L - R Harvey Haynam and Rob Emmerson
Winner, best booth!
Cooking Up Business event in Tampa, FL
CSI ( construction Specifications Institute) sun coast Chapter
Cooking Up Business in Tampa
March 25, 2013 Leave a Comment
Apartment Building Saved for Thanksgiving
November 27, 2012 Leave a Comment
Apartment building saved by fire sprinklers.
Wayne Automatic installed fire Sprinklers in this building for Progress Builders last summer. The building is occupied by students attending Coastal Carolina University. They lost power temporarily over the weekend while this tenant was cooking. Unfazed, the occupant left to get something else…without turning off the stove.
When the fire department arrived the fire was already out. No one was hurt and only two heads activated.
The system was designed by Drew Jester and installed by Frank Martinez. Mike Conover drove 3 hours to the job to get their system back in service.
Everybody still had the opportunity to have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Side by Side Burns Educate Public
November 1, 2012 Leave a Comment
WAFS has been working with the South Caroline Fire and Life Safety Education Association SCFLASE to demonstrate over a dozen side by side burn demonstrations. This demonstration was held on September 29th, in conjunction with the Camden, South Carolina Fire and Rescue Department to celebrate Fire Safety week. The team will have another demonstration in Pegacay, South Carolina for more information go to www.scfalse.org.
Fire Safety Week Proclamation from the Governor
October 10, 2012 Leave a Comment
FFSA members with Fire Officials at the Capitol (42.26) from left to right Terry Noonan, FFSA President, Pete Sautie, FFSA Member, Julius Halas, Director, Division of Fire Marshall’s, Lorrell Bush, Executive Director, FFSA, Casia Sinco, Bureau Chief, Sarah Kelly, FFSA member, Keith McCarthy Public Safety Director.
On October 9, 2012 the Florida Fire Sprinkler Association (FFSA) along with State of Florida Fire officials receive a proclamation from Governor Scott and his cabinet Jeff Atwater, CFO, Pam Bondi, Attorney General, and Adam Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture in honor of Fire Safety Week.
David Leon, Tampa WAFS, Honored in San Antonio
June 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
Clark Gey, David Leon, Chris Whigham
David Leon of the Tampa office was awarded the first place in the Associated Builders and Contractor’s (ABC) National Craft Championship competition in the Fire Sprinkler category. David represented the ABC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter at the competition held in San Antonio on April 24th – 27th 2012. “ABC is honored to recognize the winners of the National Craft Championships for their high-quality workmanship, technical knowledge and safe work practices,” said 2012 ABC National Chairman Eric Regelin, president of Granix, LLC, Ellicott City, Md. “These craft trainees are the best of the best and show us that there is a bright future ahead for ABC and the U.S. construction industry.”
A field of 127 craft trainees competed for top honors in 12 competitions representing 10 crafts. Competitors first took an intense, two-hour written exam and then competed in daylong hands-on practical performance tests in: residential/commercial carpentry; residential/commercial electrical; commercial/industrial electrical; fire sprinkler; HVAC; insulation; millwright/industrial maintenance mechanic; pipefitting; plumbing; sheet metal; pipe welding; and structural welding.
Island Harbor Construction builds homes the right way!
February 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
In an interview with Fox Morning News, Sam Davis of Island Harbor Construction in Cape Coral, FL talked about the importance of fire sprinklers in new home construction.
Clark Gey quoted at Cape Coral burn yesterday
November 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
We had a good day at Cape Coral yesterday and our board had great representation. Small steps to what we hope will be a great success in Cape Coral mandates. Fire Team USA did a wonderful job and because of what they saw and heard yesterday Cape Coral has requested that we offer Fire Sprinklers for Dwellings class in January – this request came from a home builder. I am securing space and John Corso for this class and plan to present in January. Positive stuff.
