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The guide book, developed by the Fire Suppression Systems Association Technical Committee, discusses the NFPA® 2001 requirements as well as the experimental data. The guide book also provides equations, tables and charts which may be used to estimate peak pressures and relief vent areas for discharges of FK-5-1-12, HFC-23, HFC-125, HFC-227ea, IG-55, IG-100 and IG-541 for the range covered by the experimental data.i
 
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Next stop...Houston, Texas! More information coming soon!
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BFPE's Pam Boyer is Featured in Smart CEO September Issue
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BFPE's Pam Boyer is featured in the September cover story of Smart CEO. ( http://www.smartceo.com/curissue/washington/stories/nextmove.html) The title of the story is "How Pam Boyer Poured Cold Water on Stereotypes in the Fire Prevention Biz."
In the article, Pam explains the history of BFPE and how Jim Boyer started the business in his grandmother's house in 1970. What began as a small fire protection company is now an international concern with 2008 revenues expected to be more than $70 million.
When Jim Boyer passed away in 1994 after a long battled with cancer, Pam was thrust in the leadership position. With a clear vision of being a company offering total fire protection, Pam has grown the business with more than 500 employees and seven offices in the mid-Atlantic region.
In the article, Rick Scott, BFPE Vice President and FSSA Director, says that Pam Boyer has a personal touch and knows every employee. The article also features a photograph of Pam in a company garden rededicated to the memory of founder Jim Boyer.
FSSA is truly pleased that BFPE International is one of the Charter Members of the association and continues to participate is FSSA activities.
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Rivers Elected to SFPE Board of Directors
Paul Rivers, 3M Corporation and member of FSSA's Technical Committee, has been elected to the Socicety Of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Board of Directors for the 2009 calendar year. Congratulations, Paul!
Straten for Congress
Roland "Rollie" Straten is running for the House of Representatives in New Jersey's 8th Congressional District. Rollie recently retired from Associated Fire Protection, (an FSSA member company) and passed the business on to his son in order to dedicate himself to studying the problems affecting his district and to proposing and implementing effective solutions for it.
Rollie is a licensed professional engineer, a licensed electrical contractor, and a certified fire protection contractor. He was an officer of the New Jersey Chapter of Fire Protection Engineers, served as President of the New Jersey Association of Fire Equipment Distributors, served as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Fire Commission and was a member of FSSA's Technical Committee. During his career, he was instrumental in drafting and passing the New Jersey law that governed the licensing of fire protection contractors.
FSSA thanks Rollie for his service and contributions to the assocaition, and wishes him well in his political journey. For more information, please visit:
http://www.rolandstraten.com/index.php
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