Fire Schools and Seminars

Fire Schools and Seminars

Advanced Arson Investigation Seminar: Jan. 25-29. For further information contact Lt. James D. Persicheitte, Denver Fire Department, 745 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, Col. 80204.

Aircraft Crash and Mass Casualty Management: Arizona State Univ., Feb. 1-5; Sept. 13-17. For further information contact William H. Allen, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Arizona State Unive., Tempe, Ariz. 85287.

California Fire Mechanics Academy: Stockton, Calif., April 5-9. For further information contact Leonard Erb, Coordinator, CFMA, 8470 Nentra St., La Mesa, Calif. 92041.

Correspondence Course On Hydraulic Calculations of Automatic Sprinkler Systems: Year-round enrollment, course consists of 12 assignments and a proctored exam. For further information write Independent and Correspondence Study, 001 Classroom Building, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Ok. 74078.

Florida Training Improvement Conference: Jan. 18-22, Ocala, Fla. For further information contact Lt. Dan Jones, Chairman F.T.I.C., 6829-64th Ave. N., Pinellas Park, Fla. 33565.

Hazardous Materials Safety in Cooperation With Government and Private Industry, Feb. 9-12, Nashville, Tenn. For further information contact Hazardous Risk Advisory Committee, Seminar Registration Desk, Metro Civil Defense, Floor 7M, Metro Courthouse, Nashville, Tenn. 37201.

High Rise Fire Fighting: Jan. 22-23. ISFSI in cooperation with Aurora, Col., Fire Department. For further information contact Aurora Fire Department, 1470 South Havana St, Aurora, Col. 80012.

ISFSI Fire Department Administration Seminar: Cleveland, Apr. 3-4; San Francisco, May 13-14; Bedford, N.H., June 12-13. For further information contact ISFSI, Box 88, Hopkinton, Mass. 01748.

Louisiana State University Firemen Training Program: Industrial Fire School, Jan. 18-22, Feb. 2-4; Industrial Fire Chiefs School, Jan. 18-22; Highrise Fires, Feb. 9-10; Cause & Origin, Feb. 24-25,27-28; Industrial Fire School, Mar. 2-4; Pump Operations, Mar. 8-12; Fire Service Instructor II, Mar. 15-19; Apparatus Purchasing, Mar. 27-28. For further information contact Michael Dunn, Firemen Training Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803.

National Burn and Fire Safety Educational Seminar: Salina, Kan., Jan. 12-14. For further information contact Chief Dave Robertson, Salina Fire Department, 222 W. Elm St., Salina, Kan. 67401.

University of Michigan Extension Service, Firemanship Training Program: Fire Chiefs Conference, Feb. 9-10; Fire Instructors Conference, Feb. 23-25. For further information contact U-M Extension Service Firemanship Training Program, 412 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109.

Weirton Heights Rescue School Inc: Winter Wilderness Search and Rescue, Feb. 5-7; Rescue School Courses, Apr. 17-18. For further information contact Weirton Heights Rescue School, Inc., P.O. Box 2542, Weirton, WV 26062.

Dave McGlynn and Brian Zaitz

The Training Officer: The ISFSI and Brian Zaitz

Dave McGlynn talks with Brian Zaitz about the ISFSI and the training officer as a calling.
Conyers Georgia chemical plant fire

Federal Investigators Previously Raised Alarm About BioLab Chemicals

A fire at a BioLabs facility in Conyers, Georgia, has sent a toxic cloud over Rockdale County and disrupted large swaths of metro Atlanta.