Fire Sprinkler Code News 07/06/11
August 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
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South Portland, Maine, is considering a sprinkler mandate for new homes as part of its fire protection and prevention ordinance updates:
http://www.keepmecurrent.com/news/article_69a18ab6-a275-11e0-90cd-001cc4c03286.html
An AP article reports on homebuilders’ efforts to prevent sprinkler mandates:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hyc8Wa12OFNUmVA3KDkVMRkiTGYg?docId=9f77ad1d52e64d4e9118ba472040ad57
Contractor magazine posted an overview of the latest on the Pennsylvania sprinkler mandate:
http://contractormag.com/news/fire-sprinkler-mandate-consideration-1234/
A letter from Ron Siarnicki, executive director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, compares two Pennsylvania home fires – one where seven children died and one that was extinguished by a sprinkler system – to illustrate the importance of Pennsylvania’s mandate:
http://www.centredaily.com/2011/03/30/2614307/trust-the-experts-on-fire-safety.html
The NFPA blog also highlighted Ron Siarnicki’s letter:
http://nfpa.typepad.com/firesprinklerinitiative/2011/03/tale-of-two-fires.html
PBA president Ray Venema submitted a letter to The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) that explains why he believes Pennsylvania homeowners should be able to choose whether to install sprinklers:
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/yourview/mc-residential-sprinklers-counter-ven20110402,0,6071939.story
The Morning Call also featured a letter from John Waters, which emphasized the need to trust the fire protection groups, who are educated on fire safety, rather than the builders who have spread false statements about sprinkler systems:
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/yourview/mc-residential-sprinklers-point-water20110402,0,3581575.story
A Harrisburg, Pa., website, RockTheCapital.com, posted an interview with Aus Marburger, president of Fire Protection Industries, which discussed sprinkler requirements and costs:
http://www.rockthecapital.com/03/31/seeking-statesmen-fire-pennsylvania-senate/
Anchorage, Alaska, fire officials are pushing to have sprinklers installed in more homes:
http://www.ktva.com/home/top-stories/Fire-Officials-Push-For-Sprinklers-In-Homes–118969144.html
An Annapolis, Md., news station posted an AP article about debates over fire sprinkler requirements occurring across the country:
http://www.wboc.com/story/14378843/builders-fire-officials-spar-over-sprinkler-rule
The Montana House of Representatives refused to amend a bill prohibiting state sprinkler requirements as suggested by the governor; the bill was sent back to the governor unchanged for reconsideration:
http://montana.watchdog.org/2011/04/04/house-douses-governors-proposed-changes-to-sprinkler-bill/
A Columbus, Ga., news station interviewed a local fire chief and homebuilder regarding their opinions on requiring residential fire sprinklers:
http://www2.wrbl.com/news/2011/apr/04/fire-sprinklers-not-required-ga-ar-1671684/
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Mark J. Cotter, a Wicomico County, Md., firefighter, wrote an editorial on why the county should not exempt itself from the state’s sprinkler requirements:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110126/OPINION01/101260415/Sprinkler-systems-are-well-worth-the-cost
Ron Siarnicki, the executive director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in Emmitsburg, Md., wrote a similar editorial stating that sprinkler requirements in Wicomico County, Md., would help save firefighters’ lives:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110127/OPINION01/101270378
The NFPA announced that it is contributing $4 million to the endowment for the Fire Protection Research Foundation:
http://www.plumbingengineer.com/wp/?p=783
http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/display/8809852632/articles/fire-engineering/prevention-__protection/fire-prevention-news/2011/01/nfpa-endowment.html
Fire Sprinklers in the News 07/06/11
July 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
Sprinklers extinguished a fire in the Artistic Iron Works building in Las Vegas:
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/14996983/fire-sprinklers-saves-a-downtown-las-vegas-business
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/14996983/fire-sprinklers-saves-a-downtown-las-vegas-business
A fire in a Pekin, Ill., senior center was extinguished by sprinklers:
http://www.pekintimes.com/features/x2069928045/Elderly-woman-injured-in-UAW-Senior-Citizens-Center-fire
Sprinklers contained a fire in an unoccupied business in a Lombard, Ill., strip mall:
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/lombard/newsnow/x1672977632/Lombard-firefighters-respond-to-morning-fire
Upcoming repairs and upgrades to Pitkin County, Colo., government buildings include installing a sprinkler system in the historic Pitkin County Courthouse:
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20110629/NEWS/110629826/1077&ParentProfile=1058
FireEngineering.com posted USFA’s recent press release about fire sprinkler studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology:
http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/display.articles.fire-engineering.health-and-safety.2011.06.usfa-sprinklers.html
Fire Sprinklers Save Lives and the Environment
May 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
(ARA) – Home fire sprinkler systems save lives, reduce property damage and cut homeowner insurance premiums. These are facts few people debate. According to the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition, a non-profit educational organization, you can reduce the risk of death in a home fire by a whopping 82 percent by installing smoke alarms in combination with a fire sprinkler system. More>
