3rd International Fire Instructors Workshop

The 3rd International Fire Instructors Workshop will be held in Ottawa, Canada from the 16th of May. This will be followed by The OTTAWA F•I•R•E• 2010 symposium at the Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada May 17 – May 21st 2010. This event was conceived to address the needs of Ottawa Fire Services personnel in response to the recommendations of the Workers’ Report on Critical Injuries as a result of the Forward Avenue Fire on February 12, 2007.
The Ottawa Professional Firefighters Association in partnership with the Ottawa Fire Services, the National Research Council of Canada and Carleton University’s Industrial Chair in Fire Safety Engineering will host the Symposium in Ottawa at Carleton University. The partners in this endeavour seek to examine the issues facing the fire service through relationships, education, discovery and advocacy.
The scope of FIRE 2010 will be a comprehensive presentation of subjects related to:
1. Firefighting
2. Instruction
3. Research
4. Engineering
More information about this even can be found at http://www.ottawafirefighters.org/ottawafire2010/index1.html#toppage
So far registrations include participants from Spain, Germany, France, USA, Australia, UK, Holland, Belgium, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden and of course all parts of Canada.