COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 20-FIRE MANIA `93 EAST, oneday training extravaganza sponsored by the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, will be held in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Contact: ISFN1; 30 Main St.; Ashland. MA 01721; (508) 881-5800; fax (508) 881-6829.

SEPTEMBER 20-23—The Industrial Fire and Emergency Management Training Association is sponsoring its PREMIER RISK MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, to be held in King of Prussia. Pennsylvania Contact IFEMTA; P O Box 196; Ashland, MA 01721; (508) 881-5800.

SEPTEMBER 21 AND OCTOBER 11F1RECON will conduct a CONFINED SPACE SAFETY AND RESCUE SEMINAR be held in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, and Detroit, Michigan, on these respective dates. Contact: FIRECON; (8(H)) 222-88-t 1 or fax (717) 354-SAFE.

SEPTEMBER 23-25—The Virginia Association of Hazardous Materials Response Specialists and the Virginia Department of Emergency Services are cosponsoring the NINTH ANNUAL VIRGINIA HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CONFERENCE. to be held in Virginia Beach. Virginia. Contact: Steve Grainer, conference coordinator; (804) 674-245-t.

SEPTEMBER 24-26—Troll Safety and Rescue is sponsoring a seminar in VERTICAL RESCUE, to be held in Austin. Texas. Contact: Joe or Linda Duncum, (512) 837-6983.

SEPTEMBER 25-26-The WOOD COUNTY FIRE SCHOOL WEEKEND, sponsored by the W ood County Fire Fighters Association. Inc., will be held in Parkersburg. West Virginia. Contact: R.E.S.A. V; 1210 13th St.; Parkersburg. WV 26101.

SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 3-A course designed to give the fire rescue service the skills necessary to safely implement 29 CFR 1910.146, CONFINED SPACE ENTRY AND RESCUE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, will be held in LaPlata, Maryland. Contact: University of Maryland, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute; College Park. MD 20742; (301) 2207250; fax (301) 220-0923.

OCTOBER 2—The Bergen County Police and Fire Academy’s FIFTH ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO/93 will be held in Mahwah. New Jersey. Contact: Pamela Morey; Bergen County Police and Fire Academy; 281 Campgaw Rd.; Mahwah, NJ 07430; (201) 8187800.

OCTOBER 3-8—The National Safety Council’s 1993 CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, the nation’s largest convention dedicated to safety, health, and environmental issues, will be held in Chicago, Illinois. Contact: Robin Ungcrleider: National Safety Council: 1121 Spring lake Dr.; Itasca. II. 60143-3201; (708) 7752303.

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.