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North Safety Equipment has available a training video, IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE OR HEALTH, designed to educate the end-user of the company’s 800 Series™ self-contained breathing apparatus. The video is narrated by a North Safety Equipment spokesperson who explains, in layperson’s terms, the operation and features of both SCBA and supplied-air respirators.
A two-hour video training program, APPROACH TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ($148), details methods of communicating with pediatric patients and distraught family members. The video itself is 35 minutes long; the package includes an instructor’s manual to aid the instructor in developing a classroom training program. Contact: Lockert-Jackson and Associates, Inc.; P.O. Box 11380; Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-5380; (800) 327-3841.
A three-part training package Irom Media Resources, Inc., BL00DB0RNE PATHOGENS ($695.95), includes a computer-based section, which allows a student to navigate through an interactive Windows environment; a 36-minute videotape; and an exposure-control plan manual that includes vaccination cleanup and exposure procedures, a glossary of terms, a copy of the standard, and appropriate forms. Contact: Media Resources, Inc.; 2614 Fort Vancouver Way; Vancouver, WA 98661-3997; (206) 693-3344.
B The Volunteer Committee of the International Association of Fire Chiefs has developed the FIRE CHIEF’S SOURCEBOOK ($ I 19), a selfhelp guide for volunteer fire service leaders. It contains samples of SOPs, recruitment and retention materials, and training guidelines from volunteer fire departments throughout the U.S.; a bibliography; and addresses of the fire departments represented. Contact: Nancy Matthes; IAFC; 4025 Fair Ridge Dr.; Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; (703) 273-0911, ext. 3.32.
B The 226-page book PROFESSIONAL WORKERS AS LEARNERS: THE SCOPE, PROBLEMS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN THE 1990s, is now available for $14 a copy from the U.S. Government Printing Office. It contains essays about continuing education for professionals. Contact: Superintendent of Documents; P.O. Box 371954; Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. Indicate stock number 065-000-00531-0.
B TB INFECTION-CONTROL PLAN AND RESPIRATORY PROTECTION PROGRAM from Holdsworth & Associates, Inc., includes medical screening requirements, reporting and record-keeping forms, complete training lesson plans, presentation notes, and overhead transparencies. Videos, do-it-yourself compliance manuals, and training materials for other standards also are available. Contact: Holdsworth & Associates, Inc.; (8(H)) 437-8347.
B The National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., offers a 35-minute video, THE VALUE OF SPRINKLERS ($29 95), designed to dispel myths associated with automatic sprinkler operation, demonstrate actual fire control through sprinklers, and review unsuccessful attempts to extinguish fires in high-rises. Contact: NFSA’s Resource Center; P.O. Box 1000; Patterson, NY 12563; (914) 878-4200; fax (914)878-4215.
FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICE
The National Emergency Training Center’s (NETC’s) Learning Resource Center (I.RC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland, routinely supplies answers to questions regarding fire/emergency services and information to students and fire/emergency services personnel. The NETC’s reference service will provide the addresses and telephone numbers of organizations, publications’ sources and prices, and literature searches/bibliographies in response to more detailed inquiries. Over the past few years, the LRC has expanded its services to include a toll-free number [(8(H)) 638-1821); the Emergency Management Information Center (EMIC), a collection of case studies on major natural and technological disasters; and the Arson Resource Center (ARC), a reference service for individuals with questions pertaining to arson.
