Available Resources
Fire Service FPE Job Description - This job description lists the full range of possible duties that a fire protection engineer (FPE) can provide for a fire service organization. It is the organization’s responsibility to tailor the job description by first determining which duties to include and then establishing the corresponding knowledge, abilities, qualifications, and certifications to adequately fulfill the FPE’s role within the organization. In this manner, organizations can match their needs with candidates’ capabilities.
Fire Service Considerations: A Primer for Building and System Designers PowerPoint Presentation - This presentation discusses design issues that impact first responders. The target audience for this presentation is architects, fire protection engineers, engineers from other disciplines, and system design technicians.
Articles Relevant to the Fire Service
“SMART Fire Fighting,” Q3 2019 Issue #83 Fire Protection Engineering magazine
“Operational Challenges in Large Wood Buildings Under Construction,” Q2 2018: Issue 78 Fire Protection Engineering magazine
Other SFPE Activities That Support the Fire Service:
- SFPE Fire Service Sponsored Webinar Series:
- Firefighting Foam Considerations for Fire Departments – presented by Greg Jakubowski, PE, CSP, FSFPE (January 19, 2022)
- Tall Mass Timber Buildings & Fire Service Concerns – presented by Raymond O'Brocki, CBO (November 10, 2021)
- Fire Service Considerations with Lithium-Ion Battery ESS – An Investigation of the Surprise, AZ Incident – presented by Stephen Kerber, P.E., FSFPE and Mark McKinnon, Ph.D. (April 14, 2021) and the supplemental report.
- Fire Safety Gone Viral - Presented by: Brad Cronin, Gary Dominguez and Mark Dubbin (January 13, 2021)
- The Congressional Fire Service Institute Dinner and Symposium
- Involvement with Vision 20/20
- Scholarship for the Fire Service to attend the SFPE Annual Conference & Expo
- Ability to network with stakeholders within the fire protection community
- The SFPeForum – the online member only community
- Education and Events – especially the monthly webinars
- Discounts on education and publications
Interested in joining the Fire Service Subcommittee, click here to complete the committee application. It takes less than a minute to complete. If you are not yet a member of SFPE, click here to join.