New England Association

Of

Fire Protection System Designers

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS

WELCOME BOOK

2016 NEAFPSD 25th Chapter Anniversary

and

Fire Protection Symposium

March 9, 10 & 11, 2016 Bartlett, New Hampshire

New England Association

Of

Fire Protection System Designers

FIRE PROTECTION SYMPOSIUM March 9 – 11, 2016

NEAPFSD Board www.neafpsd.com

President Gary Robidoux

Mammoth Fire

Protection Systems

Tel: 877-637-3569 gary.robidoux@mfpflow.com

Vice President Todd Bresnahan

Reliable Sprinkler Co.

Tel: 617-448-2031 tbresnahan@reliablesprinkler

.com

Secretary Ed Kotak

R.W. Sullivan

Tel: 617-523-8227 eak@rwsullivan.com

National Director Bill McKenna

Hydratec Inc.

Tel: 603-434-0502 Bill@hydracad.com

Treasurer Jeff Ferguson

Best Automatic

Sprinkler Co.

Tel: 781-380-3800 jeff@bestautosprinkler.com

Past President Rob Terry

Hughes Associates Inc.

Tel: 410-737-8677 rterry@haifire.com

Welcome, one and all, to the very long winded title “2016

NEAFPSD 25th Anniversary and Fire Protection

Symposium”. This long awaited event has been

anticipated since 2008. Our unofficial records indicate this

year’s event to be our 8th “don’t call it a Ski-Tech Seminar”.

Your Symposium Committee has reconnected us with one

of our original venues, Attitash Grand Summit Hotel and

Conference Center, Bartlett, NH. One of the few fully

sprinklered hotels in the White Mountains that could

accommodate us back in 1998-2002.

Please take time to review the Welcome Book, Agenda of

Events and attend the Seminars and Social events with us.

Please thank each and every Affiliate, Manufacturer and

Event Sponsor that attended and supported this

Symposium. We have fit as many contact hour

opportunities as we could with world class speakers and

up-to-date relevant Industry topics. Please take the time to

thank all of our speakers for their time and long standing

support.

As your 2016 Symposium Chairman, I want to thank all of

our Symposium Committee Members and all those that

helped put this Symposium together. I want to sincerely

thank all of our long standing Affiliates for their unwavering

and generous support and participation. Finally, my thanks

to all of you for taking personal and professional time to be

with us. All of us together will make this Event one of our

most successful.

Let’s have a safe, educational, fun time, with a lot of laughs

we can add to our history. In reverence of a quote of a

missed friend, “Hydration is Key”.

Paul Taylor, CET, CPD

2016 Symposium Chairman

New England Association

Of

Fire Protection System Designers

FIRE PROTECTION SYMPOSIUM March 9 – 11, 2016

Symposium

Committee

Members

Paul Taylor

TRO ptaylor@tro-design.com

Bill Wian

Fergusion Fire &

Fabrication bill.wian@ferguson.com

Paul Catanzaro

WSP I Parsons Brinckerhoff Paul.catanzaro@wspgroup.com

Tom Jutras

EPM Inc. thj@epm-inc.com

Jeff Ferguson

Best Automatic Sprinkler

Co. jeff@bestautosprinkler.com

The sponsor, New England Association of Fire Protection System Designers, committee members, and all associated companies have enjoyed participating in previous technical and ski seminars, they would like to advise each potential participant that although they are assisting in circulation of information, they are doing so only to encourage others in the fire sprinkler industry to gather and share common information and experiences and to try to facilitate favorable group rate packages. If you are not satisfied with accommodations or the facilities, we would appreciate your feedback and will take this into consideration in upcoming events. We must also advise you that NEAFPSD, committee members or the Grand Summit Hotel are not in any way responsible for the safety of the participants and their belongings during their stay at the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel & Conference Center or on the slopes. Because skiing is a dangerous sport we would like to remind each participant to use discretion. During the symposium, participants will use Attitash ski and transportation as well as facilities at the Grand Summit Hotel and Conference Center at their own risk and expense.

