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 info@mokansfpe.org.

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.

We are thrilled to note that once again we have tremendous sponsorship (eight company sponsorships) and will have a great turnout with ten teams this Wednesday (September 28th). If you're interested in joining us, it's not too late; signups are available on our Golf Tournament page. We're still accepting teams and individual signups up through Wednesday morning.

Registration times, range times, and other details can all be found here: Golf Tournament. Thanks and we hope to enjoy the nice weather with you on Wednesday!

The Missouri-Kansas Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers is happy to announce the 2016-2017 scholarship award winners. The four winners are Brian Gier, Bryanna Krekeler, Daniel Ricker, and Stephanie Poole.

This year our chapter will give the most scholarships (4) and the most award money ($6,000) than we have in at least the last decade. We are thrilled to have great applicants and continued great support from our local members.

Brian Gier will be a Senior in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kansas this year. He has experience working at CMG Fire Protection in code consulting and plan review, and is involved with multiple groups at the University level. He is planning to work in the fire protection field and is a student member of the chapter.

Bryanna Krekeler will be a Senior in Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas this year. She brings a vast amount of tutoring and teaching experience into the industry after spending the summer interning with FP&C in Kansas City. She took the Fire Protection Engineering Course (ARCE 664) this past Spring which was sponsored by our chapter. Bryanna plans to build her career in fire protection and is specifically interested in code consulting and smoke management and design.

Daniel Ricker will be a Senior in Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas. He is involved in the Self Engineering Leadership Fellows (SELF) program, has interned with Paric Corporation in the St. Louis area during 2015 and Henderson Engineers (Fire Dynamics) in 2016, and also took the Fire Protection Engineering Course (ARCE 664) this past Spring which was sponsored by our chapter. He is interested in pursuing a career in the fire protection industry.

Stephanie Poole will be a Senior in Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland. She is currently the Vice President of the student SFPE Chapter at the University, and has experience as a Fire Protection Intern for the National Park Service in California as well as at Poole Fire Protection in Kansas City. She plans to begin her career in Fire Protection after graduation.

Congratulations to our well deserved scholarship recipients!