NFPA Releases 2010 Large-Loss Fire Report
Every year, NFPA provides information for the previous year’s large-loss fires. Large-loss fires are defined as any event that results in at least $10 million worth of property damages. This year, the Large-Loss Fire Report…
What If You Didn’t Have A Fire Protection Engineer?
Using the following story as an example, our client would have paid much more for a fire protection solution had they not used our code consulting services. What happened? The existing building code limits travel distance to…
The Non-Traditional FPE Career Path: Investing In The Future
After hiring Robert McFeaters, a recent graduate from Georgia Tech who has no prior knowledge of fire protection, the question is: How do we transform someone with no fire protection experience or education into a competent…
The Non-Traditional FPE Career Path: Finding The Right Candidate
There are two traditional paths to becoming a fire protections engineer. Since a formal education in fire protection engineering is rare, many mechanical engineers have picked up the torch and tacked fire protection on top of…
Fire Protection Engineering as a Career Path
According to the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), some of the benefits and opportunities of becoming a fire protection engineer include: The power to make a difference By becoming a fire protection engineer, you…
Fire Safety Solutions for Data Centers
Fire safety solutions are a major concern for data centers, according to Info-Tech research Group: A major consideration in any data center renovation is fire protection and suppression. These renovation decisions are not…
NFPA Develops Useful Tools for Fire Prevention Week
The first observation of Fire Prevention Day was on October 9, 1920. It was proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson in remembrance of the Great Chicago Fire, which occurred on October 8, 1871. Fire Prevention Day was later…
Explaining the Importance of Commissioning Fire Protection Systems
In a NFPA Journal online exclusive, senior fire protection engineer Matt Klaus, highlights the definition of commissioning and explains: "At present there is no standardized approach for an owner to track the design and…
Harrington Group, Inc. is…Public Fire Department Response Down 1.3%
Estimates from data received by NFPA’s 2010 National Fire Experience Survey indicate that public fire departments responded to approximately 1,331,500 fires in the United States last year, down 1.3% from the previous year. This…
US Senate Designates September as Campus Fire Safety Month
As students return to their colleges and universities, the US Senate has unanimously declared September as Campus Fire Safety Month. The bill is referred to as Senate Resolution 104 and stresses the need to educate young people…
Experienced Fire Protection Engineers Add Value To Buildings
Proper sprinkler system design takes a depth of knowledge gained through years of collective experience. An experienced fire protection engineer can assess a building owner’s current and future fire protection needs and will…
Six Ways to Prevent Your Lift Trucks from Starting a Fire
If you use powered lift trucks in your…
Fire Protection Engineers Managing a Building Design Process
An underwriter can develop a conceptual design for a particular solution, but the competence for an accurate review of the full design or shop submittal package is held only by a fire protection engineer. Fire protection…
Fire Protection Engineers & Affordable Fire Safety Solutions
The fire safety landscape may seem simple at first glance. If you have a large facility that needs strong but cost-effective protection against threats like fire, just call a property insurance underwriter, right? After all,…