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AFSA43: Convention, Exhibition, and Apprentice Competition Draws Record Attendance in Denver This year, the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) was thrilled to welcome attendees to AFSA43: Convention, Exhibition, and Apprentice Competition in Denver, Colo., September 18-21. Nearly 1,500 fire sprinkler contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, architects, designers, facility managers, Authorities Having Jurisdiction …

Representatives Work on Behalf of Associates The votes are in and tallied for the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s (AFSA) 2025 Manufacturers/Suppliers (M/S) Council. The results: Phil Schechinger, Viking Group, Inc., will continue to serve as chair of the council and Andy L. Kaempfer, Safe Signal, will serve as vice chair.  …

Virtual Instruction Program Serves Apprentices, Contractors Has your team participated in the Virtual Instruction Program (VIP) yet? This program has completed two years of related technical instruction for apprentices and is about to kick off its third year with Level 3 coming aboard! There are currently over 100 students in …

Online Contests Educate Students  The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is pleased to announce the five college students nationwide who have won a scholarship through the association’s online scholarship program, www.afsascholarship.org/secondchance/. These national winners were randomly selected from over 25,000 students who entered to receive a one-time $1,000 AFSA scholarship …

September and October have been very busy and productive months. In addition to AFSA43 in Denver, AFSA staff and representatives appointed by the Technical Advisory Council attended several NFPA technical committee meetings. Two meetings of note were the second draft meeting for the 2026 edition of NFPA 25, Standard for …

Protecting America’s Heroes From Fire  The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is proud to partner with Homes For Our Troops (HFOT), a publicly funded 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 veterans to enable them to rebuild their lives. Most of …

Celebrate good times, we did! The AFSA43 convention was a Mile-High Success! Once again, we broke our record for attendance with nearly 1,500. I must say that this is due to you, our amazing membership, and the engaging relationship with AFSA. Thank you all for coming, and I hope that …

I like my end-of-the-year column to acknowledge what the technical team did well and what we would like to focus on next year. This gives me time to adjust my management style and goals to the needs of our membership while accomplishing our mission. I want AFSA to be the …

AFSA MEMBERSHIP REGIONS EXPAND TO BETTER SERVE MEMBERS Keeping the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s (AFSA) focus on local chapters and events is critical to its mission and vision. Over the past months, the AFSA Board of Directors has been discussing ways to serve our communities better and be more in …

Have you ever signed up for a service or subscription for one benefit only to discover a treasure trove of additional perks? Being a member of AFSA is a lot like that. Many join us primarily for our extraordinary training (no bias here, only the truth—okay, maybe just a smidge …