Organized in 1950, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is the professional organization that represents engineers engaged in fire protection worldwide. Through its membership of over 5,000 ...

FREDERICK, Md. -- They came from across the country. Some were firefighters, some fire marshals, others in private firms and many have their handprints on fire codes and laws. Regardless of where they ...

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions and South Carolina State University are partnering to create a fire protection engineering degree program, which fulfills a workforce need at the Savannah River Site ...

Fire protection systems are sometimes viewed as a “black hole” by power generation engineering, operations and maintenance personnel. The main reason is that major fires are a rare event and the ...

Chester W. "Chet" Schirmer, 84, who led the engineering firm his father founded to pioneer approaches in sprinkler engineering and fire protection design, died on Feb. 19 in Pinehurst, N.C., of ...

Fire protection systems for air-cooled hydroelectric generators have several special requirements due to these generators’ unique geometries. This survey of options will help plant owners and ...

For many people, the world changed on 9/11. Among the many new concerns brought about by that tragedy, fire safety has become a front-and-center issue for building owners and managers, local ...

HOUSTON — A fixed fire protection system could have stopped the ITC fire in less than a minute. Marcelo D’Amico is the lead fire protection engineer and risk management consultant for Orcus Fire and ...

As modern society takes uninterrupted electricity supply for granted, electrical utility providers are increasingly measured by the reliability of the infrastructure used to deliver power to consumers ...

THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS BEING ASKED RIGHT NOW. KAREN. AND ACCORDING TO PROPERTY RECORDS AND THE FALL RIVER FIRE CHIEF, THE BUILDING HAD SPRINKLERS. BUT EXPERTS WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY DIDN’T CONTROL THE ...