Symposium Itinerary

Wednesday March 9

3:00-5:00PM Check-in and pick up your Summit Welcome Envelope. Stop by the Welcome Table in main lobby for information, your symposium name tag and welcome gifts.

5:00-6:45PM Welcome Reception (must wear your name tag) Cocktails and apps in Grand Ballroom - cash bar – meet and greet attendees and manufacturers.

6:30-8:00PM Dinner in Grand Ballroom - please be punctual (Group Photo)

7:30PM Paul Taylor - Chairman’s Welcome/Opening Remarks Bill Wian - History of Symposium

7:45PM Opening Night Speaker Maurice Pilette – “The history of NEAFPSD” (Dinner meeting Contact Hour)

Evening networking in the Wolf Room, our symposium evening hospitality space with extended hours until 1AM. We have reserved this room in place of the Hotel Bar. There is a cash bar, snacks and plenty of table and seating space for activities. Pool/hot tub will have extended hours until 11PM for the association.

Thursday March 10

7:00 – 9:30AM Breakfast in Grand Ballroom – please be punctual (must wear name tag)

7:30 –8:30AM Symposium Seminar 1 - Grand Ballroom Milosh Puchovsky - “New Design Options for Fire Pump Installation”

8:30 – 9:30AM Symposium Seminar 2 - Grand Ballroom Matt Klaus - “NFPA 13 and 25; Old Problems and New Solutions” 9:30AM – 2:30PM Ski/Open 11:00AM-12 Noon All skiers welcome to join us at Spillway Trail for a timed easy 11 gate downhill competition. Winner of fastest time announced and prize awarded at dinner. 2:30 – 3:30PM Symposium Seminar 3 - Grand Ballroom Milosh Puchovsky - “Computer Fire Models and Sprinkler System Design”

3:30 – 6:30PM Table Top Product Show – White Tail Deer room (rear of Ballroom) Cocktails – apps - cash bar – families are welcome. (contact hour time on show floor) Please bring your warm coat, hat and gloves for evening Fireworks Display

6:30PM Group picture - please be punctual.

6:30-8:00PM Dinner in Grand Ballroom - please be punctual. 7:20 – 8:20PM Symposium Seminar 4 - Grand Ballroom Russ Fleming - “The Top 10 Lists in the Fire Sprinkler Industry”

8:40PM Paul Theriault Fireworks Display – Bear Peak parking lot. Short walk outside, down the Hotel front driveway. Hotel shuttle can assist up to 10 or so needing a lift to the viewing area. (please let us know in advance if you will need this assistance). Evening Open in Wolf Room, pool hours same as Wednesday.

Friday March 11

7:00 – 9:30AM Breakfast in Grand Ballroom - please be punctual (must wear name tag)

7:30 – 8:20AM Symposium Seminar 5 - Grand Ballroom Russ Fleming – “Fire sprinklers and Commercial Cooking Ventilation Systems”

8:30 – 9:30AM Symposium Seminar 6 - Grand Ballroom Luis Gonzalez - “NFPA 2001 Special Hazards Clean Agent” Before 10:00AM Check out of the Hotel 12:00 - 2:00PM Barbecue at Ptarmigan’s Deck, Attitash Main Base Lodge. All skiers and non-skiers are welcome to join us for our final wrap up event. The official end of Symposium 2016.

Certification NICET CPD’s: NICET Certified Technician may accrue for 1 NICET CPD (Continuing Professional Development) point for each 55 – 60 minute technical seminar that is related to the advancement of their certification(s) toward their certification requirements. ASPE CEU’s: ASPE CIPE designers may accrue 0.1 CEU (Continuing Education Unit) for each 55-60 minute technical seminar toward their certification requirements. Please be punctual, sign in for attendance record. There will be a “school bell” drawing at the beginning of each seminar session. We will raffle off some of the many generous gifts we have received from our Affiliate Sponsors. You must be present and in your seat at the time of the drawing to be eligible to win the drawing. We will use the numeric sign in list of names that arrive on time to draw winning numbers from a hat at the close of the Speaker Topic.

