ASHLAND, Mass. — The Fire Department Safety Officers Association in cooperation with the Fire Apparatus Manufacturers Association announces the 20th Annual Apparatus Specification & Vehicle Maintenance Symposium being held January 20-23 2008, in Orlando, Florida.

Join fire service professionals nationwide and fire apparatus and equipment manufacturers for three jam-packed days of education, awareness, networking and participating in dynamic seminars from some of the experts in the fire service.

You will hear and learn from such fire service greats as Attorney Jim Juneau; Garry Briese, vice president, ICF International, Castle Rock, CO (Former Executive Director, IAFC); Assistant Chief Don Frazeur, Los Angeles City, CA, Fire Department; and Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder, E.F.O., Loveland-Symmes, OH, Fire Department, Firefighter Close Calls.com to name but a few.

Seminars will include:

• Support Services Plays an Important Role in Minneapolis Bridge Disaster
  
• Ethanol: The New Hazard in Town
  
• The Impact of the 2007 Engines on Apparatus
  
• Apparatus Compartments and Equipment Mounting

The Emergency Vehicle Technician and the Specification Writer both have a major responsibility to the safety of personnel and equipment. The FDSOA and the FAMA are dedicated to making your attendance at this program the best possible educational experience you will have.

Don't miss your opportunity to join your peers, fire service professionals and fire apparatus and equipment manufacturers and take some safety home with you at the 20th Annual Apparatus Specification & Vehicle Maintenance Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Attendees will the chance to:
 

• Listen and learn from some of the experts in the fire service
  
• Meet and interact with the manufacturers
  
• Network with your peers
  

For more information, visit our website at www.fdsoa.org