New Multiview Program Gives Members a Competitive Edge The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is pleased to introduce the Member Marketing Services (MMS) program, an endorsed, third-party service for its fire sprinkler contractor members. This program is offered by MultiView, who has worked closely with AFSA for over a decade …
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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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Support the Home Fire Preparedness Campaign to Promote Residential Fire Sprinklers The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) has partnered up with the American Red Cross again in 2019 to support their annual Home Fire Preparedness Campaign. Launched in 2014, the Red Cross’ Home Fire Preparedness campaign has installed more than …
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Free Safety Portal Resource Built for Members by Members AFSA’s member-only safety resource, afsasafetyportal.com, is a virtual library that delivers the accident-prevention and safety-related information you need to educate your staff, help prevent claims, and create a safe work environment. Whether members are in need of OSHA regulations, workplace safety …
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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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Burn Survivor Stories Driving Change The summer before I went off to college to pursue my dream of becoming a nurse, I suffered an electrical burn injury at my job at a local marina. The accident, which caused the death of a coworker and left me in the hospital for …
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Avoiding the Pitfalls “Hire another company to design a project for me that we will be installing? Are you nuts?” These were my first thoughts as a contractor on the idea of hiring someone to help us with our design needs when we were busy. At that time, however, I …
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Members Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries As the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) celebrates its 38th anniversary in 2019, we also recognize those members who are celebrating milestone membership anniversaries. The member companies featured have belonged to AFSA for 15 or more years of continuous membership. Several members are celebrating milestone anniversaries …
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Using Emerging Technologies Smartly and Properly National conventions for the construction industry are great opportunities to see what new ways to work smarter are on the horizon and some of the best ways to implement those. The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is planning for AFSA38: Convention, Exhibition and Apprentice …
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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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