If you are interested in receiving receipts for you attendance at any symposium please

coordinate with Paul Catanzaro paul.catanzaro@wspgroup.com and he will issue your

paper work to achieve credit for your attendance and CPD/CEU’s

NON-SKI Amenities

Snowmobile Rental – see front desk for information (off site)

Cross Country Skiing – see front desk for information (off site)

Shopping in North Conway

Outdoor Pool – on site

Hot Tub(s) – on site

Indoor Sauna – on site

Fitness Room – on site

Hotel Spa Options – appointments required see front desk

Game room and Arcade – on site

Guest Computer – on site

Laundry Room – on site

Retail Store – on site

Your Symposium Committee has set up a non-skier options to redeem your $78 gift card. Based on completed registration forms, the Spa was selected most. Please make arrangements with the Hotel for appointment and additional services.

See the Front Desk for other opportunities to redeem your Gift Card.

Miscellaneous Information

1. If you decide to extend your stay into the weekend, please make arrangements with the Reservation Desk.

2. If you are joining us only for specific activities, please coordinate with Paul Taylor as soon as possible to ensure we can accommodate you with proper arrangements.

3. Non-Package overnight stays must be coordinated with Paul Taylor and the Reservations Desk. $150.00 per night

Seminars with CEU receipts - $50.00 per day/person

Breakfast - $30.00 per day/person

Dinner Reception and Meal - $55.00 per day/person

Friday Noon Barbecue on Mountain - $25.00/person 4. Please remember to wear your name tag to all symposium events. 5. Pending availability, room upgrades may be requested at the front desk for an

additional charge.

TABLE TOP PRODUCT SHOW PARTICIPANTS

Anvil International

Ferguson Fire & Fabrication, Inc.

FlexHead Industries

Fire Spec Sprinkler Company, Inc.

FireFlex Systems Inc.

F. W. Webb Company

G.A. Fleet Associates, Inc.

Globe Fire Sprinkler Corporation

Gustavo Preston Company

The Hiller Companies, New England

Hydratec, Inc.

Keltron Corporation

Long Island Pipe Supply, Inc. - Massachusetts

The Lubrizol Corporation

Minimax Fire Products – Viking Group, Inc.

Potter Roemer Fire Protection Equipment

The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc

Rosemont Engineering, Inc.

The Solberg Company

Tyco Fire Protection Products

Urell, Inc.

Victaulic Company

Viega, LLC

Wheatland Tube Company

3M

Maurice Pilette, PE

Mechanical Designs Ltd.

Maurice Pilette, PE has been the Principal of Mechanical Designs Ltd, a fire protection and life safety engineering design and consulting firm for over 35 years, located in Framingham, Massachusetts. The firm provides engineering and design, fire system commissioning, AHJ plan review, regulatory inspections and, expert witness and litigation support of fire protection and life safety systems, seminar development and training. Maurice holds a Fire Protection PE License in several States, Level IV NICET Certification, NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist. MA. License Sprinkler Contractor and MA Certified Building Official.

Maurice is a seminar Sr. Instructor for NFSA and former NFPA Instructor. He Chairs NFPA-3 & NFPA-4 Commissioning & Integrated Testing and Technical Committee Member on several other Standards, including Past Chair NFPA-14, 13D & 13R. He is a Member of multiple UL Standard Technical Panels. Member, NFPA, SFPE, NFSA & Co-Founder NEAFPSD. Past Chair of NICET Board of Governors, Past Chapter President of NE-SFPE, NE-AFAA & NE-AFPSD.

Maurice is a Governor appointee, serving on the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and Chairs the MA. Fire Safety Commission and Automatic Sprinkler Appeals Board. He is a Past Chair, MA. Dept. Public Safety Building Code Appeals Board, Past Chair, MA. Dept. Public Safety Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Bureau.

