Join us Thursday, May 4th for our monthly meeting with Paul Rivers, PE, FSFPE, from 3M Company to discuss mitigating the risk of thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries with sustainable thermal management.

Mr. Rivers will discuss the significant fire hazards that lithium ion batteries present, testing performed to analyze the severity of these threats, and techniques to reduce the risk of a thermal runaway in todays industrial environments.

​Lunch begins at 11:30am with the discussion beginning at noon. We'll be at Cinzetti's Italian Buffet in Overland Park. You can RSVP and pay online ahead of time here: http://www.mokansfpe.org/calendar.html.

Don't forget to check-in with Maryann at the door.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us Monday, April 3rd for our monthly meeting with Malinda Pfenning from Eaton Co. to discuss Mass Notification.

​Lunch begins at 11:30am with the discussion beginning at noon. We'll be at Cinzetti's Italian Buffet in Overland Park. You can RSVP and pay online ahead of time here: http://www.mokansfpe.org/calendar.html.

Don't forget to check-in with Maryann at the door.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Darrell Stein, of Henderson Engineers, reached out to the members of the Missouri-Kansas Chapter of SFPE during February meeting to ask for aid in teaching the ARCE 664 class. Mark Chrisman is the lead instructor for the course. The students have met a total of six times this semester and have seven classes left. The syllabus for this class is attached below to explain the topics of discussion and the dates the class is to meet. If anyone would like to help, please contact Mark Chrisman at Mark.Chrisman@hei-eng.com and he will help coordinate with you.

Following a formal call for nominees this past month, we are very excited to announce a great lineup of new chapter officers that have been formally nominated. The voting for the chapter will be conducted at the next monthly meeting on Monday, February 6th, at noon at Cinzetti's in Overland Park. The meeting with cover the voting, concepts from nominees and discussion from members on ways to improve the chapter.

President Nominee | Mike Bullimore
Mike graduated from Platt College with an Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology and also spent time at Missouri Western State University. He started his career as a Sales Engineer with Ferguson Machine in St. Louis, Missouri, selling Automation-Robotics Equipment around the Midwest. His involvement in fire protection began with Fike Corporation as Western Regional Manager for Explosion Protection in 2000, covering the western United States.

In 2002, Mike became the Western Regional Manager for Fike responsible for Clean Agents and the introduction of ECARO-25, covering the western United States. In 2005, he moved to Keller Fire and Safety (purchased by Fike in 2004) as a Sales Consultant selling Fire Alarm and all Special Hazard Fire Protection. 

In 2015, Mike became the Business Development Manager at Keller Fire and Safety where he currently resides. Mike held the Vice-President and President Positions with the Missouri-Kansas Society of Fire Protection Engineers from 2006-2008.

Vice-President Nominee | Drew Poole
Drew Poole graduated from University of Maryland with a B.S. in Fire Protection Engineer (11’) and a M.Eng. in Fire Protection Engineering (12’). He then got a M.S. in Engineering Management (14’) from University of Maryland Baltimore County. Prior to coming to work at Poole Fire Protection he interned with the National Park Service as well as another small Fire Protection Engineer Firm in Maryland.  Since graduation he has worked at Poole Fire Protection on various project throughout the world. As a fire protection engineer, he performs a variety of services relating to fire protection and life safety, in both public, private and government sectors.  Over the last two years he has served as Secretary for the Chapter.

In addition to SFPE Mo-Kan he is also affiliated with SFPE National, Society of Military Engineers (SAME), NFPA, etc. He has also been appointed to the follow technical committees for NFPA:

• NFPA 72 SIG-NAS, Notification Appliances for Fire Alarm and Signaling Systems
• NFPA 75 ELT-AAA, Electronic Computer Systems
• NFPA 101 SAF-DET, Detection and Correctional Occupancies
• NFPA 409 AIS-AAA, Airport Facilities
• NFPA 5000 BLD-DET, Detection and Correctional Occupancies

Secretary Nominee | Jessie Warren
Jessie is a recent (May 2016) graduate from the Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology program at Oklahoma State University. While at OSU, he was elected for many chair positions in different organizations including President of the OSU Firefighter Combat Challenge Teams, Training and PPE Officer for OSU’s Fire Protection Society, Sports chair for OSU’s Fire Protection Society tasked with organizing participation in intramural sports, and was on the Apparatus Committee for OSU’s Fire Protection Society that was tasked with the restoration and preservation of OSU’s two relic fire engines.  

​As a recent graduate, he is well aware of the benefits that SFPE offers to students ranging from education outside of the classroom through student lead chapters to monetary support from scholarships to the different, accredited, universities. He wishes to see these benefit continue and even grow so that more students become engaged. He believes, through experience as a college athlete, that the best way to create success in any organization is by including your newest members as soon as possible to ensure they are developing the necessary habits and traits to continue the growth and success of the organization. This chapter of SFPE has been very successful in raising funds to continue the monetary support for many worthy students studying the fire protection discipline. If I am elected as Secretary of the Mo-Kan SFPE, he would like to continue the support as well as elevate the way we continue to pursue the education, fundraising, and networking opportunities that are offered by the Mo-Kan SFPE. 

Treasurer Nominee | Maryann Quinto
Maryann is longtime supporter of our local chapter having served terms as Treasurer and Vice-President in years past.  With 20 years of diverse experience in the life safety industry, her passion is building relationships and providing fire safety and life safety solutions for customers. She is multifaceted and well versed in estimating, sales and project management of a wide variety of fire protection and life safety system applications, NFPA standards and local codes for inspections of both fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems.
 
Maryann’s clients have included a wide range of occupancies, including large and small businesses, educational facilities and universities, major retail outlets, food service distribution facilities, government and military installations, airports, industrial and manufacturing facilities and hospitals, both large and small, and healthcare facilities.
 
Maryann is currently employed as a service and inspection sales representative at National Fire Suppression.

Our golf tournament last Wednesday was a resounding success. Thank you to the 40 participants and 9 company sponsors that made this event a record for attendance and sponsorship for our chapter! We were fortunate to enjoy great weather at this event and could not be more happy about our turnout. Thanks to our many sponsors below for 2016-2017:

Platinum Sponsors

Be sure to arrive in time for the driving range prior to the big event! Our check-in begins at 7:15AM on Wednesday, with the shotgun start at 8:00AM. The earlier time than last year will allow us to get lunch a little earlier. 

If you haven't registered but are still interested in joining us, register online on our Golf Tournament page.