We want to thank the many participants and speakers for this week's 2016 Technical Seminar held on Tuesday. The event supported 12 different presentations on a wide range of topics and raised $2,525 towards local fire protection scholarships for students.

The sessions included:

Risk Management in Critical Manufacturing Facilities by Ron Stein of AON Risk Solutions
Understanding Commissioning and System Acceptance Testing by Jack Poole of Poole Fire Protection
Common Installation Challenges for Firestopping by Mark Chrisman of Henderson Engineers
Challenges & Opportunities of Flexible Sprinkler Armovers by Jordan Van Loon of Victaulic
Fire & Life Safety Challenges in College and University Labs by Jeff Schumacher, Rocky Edwards, and Andy Thul of Cosentini Associates
Significant Changes in the 2016 Edition of NFPA 13 by Christopher Culp of Henderson Engineers
Challenges & Applications of Low Pressure CO2 Systems by Mark Harris and Courtney Santmire of Tyco
Environmental & Health Considerations in Clean Agent Technology by Luis F. Gonzalez of 3M
Challenges & Applications for Large Dry Chemical Systems by Mark Harris and Courtney Santmire of Tyco
Understanding Survivability by Jack Poole of Poole Fire Protection
Incident Management System Intelligibility and Feasibility by Morris Stoops of Edwards Technology
Code & Industry: Fire alarm Monitoring Trends & Technology by Paul Bridges of Notifier

We are very thankful to the participants, speakers, our platinum sponsors American Fire Sprinkler, Ferguson Fire & Fabrication, George Butler & Associates, Henderson Engineers, Victaulic, and our host Henderson Engineers. The feedback we have received thus far has been positive and we hope that it was a worthwhile event for those who attended.

For those who requested PDH certificates, please monitor your email for further details.

Thank you again for your help in making this a very successful event! We look forward to starting up chapter meetings again in the fall. Have comments? Feel free to post below.

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.

Thanks to a good handful of interest we have already gathered a day long lineup of speakers for our Technical Seminar on May 3rd. Are you interested in presenting? We are looking to gather about a dozen more presentations for the Seminar. Please reach out to us at [email protected] or Joe Meyer at [email protected] for more information.

You can register for the event on our Seminar page and see all of the speakers and topics who are already presenting. We look forward to a great seminar this year.

We are excited to announce that the Missouri-Kansas Chapter of Society of Fire Protection Engineers will once again host a Regional Technical Seminar on May 3, 2016. Registration for the event includes a light breakfast, catered lunch, attendance and professional development hours for up to seven different presentations, networking opportunities with industry, and the opportunity to have a table display.

Speakers
Cost of the all-day event will be $175 for members, $225 for non-members, and free for current students and event speakers. Interested in speaking at the big event? We have a long list of potential topics we would be happy to host as part of this seminar: See here for a list of all currently available speaking topics for the event. Example topics include historical case studies, common installation issues, value engineering opportunities, current technologies for fire alarm monitoring, common issues in design documents, and fundamental training for various systems.

We already have seven speakers lined up, and are looking for representatives from each of our local design firms, contractors, departments, and companies to participate. 

Lunch & Table Representatives
Alongside our catered lunch will be open table displays for companies interested in marketing and/or networking. The cost of hosting the table display is included for registered participants. 

Sponsorship
We are very thankful for our five Platinum Chapter Sponsors for 2015-2016, which includes American Fire Sprinkler, Ferguson Fire & Fabrication, George Butler & Associates, Fire Dynamics of Henderson Engineers, and Victaulic. If your company is interested in joining our chapter platinum sponsors for this seminar and into 2017, please contact us.

Registration
See the latest topics and speakers with registration information on our Seminar page.

Do you have a topic you would like to present at our Spring Technical Seminar? Would you like to see your company represented in our full-day training seminar to dozens of fire protection professionals in the greater Kansas City area? Please reach out to us at [email protected] to get more information about presentation opportunities. We are gathering topics and speakers at this time.