This is my first article since becoming Chair of this tremendous American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA). I am truly humbled to serve all of you in this capacity and will do my best to listen to and meet your needs. As members, you are the most important asset of this …
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Can You Meet the Challenge? Each issue, AFSA’s Engineering & Technical Services Department presents technical challenges. Besides testing yourself and your co-workers, these exercises are excellent preparation for professional certification tests and also may count as continuing education hours. Check with your certification organization. To participate, carefully read through and …
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How Did You Do? Each issue, AFSA’s Engineering & Technical Services Department presents technical challenges. Besides testing yourself and your co-workers, these exercises are excellent preparation for professional certification tests and also may count as continuing education hours. Check with your certification organization. Here are the answers for the September/October …
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AFSA Technical Reviews Save Contractors Time and Money Are you using one of your most valuable American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) membership benefits? Access to AFSA’s Engineering & Technical Services Department and its archives of AFSA Technical Reviews is consistently one of the highest-rated benefits of membership. Have you taken …
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AFSA Honors Industry Leader, Visionary In 1983, the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s (AFSA) created its highest honor, the Henry S. Parmelee Award, to recognize an outstanding individual who has dedicated himself or herself to the professional advancement of the fire sprinkler industry and the goal of fire safety through automatic …
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The last few months have been extremely busy for the AFSA Engineering & Technical Services Department. We are attending or presenting at AFSA chapter meetings or events; teaching Beginning Fire Sprinkler System Planning School; teaching the ITM Inspector Development Program; preparing, teaching, and administrating the ASSE 15010 certification program; preparing, …
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New Training Courses Focus on ITM and Hydraulic Calculations American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is excited to announce the addition of two new three-day training courses! The new courses being offered include an NFPA 25 Hands-On ITM 3-Day Training, offered in October and again in December, and a 3-Day Hydraulic Calculations Training, offered in November. …
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Grow Your Company to Include ITM Services Are you looking to expand your services and grow your business? AFSA’s Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance (ITM) Inspector Development Program can help you develop that aspect of your company! Graduates of AFSA’s ITM program lead the way and outperform national average exam scores …
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Meet the Seven Apprentices Competing at AFSA40 The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is proud to host the 28th Annual National Apprentice Competition (NAC) this year at AFSA40: Convention, Exhibition and Apprentice Competition in San Antonio, Texas. This competition allows apprentices representing member companies from across the country to compete …
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Here we grow again! In addition to expanding our technical services group, we will soon be introducing a number of great new programs, starting with our Intermediate Fire Systems Layout Course, featuring three days of introduction to BIM and REVIT with the help of our training partner, Hydratech. Additional programs …
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