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Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Benzerari on September 03, 2008, 09:43:08 PM
Guys;

If you hear about any FREE fire related seminars, expo., lectures, and annual events, please let's know, most of what I found are not free and even really expansive, a simple employee wouldn't afford if not sponsored...  :)

Thank you
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: wee brian on September 04, 2008, 10:47:53 AM
The free ones are usually glorified adverts by manufacturers.

The cheapest way to get into a seminar is being one of the speakers.
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Benzerari on September 04, 2008, 12:58:11 PM
Quote from: wee brian
The free ones are usually glorified adverts by manufacturers.

The cheapest way to get into a seminar is being one of the speakers.
Speakers get paid above that... :)
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Benzerari on September 04, 2008, 01:00:28 PM
IET i.e. has so many free events, in 'Savoy Place' and 'Hamersmith' one, why not fire related ones?
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Cat on September 04, 2008, 09:26:59 PM
Hi,

I am a member of the International Association of Arson Investigators UK Chapter (IAAI-UK) and they do training seminars which are free (to members), sorry unsure about non-members and usually include CPD hours.  The only cost you have to pay is travelling expenses depending on where it is.  One that is coming up in September is in Manchester but others have been in London.  The sessions I have been to have been very good.

If you want any more info let me know and I'll see what I can find.  Hope that helps.
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Benzerari on September 04, 2008, 11:01:35 PM
Quote from: Cat
Hi,

I am a member of the International Association of Arson Investigators UK Chapter (IAAI-UK) and they do training seminars which are free (to members), sorry unsure about non-members and usually include CPD hours.  The only cost you have to pay is travelling expenses depending on where it is.  One that is coming up in September is in Manchester but others have been in London.  The sessions I have been to have been very good.

If you want any more info let me know and I'll see what I can find.  Hope that helps.
Thanks cat for your help I found this:  http://www.iaai-uk.org/seminars.php ,   very helpful...

Thank you
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Wiz on September 05, 2008, 08:46:02 AM
Quote from: wee brian
The free ones are usually glorified adverts by manufacturers.

The cheapest way to get into a seminar is being one of the speakers.
I was a speaker at one of these seminars. They didn't pay me anything. They just hung me on a wall and stuck a 1/4 inch mono plug up my jacksy. :)
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Cat on September 05, 2008, 10:22:04 AM
Glad I could be of some help.  If you go into http://www.iaai-uk.org/news.php they sometimes have more info on the free seminars.  Currently they have info on the Manchester one here.

Wiz wrote: They just hung me on a wall and stuck a 1/4 inch mono plug up my jacksy - I hope it didn't hurt :)
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Allen Higginson on September 07, 2008, 09:28:03 AM
Quote from: Cat
Glad I could be of some help.  If you go into http://www.iaai-uk.org/news.php they sometimes have more info on the free seminars.  Currently they have info on the Manchester one here.

Wiz wrote: They just hung me on a wall and stuck a 1/4 inch mono plug up my jacksy - I hope it didn't hurt :)
It hurt so much he's going back next year!
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Cat on September 07, 2008, 03:52:11 PM
Well I suppose some people are a glutton for punishment!!!  I take it wiz is one of them?
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Wiz on September 07, 2008, 04:35:44 PM
You'd never believe the buzz I got out of it. :)
Title: Free fire related seminars and annual events ?
Post by: Davo on September 08, 2008, 09:28:45 AM
Wiz


Must have been a short somewhere!


davo