The work of the Society is largely done by the following six standing committees and their respective subcommittees.
How to Join a Committee
Each committee is led by a committee chair, or co-chairs, and has a staff liaison assigned to it. To join a standing committee or subcommittee, you must be logged in to your member profile. Click here and navigate to "Committee Request" under "Forms." The Board of Directors will review applications and make appointments on a rolling basis.
On January 9, 2019, the SFPE Committee Operations Manual was adopted.
Subcommittees
- Course Content and Delivery
- Content Development Teams (CDTs)
- Conferences, Workshops, and Symposia
- Emerging Professionals of SFPE (EPS)
- PE Exam Review Preparation
Subcommittees
- Awards
- Chapter Relations
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Fire Service
- Membership Growth and Engagement
- Qualifications
- Student Outreach
Special Interest Groups
- Fire Service
- Women in Engineering
Subcommittees
- Higher Education
- PE Exam Development
- Professional Competency and Credentialing
- Professional Ethics and Standard of Conduct
- Public Policy
Task Groups
Subcommittees
- Codes and Standards Liaison
- Research and Innovation
- Standards and Guidelines Development
- Standards Committee on Performance-Based Design
- Standards Committee on Calculating Fire Exposure to Structures
- Standards Committee on Design Fire Scenarios
- Task Group on Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings
- Task Group on Peer Review
- Task Group on Human Behavior in Fires
- Task Group on Fire Risk Assessment
- Standards Oversight
- Existing Building Task Group