Coming Events

conferences/exhibitions

MARCH 6-9, NASEMSO Spring 2017 Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. Sponsor: National Association of State EMS Officials. Contact: (703) 538-1799. Fax: (703) 241-5603. E-mail: [email protected]

MARCH 20-22, F.I.E.R.O. Fire PPE Symposium. Raleigh, North Carolina. Sponsor: Fire Industry Equipment Resource Organization. Web site: http://www.fireppesymposium.com/.

APRIL 9-14, IAAI 2017 International Training Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. Sponsor: International Association of Arson Investigators. Contact: (800) 468-4224. E-mail: [email protected].

APRIL 12-14, Navigator Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. Sponsor: International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. Contact: (800) 960-6236. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://www.emergencydispatch.org/NAVIGATOR/contact-us/.

MAY 15-18, Aircraft Construction & Familiarization Workshop. Seattle, Washington. Sponsors: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group, Boeing Fire Department, Port of Seattle. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

JUNE 1-2, Future Aviation Safety: A Global Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. Sponsors: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group, International Aviation Fire Protection Association. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

JUNE 9-10, NVFC Training Summit. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Sponsor: The National Volunteer Fire Council. Web site: www.nvfc.org.

JUNE 12-14, AAA Stars of Life. Washington DC. Sponsor: American Ambulance Association. Contact: (703) 610-9018. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: https://the-aaa.org/.

JULY 31-AUGUST 2, 2017 NASFM Annual Conference. Charleston, South Carolina. Sponsor: National Association of State Fire Marshals. Contact: (202) 737-1226. Web site: http://www.firemarshals.org/.

AUGUST 7-12, National EMS Educators Symposium. Washington, DC. Sponsor: National Association of EMS Educators. Contact: (412) 343-4775. Fax: (412) 343-4770. Web site: http://naemse.Org/Page/Symposium.

SEPTEMBER 17-20, 28th Annual ARFF Working Group Training & Educational Symposium. Louisville, Kentucky. Sponsors: Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting Working Group. Contact: (972) 714-9412. Fax: (972) 714-9432. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: http://arffwg.org.

NOVEMBER 2-5, 2017 Colorado EMS Conference. Keystone, Colorado. Sponsor: Emergency Services Association of Colorado. Contact: (800) 889-5690, (303) 317-6511. Fax: (303) 200-7099. Web site: www.emsac.org/conference. E-mail: [email protected].

courses/seminars

MARCH 4, Ice Rescue Technician. Scarborough, Maine. Sponsor: Lifesaving Resources. Contact: (207) 967-8614. E-mail: [email protected].

MARCH 12-17, National Fire Service Staff and Command Course. Baltimore, Maryland. Sponsors: The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, International Association of Fire Chiefs. Contact: (301) 226-9962. E-mail: [email protected]

MARCH 13-14, Forensic Photography: Basic & Advanced. Reading, Pennsylvania. Sponsor: International Association of Arson Investigators. Contact: (410) 451-3473. Kate Reed, [email protected], [email protected].

MARCH 14, Drive to Survive. Dover, Delaware. Sponsor: Drivetosurvive.org. Contact: (610) 960-7248. E-mail: [email protected].

MARCH 18-19, VES Vent-Enter-Search: Live Fire Conditions. Chadwick, Illinois: Sponsor: First IN Response Essentials. Contact: (815) 499-5452. Web site: http://www.firstinresponseessentials.com/index.html.

MARCH 20-24, Advanced Breathing Apparatus Specialist (Smoke Divers). Glenwood, Illinois. Sponsor: Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy. Contact: (847) 998-8090. Fax: (847) 998-8091. Web site: www.nipsta.org.

MARCH 21-24, Chaplain Training. Ventura County, California. Sponsors: Ventura County Fire Department, California Fire Chaplain Association, and the Federation of Fire Chaplains. Web site: http://firechaplains.weebly.com/.

MARCH 25, Public Fire and Life Safety Educator Seminar. College Park, Maryland. Sponsor: Maryland Fire Safety Partners. Web site: www.mfri.org.

MARCH 28-30, Tank Car Specialist. Pueblo, Colorado. Sponsor: Security and Emergency Response Training Center. Contact: (800) 933-4882. (719) 584-0584. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: www.hazmattraining.com.

The upcoming Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) 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 24-29, 2017 Indianapolis, Indiana Contacts: (888) 299-8016. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: www.fdic.com.