Maurice was the recipient of the 2012 NFPA Standard Council Special Achievement Award & 2006 Standards Council Technical Committee Service Award. Recipient, Fire Research Foundation Best Project 2011 Award. Recipient, Northeastern University 1995 Continuing Education Program Faculty Award.

Milosh Puchovsky, PE, FSFPE Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Milosh is Professor of Practice in the Department of

Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester

Polytechnic Institute, where he teaches and

advises research projects on active and passive fire

protection systems, means of egress, building and

fire regulations, and computer fire simulation.

He is President-Elect and a Fellow of the Society of

Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) having also

served on the Society’s Board of Directors and

Licensing Committee. Milosh was previously

Assistant Vice President for the National Fire

Protection Association (NFPA) where he served as

Secretary to the Standards Council overseeing the

technical development of all NFPA codes and

standards. While at NFPA, Milosh led the effort to

develop formalized performance-based design

options in NFPA codes and standards facilitating

the greater application of engineered approaches

for fire safety. Mr. Puchovsky serves as a forensics

expert, author and speaker. He is a member of

several NFPA technical committees, including

those on sprinkler systems, fire pumps, and the Life

Safety Code, and is a member of the Underwriter’s

Laboratories Fire Council, and Standards Technical

Panel on Fire Sprinkler Equipment. Milosh has

worked as a consulting engineer, code consultant,

and an insurance loss control specialist.

He holds degrees in mechanical and fire protection

engineering, and is a registered professional

engineer.

Matthew J. Klaus National Fire Protection Association

Matt Klaus is a Principal Fire Protection Engineer at

the National Fire Protection Association, where he

is responsible for NFPA documents addressing

commissioning, integrated system testing and

automatic sprinkler systems. Mr. Klaus has

extensive international fire protection engineering

consulting experience where he was a project

manager for projects in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar,

the Kingdom of Bahrain, Kenya, and Great Britain,

as well as projects across the United States. His

experience includes designing and commissioning

fire protection systems including smoke control

systems, suppression systems and fire alarm

systems.

Mr Klaus holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in

Civil Engineering and a Master of Science Degree

in Fire Protection Engineering, both from Worcester

Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Klaus is a member of the

Salamander Honorary Fire Protection Engineering

Society.

Russ Fleming, PE

International Fire Sprinkler Association

Russ Fleming is the Managing Director of the International Fire Sprinkler Association. A former technical director and head of the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), he continues with that organization in an advisory role. He has over 30 years of service on the NFPA 13 Sprinkler Committee, is a former member of the NFPA Board of Directors, and past chairman of the NFPA’s Standards Council. A Fellow and past president of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, he has served as an adjunct in the fire protection engineering program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and his publications include hundreds of articles about automatic sprinklers and other water-based fire protection systems, as well as chapters in NFPA and SFPE technical hand books.

Luis Gonzalez 3M Fire Protection

Mr. Luis Gonzalez has over 30 years of

professional fire suppression experience.

Luis served in the US Air Force Fire Department

early in his career and has worked through an

increasingly responsible series of positions, with

Tyco, Ansul, Simplex Grinnell, and 3M. He has

worked with special hazard fire suppression

systems in many facets, including: designs,

installations, testing and maintenance, contract

sales and project management. He served as the

District Manager for Standard Products, Foam and

Engineered Systems for the Northeastern US with

Ansul. He was the New York City Master of Fire

Suppression license holder for Simplex Grinnell. He

owned his own Fire Suppression company prior to

joining the 3M team, in Fire Suppression

Applications. With 3M, he is part of a global team

that is responsible for 3M’s NovecTM 1230 Fire

Protection Fluid business in the USA.

He has earned his BS Degree in Business

Administration and Marketing from Bloomsburg

University. Luis served in the US Air Force as a

Fire Protection Specialist, and completed the Fire

Science program at the North Dakota State School

of Science.

