2013 F.I.E.R.O. Fire PPE Symposium
March 4-6, 2013
Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
Raleigh, NC
Sheraton Raleigh Hotel 421 South Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919) 834-9900
The Sheraton Raleigh Hotel has special F.I.E.R.O. Fire PPE Symposium rates available. All bookings for attendees may be made online. To receive the Fire PPE Symposium special negotiated rate click here.
PPE Symposium Feature: T-PACC Tour
A special feature of the 2013 Symposium will be a Monday afternoon tour of the Textile Protection and Comfort Center (T-PACC) at N.C. State University’s College of Textiles. The tour will feature an OPEN HOUSE Introduction of T-PACC’s newest Laboratory for Research of Firefighter Protective Clothing, including a new fire test chamber featuring RADMAN™.
This is a “can’t miss” opportunity for anyone desiring an understanding of the research and testing involved with firefighter’s PPE. See NFPA 1971 tests and other research equipment in the lab — where it all happens. Talk to the scientists at the forefront of fire fighter PPE testing and see the latest tests being analyzed for future PPE developments.
http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/tpacc/The Symposium is designed to be a hard hitting, factual series of presentations about the PPE that most firefighters use on a regular basis.
Future symposiums will address other less often used items and provide more detail on the subjects of the first symposium. A CD of the presentations will be provided to attendees. There is a maximum of 300 participants.
Fire service participants should gain an understanding of the following:
- PPE design & performance
- PPE testing & certification
- Selecting & purchasing PPE
- PPE usage & storage
- PPE cleaning & repairing
- Sizing PPE
- PPE interfaces
- PPE limitations
- Emerging PPE trends
- Retiring PPE
- Managing a PPE program
- Legal issues involved in selecting, maintaining and using PPE
- Establish a network of peers and experts for future reference
Target Audience is Emergency Services including:
- Firefighters
- PPE Committees
- Training Officers
- Safety Officers
- Purchasing/Supply Officers
- Chief Officers
- Company Officers
- Board Members
- Elected Officials
- Labor Leaders
FireRescue Magazine is the official publication sponsor of the Fire PPE Symposium. Visit them at
firefighternation.com.
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