AFSA NextGen Launches New Mentor Program The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA), the leading merit shop fire sprinkler trade organization, has empowered its young professional affinity group the NextGen Initiative (NGI) to create a mentoring program, which aims to pair young people in the industry with more established industry experts. …
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AFSA Supports Coalition’s Nationwide Educational Event in Boston The vast majority of fire deaths in North America happen at home. The time has come to bring attention to this problem–and its solution. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Fire Sprinkler Initiative and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) celebrated Home …
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AFSA Participates to Educate the Public About Fire Sprinkler Systems Every year the American Red Cross presents its Home Fire Preparedness Campaign and through this campaign provides a local community outreach opportunity across the country with the “Sound the Alarm – Save a Life” program. This program takes place in …
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Attendees Share Ideas and Learn Best Practices at Mid-Year Conference Thirty-nine volunteer leaders of the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s (AFSA) 26 local chapters attended the 2019 Mid-Year Chapter Leadership Conference May 20-21, 2019, at the AFSA Headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The two-day conference, which educates newly elected leaders as well …
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Students Learn About Fire Sprinklers The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is proud to offer financial assistance and public awareness of sprinklers through its online scholarship program, AFSAscholarship.org. A total of $25,000 is awarded through this public awareness campaign to 10 lucky graduating high school seniors and five current college/trade …
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How to Find and Keep the Right People on Staff AFSA’s NextGen Initiative (NGI) will present “Hiring and Retaining the Right People” on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 12:00pm-1:30pm Eastern Time. This webinar is free to all AFSA members. This webinar offers 0.15 CEUs. To receive CEUs for this webinar you …
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“World of Fire Protection” Presented at CareerExpo In March, the Georgia Fire Sprinkler Association (GFSA) and NextGen Initiative (NGI) again sponsored the World of Fire Protection at the Construction Education Foundation Georgia’s (CEFGA) CareerExpo and SkillsUSA competition. We were excited to improve our efforts and participation from last year’s event. …
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Answers and Explanations Here are the answers, with explanations, for the NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, 2019 edition quiz that can be found on page 53 of this issue. 1. ESFR sprinklers have a minimum K-factor of ______. c. K-14.0. Although ESFR sprinklers are allowed …
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It’s Time to Share Construction Industry Truths Every skilled craft professional in the construction industry knows their career brings endless opportunity, high wages, and low debt. Unfortunately, not everyone has received the memo. The industry needs highly skilled workers to continually enter the field to fill the existing skills gap …
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NCCER and BYF Promote Careers in Construction Have you ever wondered if a four-year degree is the right educational path for your children? In recent years, public opinion has pushed for more people to go to college. Young students are told that a bachelor’s degree or even further education is …
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