FEMSA Events Calendar

June
IAFC Southeastern Division	Jun 18-20	Myrtle Beach, SC
Metro Chiefs	Jun 21-25	Edmonton, AB
Health, Fitness and Safety Symposium (Phoenix FD)	Jun 23-25	Phoenix, AZ
New England Fire-Rescue/IAFC N. E. Division	Jun 26-28	West Springfield, MA
July
IAFC Missouri Valley Division	Jul 09-11	Overland Park, MO
Firehouse Expo Contact: Mary Velline 800-827-8009, July 21-26 (E [more] Contact: Mary Velline 800-827-8009, July 21-26 (Ex. 23-25)	Jul 21-26	Baltimore, MD
August
Fire-Rescue International Contact: Sara Baeth at IAFC 443-627-2200	Aug 27-29	Dallas, TX
September
Incident Management Symposium (Phoenix FD)	Sep 02-04	Phoenix, AZ
New Jersey Firefighters	Sep 17-18	Wildwood, NJ
Pittsburgh Fire/Rescue & EMS Contact: Kelly Simon Productions 800-747-5599	Sep 18-20	Pittsburgh, PA
FDSOA Annual Conf. FDSOA 508-881-3114	Sep 21-25	Orlando , FL
The Premiere Conference for Firefighter / Responder Safety The Premiere Conference on Firefighter/Responder S [more] The Premiere Conference on Firefighter/Responder Safety sponsored by the Fire Department Safety Officers Association will be held September 21 ~ 25, 2009 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Safety saves your department not only lives, but less accidents and less injuries, will save your department money. Can you afford NOT to attend? <br />FDSOA is dedicated to the issues that affect a Safety Officer's role in protecting and promoting the safety and health responsibilities of their departments, communities and themselves. Join safety officers from across North America for a week full of educational programs, awareness training, and networking with peers. Participate in dynamic seminars on subjects that range from Training and Implementing Rapid Intervention Teams on the Fireground to Building Construction: Occupancy Specific Concerns. Speakers include well-known industry leaders such as Chief Dennis Rubin, District of Columbia Fire & EMS Department; Chief John Buckman, German Township, IN, Volunteer Fire Department, Mike Dubron, President/Founder of the Firefighter Cancer Support Group and Chief Brian Crawford, Shreveport, LA, Fire Department to name but a few. Other Safety Forum highlights include: Guilty or Not Guilty ~ Mock Trial (with a real judge and lawyers) Lighter by the Minute ~ The Truss Systems Above & Below Do We Have To Be Safe? We Are Just Volunteers Lemons to Lemonade: A Leadership Journey One attendee after last year's event wrote, "I would like to thank you all for the great Safety Forum in Orlando in 2008!! You all put a lot into it and I got a lot out of it! I became a Safety/Special Operations Lieutenant in Jan of 2008. I have a real passion for safety and your forum solidified it! For those interested in becoming certified there is the opportunity to take either the 16-hour Incident Safety Officer Academy or the 16-hour Health & Safety Officer Academy. Make safety a priority in your department this year with the only conference in our industry dedicated solely to Firefighter/Responder Safety. For more information go to www.FDSOA.org.	Sep 21-25	Orlando, FL
October
National Fallen Fighters Memorial Weekend	Oct 03-04	Emmitsburg, MD
Fall Meeting	Oct 07-09	Washington, DC
Firehouse Central/EMS Mary Velline 800-827-8009	Oct 26-30	Atlanta, GA