Join us tomorrow at Overland Park's Chicken & Pickle for our annual fundraising event!

Still need to register? Register by visiting: ​http://www.mokansfpe.org/fundraiser.html

Not a member and want to participate in this event? Easy!  Instead of paying for individual event, simply sign up to become a MOKAN Chapter member and get all of the benefits! http://www.mokansfpe.org/join.html

WHAT?
MOKAN Annual FUNdraiser!!
Free Drinks! Free Food! Free PickleBall! 

WHEN?  
NEXT Friday September 23rd 1pm - 4pm

WHERE? 
​Overland Park Chicken n' Pickle!
5901 W 135th St, Overland Park, KS 66223

WHY? 
To support the MOKAN Scholarship Funds

EVENTS:
Free Happy Hour Food & Drinks
Silent Auction
Pickleball Tournament
Networking with Leaders in the Industry.

Hi All,
 
It’s time to mark your calendars, because your local MO-KAN chapter is bringing back the annual golf fundraiser for 2021! 

The fundraiser will be held at TopGolf in Overland Park, located at 10611 Nall Ave. on October the 15th from 1pm - 4pm. 

We are currently looking for sponsors for the event.  Sponsorship tiers are outlined below: 

     Platinum ($1,000): Includes (5) attendees, free job postings, name on email flyer, large name and/or logo on tables at the event, large logo on the website for a year, presentation/speaking opportunity, (5) MO-KAN memberships for 2022.  

     Gold ($750): Includes (5) attendees, free job postings, name on e-mail flyer, name on tables at the event, medium logo on the website for a year, (3) MOKAN memberships for 2022.

     Silver ($500):  Includes (3) attendees, free job postings, name on e-mail flyer, name on tables at event, small logo on website for a year, (2) MO-KAN memberships for 2022.

     Bronze ($250): Includes (2) attendees, free job postings, name on email flyer, name on tables at event, (2) MO-KAN memberships for 2022. 

Please address emails to Jason Web & Chris Arpin at [email protected] if you are interested in sponsoring this year's event.  Our goal is to minimize the cost to participants this year and make it very affordable to all who would like to participate, while still providing funds to support our scholarship program.  More info to come soon!

At the February 6th general meeting, the Missouri-Kansas Chapter of Society of Professional Engineers elected new officers to lead the chapter for 2017 and 2018. The officers are

President | Mike Bullimore, Business Development Manager at Keller Fire and Safety
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 | Drew Poole, EI, Fire Protection Engineer at Poole Fire Protection, Inc.
Drew is a Spring Hill, Kansas native and a Fire Protection Engineer at Poole Fire Protection in Olathe. Drew was a live-in firefighter in Silver Spring, Maryland for over two years while attending college. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Fire Protection Engineering (2011), M.E. in Fire Protection (2012), and a M.S. in Engineering Management (2014). He is involved in a wide variety of projects including fire alarm, mass notification, sprinkler design, foam suppression (hangers and petroleum), fire modeling, code consulting, and performance based design.

In addition to SFPE Mo-Kan he is also affiliated with SFPE National, Society of Military Engineers (SAME), NFPA, etc. Drew 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

Treasurer | Maryann Quinto, Service and Sales Representative at National Fire Suppression
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.

Secretary | Jessie Warren, Fire Protection Engineer at Poole Fire Protection, Inc.
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.   


The board of officers can always be reached at [email protected].

We are very excited to be bringing back the 2016 full day technical seminar on May 3, 2016. The lineup includes:

+ Risk management in Critical Manufacturing Facilities, by Ron Stein of Aon Risk Solutions
+ Challenges and Opportunities of Flexible Sprinkler Armovers, by Jordan Van Loon of Victaulic
+ Common Installation Challenges for Firestopping, by Mark Chrisman of Henderson Engineers
+ Challenges and Opportunities with Height and Slope of Pipe Routing, by Chris Culp of Henderson Engineers
+ Fire & Life Safety Challenges Encountered in College and University Laboratories, by Jeff Schumacher of Cosentini
+ Challenges and Applications of Low Pressure CO2 Systems, by Mark Harris of Tyco
+ Environmental and Health Considerations in Clean Agent Technology, by Luis F. Gonzales of 3M
+ Challenges and Applications for Large Dry Chemical Sytems, by Mark Harris of Tyco
+ Code & Industry: Available Fire Alarm Monitoring Trends and Technologies, by Paul Bridges of Notifier
+ Catered Breakfast & Lunch

Registration can be completed online: http://www.mokansfpe.org/seminar.html 

Register before Friday, April 22nd for early registration. See you May 3rd!

March Chapter Meeting
Reminder to RSVP for "It's not a Fire Wall", a presentation by Mark Chrisman of Fire Dynamics. The presentation will begin at noon on Monday, March 7th at Cinzetti's in Overland Park. All the details can be found on our Calendar page.

Job Postings
We have new job postings all the time. You can see the latest posting from this month on our Jobs page.

Chapter Membership
March is the last month for discounted membership! Join the local chapter for only $15 through the end of this month on our Join page.