Indy diary 1: Off to FDIC again
I’m not unpleasantly surprised by the fact that I am able to attend FDIC again this year, part of my job will be to help someone out with their English, but a lot will be reporting again, including attending a HOT (hands on training) called Fire Investigation. This task is performed by the police here in Germany, so I’m really looking forward to that.
So far organisation has been a bit tedious, as I tried to squeeze in a visit to a friend with the Edmonton FD, which is a mere 2,000km beyond Chicago. Turns out it was too expensive, particularly for two-day visit, so I hope to be able to catch up on this at a later stage.
Still, it’s quite complex, as I have to organise for two, I’m, flying in a day earlier to attend HOT as well as classroom sessions on Wednesday. Then it’s the exhibition Thursday thru Saturday, perhaps there’ll be time Saturday afternoon to visit a place of interest, something I wasn’t able to do last year. So far, flights are booked, same again with LH to Charlotte, a four-and-a-half hour stayover and then on to Indy. Tomorrow will be hotel and car rental, following which we should be all set.
When all that is done; I’ll be able to think about gear. More to follow
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