact: (202) 737-1226. Web site: http://www.firemarshals.org/.

SEPTEMBER 16-19, 29th ARFFWG Annual Educational Conference and Training Symposium. Memphis, Tennessee. Sponsor: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2018 FIERO Fire Station Design Symposium. Raleigh, North Carolina. Sponsor: FIERO (Fire Industry Education Resource Organization). Contact: (704) 576-1386. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://www.fieroonline.org/.

NOVEMBER 2-5, MU FRTI Instructors Conference. Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Sponsor: MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute. Contact: (800) 869-3476, (573) 882-4735. Fax: (573) 882-0678. Web site: www.mufrti.org.

courses/seminars

APRIL 30, Drive to Survive. Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Sponsor: Drivetosurvive.org. Contact: (610) 960-7248. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: drivetosurvive.org.

MAY 7-9, Designing, Constructing, & Operating Container-Based Training Props. Indianapolis, Indiana. Sponsor: Fire Department Training Network. Contact: (317) 862-9679. Fax: (317) 862-9685. Web site: www.fdtraining.com

MAY 7-11, CMC Rescue School: Rope Rescue Technician I/II. St. Louis, Missouri. Sponsor: CMC. Web site: www.cmcpro.com/school.

MAY 9-10, ICS-400 (Advanced Incident Command, Command & General Staff-Complex Incidents). Glenwood, Illinois. Sponsors: Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy, Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Contact: (847) 998-8090. Fax: (847) 998-8091. Web site: www.nipsta.org.

MAY 10-12, Truck Company Operations II. Indianapolis, Indiana. Sponsor: Fire Department Training Network. Contact: (317) 862-9679. Fax: (317) 862-9685. Web site: www.fdtraining.com.

MAY 16-19, MU FRTI Summer Fire School. Columbia, Missouri. Sponsor: MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute. Contact: (800) 869-3476, (573) 882-4735. Fax: (573) 882-0678. Web site: www.mufrti.org.

MAY 17-20, Water Rescue Train-The-Trainer Academy. Portland, Maine. Sponsor: Lifesaving Resources. Contact: (207) 967-8614. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: https://lifesaving.com.

MAY 21-25, Fire Claims and Investigation Training Seminar. Frisco, Texas. Sponsors: International Association of Arson Investigators, Insurance Committee on Arson Control. E-mails: Kate Reed,  [email protected]; Tonya Suits, [email protected]. Web site: https://www.firearson.com/.

MAY 31-JUNE 3, Rapid Deployment Search and Rescue/Recovery: San Mateo, California (tentative). Sponsor: Team Lifeguard Safety Systems. Contact: (845) 657-5544. Fax: (845) 657-5549. Web site: www.teamlgs.com.

For more events, visit http://www.fireengineering.com/events/calendar.html. Send calendar items to Rob Maloney, [email protected].

The upcoming Fire Department ­Instructors Conference International
(FDIC Intl.) offers dynamic fire service leaders in its General Sessions, nationally known ­instructors in its Hands-On Training (H.O.T) and classroom sessions, and the latest technology from fire industry exhibitors.

APRIL 23-28, 2018
Indianapolis, Indiana
Contacts: (888) 299-8016.
E-mail: [email protected].
Web site: www.fdic.com.

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