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Bellevue Firefighters on Roof 2
Bellevue Firefighters Train on a roof top in 2013. [Photo Credit: LR Swenson]

CONFERENCES – FIRE SCHOOL

January 

  • 16-17 | 40th Annual Piedmont Fire Expo | Winston-Salem,  NC | Hosted by Forsyth Co Fire & Rescue Association. Website: .www.piedmontfireexpo.org/expo.
  • 18-20 | FDSOA Apparatus Symposium | Orlando, FL | Hosted by Fire Department Safety Officers Association. Website:  https://www.fdsoa.org/symposia.
  • 27-30 | ARFF Chiefs & Leadership School | Ft Lauderdale, FL | Hosted by ARFF Working group. Website:  http://arffwg.org.

February

  • 06-08 | MU FRTI Winter Fire School | Columbia, MS | Hosted by: MU Fire & Rescue Training Institute. Website:  www.mufrti.org.

April

  • 15-16 | 27th Annual National Fire & Emergency Services Dinner & Seminars | Washington District of Columbia | Hosted by:  congressional Fire Services institute. Website:  http://www.cfsi.org/events/annual_dinner.cfm.
  • 20-25 | FDIC Conference & EXPO | Indianapolis, IN [Indiana Convention Center + Lucas Oil Stadium] | Hosted by: FDIC International.  Website/Info:  http://www.fdic.com/index.html

June

  • 22-25 | NFPA Conference & EXPO | Chicago, IL [McCormick Place] | Hosted by: NFPA. Website: http://www.nfpa.org/training/nfpa-conference-and-expo
  • 26- July 5 | World Police and Fire Games: The Games of Heroes | Fairfax, VA | Hosted by: World Police and Fire Games. Website:  http://fairfax2015.com/.

ONLINE TRAINING

  • OSHA | Training Academy |   Free training.  Website:  http://www.oshatrain.org/courses/mods/718e.html
  • FIRE TRAINING | Alert Visual Concepts | Free training.  Website:   http://www.imalert.com.au/index.php

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