FREDONIA—“Bringing Calm to Chaos: Coordinating the Recovery of the Crash of Continental Flight 3407” is the title of a free emergency medical service/ fire seminar Aug. 6 to be offered as part of the 2009 Southwestern Association of Volunteer Firemen’s convention in Fredonia .

The presentation will provide valuable insight to the coordination, communications, and cooperation that went into the recovery efforts following the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence Center.

Clarence Center Fire Chief David Case will share his first-person account of the initial moments of chaos that ensued after a commuter plane crashed Feb. 12 into a home, killing 50 people. The seminar gets under way at 3:30 p. m. in the 1891 Fredonia Opera House in downtown Fredonia.

Another event on tap for the convention Aug. 5-8 is the awards ceremony at 9:30 a. m. in the Opera House, to be followed by a business meeting at 11 a. m.

For more information about the convention, visit

www.fredoniafire.org

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