Category: Meetings

JOIN US FOR THE MONTHLY MEETING IN OCTOBER

9/13/2018

Join us Thursday, October 4th, for our monthly meeting as Phil Gunning, Director of Education and Training with Globe Fire Sprinkler Corp., will be presenting High-Piled Storage Sprinklers and their limitations. Phil will be discussing the selection, operating principles, applications of these sprinklers and where they are commonly used.

Phil has over 23 years of experience in the fire protection industry. Phil worked as a Sr. Risk Consultant for Aon's Property Risk Control team until June of 2017 after spending 10 years at Tyco Fire Protection Products as the Senior Manager of Technical Services and Training. Prior to that, Phil spent 9 years as a fire protection consultant with two firms and conducted full-scale fire protection research for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory for 4 years. Phil has also held a position on the Board of Directors for the National Fire Sprinkler Association, is a member of SFPE National, NFPA, ASPE-NY, and was a NFPA 14 and 101 Technical Committee Member.

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 register online for this monthly meeting and check-in with Maryann at the door.

We look forward to seeing you there!

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER ONLINE FOR OUR MAY 3RD MEETING!

4/27/2018

Join us Thursday, May 3rd, for our monthly meeting as Bob Sullivan, Southwest Regional Director with NFPA, will be presenting about some of the latest NFPA standards under development, Including NFPA 3000 (Active Shooter Situations), NFPA 855 (Stationary Energy Storage Systems), NFPA 1700 (Structural Firefighting), NFPA 1300 (Community Risk Reduction), NFPA 241 (Buildings Under Construction), NFPA 770 (Hybrid Fire Extinguishing Systems), NFPA 1082 (Professional Qualification Standards for Building Fire & Life Safety Directors), and others. There will also be discussion about a new inspection tool called the Property Inspection Prioritization (PIP) Tool; new NFPA certifications available; as well as updates concerning NFPA membership and resources available on the NFPA website. Please bring your questions about ANY other specific NFPA-related topic you may wish to discuss!

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 register online for this monthly meeting and check-in with Maryann at the door.

We look forward to seeing you there!

JOIN US DECEMBER 7TH FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETING

11/14/2017

Join us Thursday, December 7th, for our monthly meeting as J. Bryan Dehner will be presenting about the City Place Fire that occurred March 20, 2017. This fire was the recent apartment fire that occurred in Overland Park that not only spread throughout the entire structure, but also spread to neighboring homes. Mr. Dehner will be discussing topics such as the weather leading up to the fire, the cause of the fire, the strategy in attacking the fire, and the aftermath of the fire and ways to prevent future incidents of this magnitude.

Mr. Dehner's fire career began in 1987 as a volunteer with Southern Platte and Boone County Fire Protection Districts. In 2005, Mr. Dehner was selected as the Fire Chief for the City of Overland Park, Kansas. Today, he is responsible for the 181-member value driven organization providing fire, ALS emergent medical and special operations services to the 200,000 citizens of Overland Park and Merriam. He also continues to serve on the SAFE Public Safety Officer Advisory Board.

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 THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH TO RESUME OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS

10/2/2017

Join us Thursday, October 5th to resume our monthly meetings. Ron Miller will be presenting on FirePro Xtinguish, an Aerosol Fire Suppression. FirePro Xtinguish is an exciting and new "green" fire suppression product for total-flooding applications or any installation where a fire suppression system is needed to protect the contents of a space. This product is non-toxic, with zero ozone depletion and global warming potential.

Ron Miller has been in and around the fire industry for over 25 years. Starting with representing several companies including Faraday, Federal Signal, then Notifier he spent the 1990's immersed in the fire alarm business. Rounding out his experience he spent the next 5 years with 2 systems integrators and designed a unique marketing plan to take a regional fire alarm manufacturer nationwide (National Time & Signal). Then after a few years in the security industry he came back to head the western US for a unique fire suppression product offering (FirePro Xtinguish from Hochiki).

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!

Call For Presentations

9/18/2017

Are you or one of your colleagues interested in speaking at one of our chapter meetings? We have openings in November and January for speakers and are interested in what you have to offer. Please Contact Us for more information.