Speaker:  Jay Levy – EATON – Life Safety

Topic:    Mass Notification and the Latest Codes

Summary:

The presentation will cover Mass Notification and the Latest Codes. It begins with the evolution of MNS and how the code has developed.          Also Emergency Communication Strategies, Where to begin, Elements of Risk Analysis, Emergency Response Plan & Stakeholders

 

Bio:

I’ve been in the industry for over 40 years having worked for Honeywell, System Sensor, Fire-lite, Radionics, Detection Systems, Bosch, Morse Products, Hochiki and currently at Eaton in their Life Safety and Mass Notifications Systems division.

 

Location:

Sizzler’s Restaurant

3755 Murphy Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA, (858) 278-6988
Date:  Thursday – October 20, 2016 11:30 AM PDT 

 

Important Update

Sizzler’s has changed their menu for our lunch meeting where individual meals are not  available but instead  everyone still has access to their Salad Bar, and we will order Chicken and  Steak buffet style platter sets as needed.

Please use the pay pal link below to prepay and remember to enter your cooking preference for your steak should you choose that option.

Your Membership Level

Member $20.00 USDNon-Member $25.00 USDGovernment Employee $15.00 USD

Bio:

Aric Carracino is an Associate Fire Protection Engineer in the San Diego Jensen Hughes office where his experience includes smoke control system design, and design and review of fire alarm and fire sprinkler systems for private and military projects. Aric received a B.S. in Materials Engineering and an M.S. in Fire Protection Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Presentation Topic: Modeling the Impact of Ventilation in Residential Construction with FDS

Summary: Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has conducted large-scale fire experiments ion one and two story residential structures intended to represent typical single family residences. The main purpose of these experiments was to evaluate and develop fireground tactics that can be used by firefighters to fight modern residential fires more effectively and safely. As a graduate school project at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, fire models were developed using Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) to recreate the one story and two story fire experiments conducted by UL. The ultimate goal is to use these models for firefighter training purposes so that firefighters can explore the effects of different ventilation tactics on expected fire conditions. The presentation will review the development of the FDS fire models including the required material properties to develop two different pyrolysis models to recreate the flame spread and fire growth recorded in the UL fire experiments.

Meeting will be held : Thursday 9/22/2016

For those who plan to attend, could you please RSVP ASAP for our menu planning purposes at Sizzlers.

 Location:

Sizzler’s Restaurant

3755 Murphy Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA, (858) 278-6988

Your Membership Level

Member $20.00 USDNon-Member $25.00 USDGovernment Employee $15.00 USD

Also, please be advised, new 2017 membership fees are due as of 9/1/2016.

Please visit https://sfpesandiego.org/join-the-sd-chapter/ to pay your 2016-2017 dues.

The SFPE San Diego and Imperial County Chapter will be having an informal meeting and Happy Hour at Alesmith Brewery at 5:30 pm on August 23, 2016. We encourage all members to attend, if not to provide some ideas/presentations for the upcoming year for our chapter, but to enjoy the company of individuals who see the importance of fire safety in the San Diego area.  If you or anyone you know has a general interest in fire safety and want to know more, we encourage you attend.  Please join us for some good company.

 

Reminder, Dues for the upcoming year are due September 1^st.

 

Event: Meeting/Happy Hour

Date: Tuesday August 23, 2016

Time: 5:30 PM

Location: Alesmith Brewery,  9990 AleSmith Ct, San Diego, CA 92126

I would like to welcome you to the San Diego and Imperial County Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). We are individuals in Southern California joined together using engineering, math, and science to protect people and property from fire and its effects in the built environment.

As we roll into the 2016-2017 year for our Chapter, we are building on to the success of our previous year and the work of the previous board. We strive for excellence, keeping our members involved, up to date on industry standards, and expanding our ever growing network of fire protection engineers/designers/AHJs in San Diego. In addition to keeping our members at the fore front of fire protection, we also are actively engaged with the increasing the awareness and need for fire protection engineers and fire safety in the built environment.

We hold monthly meetings as a means to exchange new and exciting information in the field of fire protection. Topics can include updates to building and fire codes, new technology, changes and trends, research projects, fire modeling, and many more. If there is a topic that you wish to learn more about this year, please email the board at [email protected]. Yearly, we hold a charity golf tournament to benefit the San Diego Burn Foundation.

So we invite designers, engineers, installers, governing officials, and any other individuals in the field of fire protection or fire safety to join our Chapter to further expand your network and knowledge.

Please explore our website, as it includes upcoming meetings, chapter officers and members, sponsorship information, golf tournaments, and job postings.

All the best,

Derek Duval, SFPE President

Upcoming event information:
2016 Fire Protection Engineering Symposium Old Ranch Country Club – 3901 Lampson Avenue Seal Beach, CA 90740
Date: 05 Oct 2016 7:00 AM PDT

The Southern California Chapter of SFPE is hosting the 2016 Fire Protection Engineering Symposium.

Invited speakers will present hot topics in the fire protection industry. Also, the newest fire safety technologies will be exhibited.

Proceeds benefit the Southern California Chapter of SFPE Scholarship Fund.

Come learn about fire protection engineering and support students.

Check out flyer (for complete details)

Old Ranch Country Club

3901 Lampson Avenue

Seal Beach, CA 90740

Information

Wednesday, October 5th, 2016

AGENDA

7:00 – 8:00     Registration and Refreshments

8:00 – 8:15     Welcome

8:15 – 9:00     Fire Safety of Large Wooden Structures
                       Dr. Frederick W. Mowrer, Cal Poly SLO

9:00 – 9:45     Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wooden Buildings

Amanda Kimball, Fire Protection Research Foundation                                                

9:45 – 10:00   Break and Refreshments

10:00 – 10:45   Fire Alarm Systems and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Dr. Shane Clary, Bay Alarm                    

10:45 – 11:30  Healthcare Facilities Construction Update from OSHPD

Gary Dunger, OSHPD                            

11:30 – 12:00   The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of the Regulator Relationship

                         Chief Tonya L. Hoover, California State Fire Marshal                                                

12:00 – 12:45   Lunch Provided

12:45 – 1:30    Lithium-Ion Battery Flammability Characterization for Storage Protection & Current Research                                                                                   

                        Amanda Kimball, Fire Protection Research Foundation                                            

1:30 – 2:15      Preventing Lithium-Ion Battery Therma Runaway

Nicholas Johnson, 3M                              

2:15 – 2:30      Break and Refreshments

2:30 – 3:15      Obstructions and Early Suppression Fast Response (ESFR) Sprinklers Garner 

                        Palenske, Jensen Hughes                          

3:15 – 4:00      Addressing Corrosion Concerns in Sprinkle Systems

Jake Lehmann, South-Tek 

Lunch included with Symposium Fees

To Benefit SFPE Scholarship Fund
See links below for Sysmposium Agenda, Registration, and Exhibitor/Sponsor Forms : 2016 Fire Protection Engineering Symposium

FPE Symposium Agenda.pdf

FPE Symposium Registration Flyer.pdf

FPE Symposium Exhibitors and Sponsors Information.pdf

Please visit http://www.sfpesocal.org/event-2285295 for more information.