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- September 18, 2008 - SFPE Chapters Selected for 2008 Awards
The SFPE Board of Directors established Chapter Excellence Awards in 2005 to recognize SFPE Chapters that demonstrated excellence in contributing to the needs of their members and the Society. Three levels of recognition are awarded annually -- Gold, Silver and Bronze. For 2008, the following chapters were selected for recognition: GOLD Award, Central Savannah Rivera Area, New England and Rocky Mountain; SILVER Award, Chicago, Greater Atlanta, Hawaii, Philadelphia-Delaware and Saudi Arabia; BRONZE Award, Carolinas, China, Japan, National Capital Region and Pacific Northwest. Awards will be presented at the Chapter Senate meeting October 12, 2008 in Charlotte, NC during SFPE Annual Meeting Week.
- August 28, 2008 - FM GLOBAL releases its engineering guidelines
For the first time in its 170-year history, FM Global, one of the world's largest commercial and industrial property insurers, announced its decision to release thousands of pages of its previously exclusive property loss prevention engineering guidelines at no cost through its Web site www.fmglobaldatasheets.com. FM Global's Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets provide large-scale businesses, facility and risk managers, as well as the architects, consultants and contractors who work for them, a valuable tool to help prevent property damage and maintain business continuity due to threats posed by fire, weather conditions, and failure of electrical or mechanical equipment. The engineering guidelines contain a wealth of risk prevention information on hundreds of topics, ranging from building construction and fire prevention, to industrial equipment maintenance and natural disaster preparedness. Users who download the content also receive automatic notification via e-mail when data sheets are updated. FM Global is the only commercial property insurer in the world that develops and provides this type of premium technical data, all of which is based on scientific research and nearly two centuries of loss prevention experience.
- July 2008 - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Osbispo, CA, proposing to develop both a certificate and a master's degree program in fire protection engineering.
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- June 18, 2008 - Toronto, Ontario
Today Jim Watson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced changes to the Ontario Building Code which will require sprinkler systems in most new condos and apartments higher than three storeys. The changes will come into force on April 1, 2010. (more information)
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