The World's Largest Firefighter Training Conference and Exhibition.
Fire Engineering is proud to offer this in-depth coverage of the daily sights, sounds, news and information as it happens at FDIC -- the World's most comprehensive training-based conference on firefighting. Next year's show will be held April 7-12, 2014 and this page will update with the latest news; product reviews; video segments; classroom content; keynote speaker interviews and more as it occurs during the exhibition.For More Details on FDIC 2014 and to find out how to attend in person logon to www.fdic.com.
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FDIC 2014 UPDATES
The FDIC 2014 Call for Presentations submission period is now open. Deadline for submissions is July 8, 2013. Submit your presentation HERE.
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FDIC Community
Each year in the spirit of a family reunion atmosphere, returning instructors and participants gather to strengthen relationship bonds, share words of goodwill, tell war stories from back home and partake in social events, instructional sessions and entertainment offerings throughout the week." -- quoted from "The FDIC Experience" by Jeff Simpson, February 2009.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The Fire Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award has been given out during the General Session at FDIC since 1998. In 2009, the award was renamed for Tom Brennan, who was the editor of Fire Engineering for eight years and a technical editor until he passed away in 2006.
Fire Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients:
Frank Brannigan (1998)
Tom Brennan (1999)
Vince Dunn (2000)
Alan Brunacini (2001)
Don Manno (2002)
Ray Downey (2003)
John Eversole (2004
James Page (2005)
Leo Stapleton (2006)
Dr. Denis Onieal (2007)
John Mittendorf (2008)
Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients:
John Norman (2009)
Ronald Jon Siarnicki (2010)
John F. “Skip” Coleman (2011)
