2024 Symposium – Hold the Date – Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officer's Association

2024 Symposium – Hold the Date

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After our very successful Symposiums in London, we did not have a department or chapter volunteer to host the 2024 Symposium. Your executive team has been working hard to ensure the Symposium would go on. We have now secured a venue. The 2024 Symposium will be held in Richmond Hill, at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites 8-12 September. As we are still in the early planning stages we don’t have many details yet but we wanted to get the date out to our members to assist with planning your 2024.

If you have any speaker/topic suggestions that you would like to hear for the training or would like to volunteer to speak at the 2024 Symposium please email Vice-President Roel Bus roel.bus@sarnia.ca .

Vince Tripp, CD
President
vince.tripp@richmondhill.ca