Luis is an active member of the Fire Suppression

System Association, and provides continuing

education courses, throughout the country. He is a

member of the Society of Fire Protection

Engineers, Luis is fluent in Spanish, which he

enjoys utilizing in his career.

Symposium Sponsors

Paul Theriault Fire Works Display A & E Fire Protection Atlas PyroVision Entertainment Group, Inc. Arden Engineering Constructors, LLC / M.J Daly Best Automatic Sprinkler Company City Point Fire Protection E.M. Duggan The Fire Pump Testing Company F.W. Webb Company Globe Fire Sprinkler Corporation The Hiller Companies, New England JC Cannistraro, LLC UA Local 550 Mammouth Fire Protection Systems Firetrol-Emerson-Rosemont Engineering Tyco Fire Protection Products Evening Reception (Wednesday) E.M. Duggan Urell Inc 3M

Dinner (Wednesday)

The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc.

The Hiller Companies, New England

Breakfast (Thursday)

Kidde Fire Systems

Victaulic Company Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc.

Evening Reception (Thursday) Hydratec Inc. Viega LLC.

Dinner (Thursday) EPM, Inc Potter Roemer Fire Protection Equipment The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company. Inc.

Breakfast (Friday) HD Supply Fire Protection Wheatland Tube Company

Friday BBQ Lunch on Mountain Ferguson Fire and Fabrication, Inc.

Symposium Sponsors

Symposium Welcome Bags

W.P. Haney Company

Welcome Bag Items Ferguson Fire & Fabrication, Inc. FlexHead Industries Firetrol Protection Systems F. W. Webb Company G.A. Fleet Associates, Inc. Global Vision Gustavo Preston Company W.P. Haney Company The Hiller Companies, New England Keltron Corporation Minimax Fire Products – Viking Group, Inc. NEAFPSD The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc The Solberg Company Tyco Fire Protection Products Victaulic Company Wheatland Tube Company Waterline Controls, Inc. 3M Raffle Items Attitash Grand Summit Hotel Ferguson Fire & Fabrication, Inc. Firetrol Protection Systems F.W. Webb Company Gustavo Preston Company Kidde Fire Systems The Hiller Companies, New England The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company. Inc. The Solberg Company Tyco Fire Protection Products Wheatland Tube Company 3M NOTE: The Symposium Committee regrets the omission of any sponsor. We had to set a February 15 deadline in order to get the booklet printed and assembled before the Symposium kick-off. We will make every effort to announce additional sponsorship and gifts throughout the symposium events.

Notes

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Rememberance of our Chapter’s History

We could not create this Historic Document without taking time and space to share a quiet respectful

moment to list those that have passed through our lives at some point within our New England Chapter.

Gary Bergman - Viking, General Air Products

Terrance (Terry) Chapin - MEP Cadd, Inc. Brattleboro, VT

David Cunningham - Fire Tech Sprinkler, VT

Jacquie DiCenzo-Corliss - G.E.D. Sales, Inc.

William Duross, PE - Quincy Consulting Engineers

Phil Gaughan - All State Design Group, Inc., NJ, PA (past ACET President)

Kevin Johnson - M.J. Daly, J.C. Higgins, Carlysle

Lee Lawton - Fire Tech Sprinkler, VT

Ed Smith - HFP Sprinkler

Linda Smith-Labonte - High Tech Fire Protection, ME

Robert Mangold – Atlantic Design Resources, LTD., NH

Bob McCauley – Peerless, Gustavo Preston Company

Mark (Mac) McNulty - Grinnell Supply, F.W. Webb Company

John Panora, PE - J. & J. Panora Pumps, Company

Steve Rosa - Rosemont Engineering, Inc.

Paul Theriault, PE - EPM, J.C. Cannistraro, Inc.

Danny Stokes – High Tech Fire Protection, Inc.

Aldo Reggieri, PE - Engineer

We are sure there may be more and we welcome the input, corrections and updates as we all continue

to carry out the mission our original founding Chapter Charter Members intended for all of us to do.