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Press Releases

• October 14, 2024 - SFPE Foundation Awards Research Grant on Energy Storage System Hazards
• August 15, 2024 - SFPE Foundation Announces 2024-2025 GCI Applied Research Fellow in Climate Change (WUI Fires)
• July 15, 2024 - SFPE Foundation Announces 20 Recipients of Annual Awards 
• July 9, 2024 - SFPE Announces Ten Members Elevated to Highest Fellow Status; 17 Additional Awards Recipients
• May 30, 2024 - SFPE Announces Program and Speakers for 2024 Annual Conference & Expo to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
• May 2, 2024 - SFPE Foundation Appoints Phil Friday, Lainey Liotta, and Margaret S. McNamee to Board of Governors
• March 18, 2024 - SFPE Foundation Publishes Report on The Integration of Building Information Modeling with Fire Protection Systems, Software, and Workflows
• March 7, 2024 - SFPE Announces Program and Speakers for Upcoming Engineering Solutions Symposium for Progress with Li-Ion Battery Fire Safety
• January 17, 2024 - SFPE Foundation Awards Three Research Grants on Li-Ion BESS Fires, Fire Testing of Resilient & Sustainable Building Materials, and the Interface Between Digital Buildings and Fire Service Operations
• January 10, 2024 - SFPE Announces Chris Jelenewicz, PE, FSFPE, as Chief Executive Officer
• December 19, 2023 - SFPE Announces Fire Safety Conference & Expo on Performance-Based Design to be held 17-19 April 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark
• November 28, 2023 - Bob Libby, PE, FSFPE, Named 2024 President of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers; Amanda Kimball, PE, FSFPE, Elected President-Elect
• October 31, 2023 - SFPE Opens Registration for Review Course for April 2024 Fire Protection Engineering PE Exam
• October 27, 2023 - SFPE and SFPE Foundation Advance Sustainability Objectives Through Numerous Initiatives
• August 21, 2023 - SFPE Foundation Announces Nine Recipients of Annual Awards
• August 15, 2023 - SFPE Announces Eight Members Elevated to Highest Fellow Status; 15 Additional Awards Recipients
• August 7, 2023 - SFPE Announces Program and Speakers for Upcoming Engineering Solutions Symposium for Fire Safety and Sustainable Building Design
• July 24, 2023 - SFPE Foundation Solicits Public Comment on Four White Papers Published Through its Grand Challenges Initiative
• June 27, 2023 - SFPE Annual Conference & Expo to be held in Washington DC/Bethesda, USA
• June 22, 2023 - SFPE Foundation Appoints Sean Donahue, Ann Jeffers, Steve Kerber, and Chris LaFleur, to Board of Governors
• June 16, 2023 - SFPE Announces Program and Speakers for Upcoming Engineering Solutions Symposium on Mass Timber
• May 1, 2023 - SFPE Announces Sponsorship of Building Safety Month for May 2023
• April 24, 2023 - SFPE Announces New Course on Ethics for Fire Protection Engineers
• April 19, 2023 - SFPE Announces Chris Jelenewicz, PE, FSFPE, as Interim Chief Executive Officer
• April 4, 2023 - SFPE Europe Announces Brian J. Meacham as Inaugural Recipient of European Fire Safety Engineering Award
• March 8, 2023 - SFPE Announces First 2023 Review Course for Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Fire Protection Exam
• February 23, 2023 - SFPE Foundation Publishes Report on Environmental and Health Impacts of Fire and Fire-Suppression Activities During Large-Scale Fire Events
• February 6, 2023 - SFPE & SFPE Foundation Announce Free Virtual Handbook on Fire Risk Assessment and Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface; New Funding Awarded for Curriculum Development
• January 13. 2023 - SFPE Foundation Awards Research Grant to Study Integration of Fire Protection Systems in Building Information Modeling
• December 14, 2022 - Download New SFPE-Foundation-Funded Research on Water Supply and Climate Change
• December 1, 2022 - Society of Fire Protection Engineers Announces SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition
• November 28, 2022 - Jimmy Jönsson, FSFPE, Named 2023 President of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers; Bob Libby, PE, FSFPE, Elected President-Elect
• November 18, 2022 - SFPE Europe Elects Kathrin Grewolls and Luciano Nigro to Board of Directors
• October 4, 2022 - SPE Members Appointed as Liaisons to European Committee for Standardization
• September 20, 2022 - SFPE Foundation Announces New Research into Assessment of Sustainable and Fire-Resilient Buildings
• August 8, 2022 - SFPE Elevates 6 Individuals to Fellow Status; Recognizes 14 Additional Award Recipients
• August 2, 2022 - SFPE Foundation Announces Seven Recipients of Annual Awards
• June 15, 2022 - SFPE to Host Two In-Person Events Featuring Live Fire Demonstrations
• June 1, 2022 - SFPE Annual Conference & Expo to be held in Detroit, Michigan, USA
• May 26, 2022 - SFPE Europe Elects Robert McNamee and Wojciech Węgrzyński to Board of Directors
• Mar 21, 2022 - SFPE Announces Review Course and Study Guide to Prepare for 2022 PE Fire Protection Exam
• Feb 21, 2022 - Organizations Host Free Webinar on Performance-Based Structural Fire Design 
• Feb 16, 2022 - Society of Fire Protection Engineers Launches Free Digital News Briefs
• Feb 3, 2022 - SFPE Foundation Announces Grand Challenges Initiative and Invites Participants to its Virtual Summit
• Jan 27, 2022 - SFPE Foundation Awards Research Grant to Study Environmental and Health Impacts of Fire and Fire-Suppression Activities During Large-Scale Fire Events
• Jan 17, 2022 – Society of Fire Protection Engineers Announces International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods
• Jan 4, 2022 – Beth Tubbs, PE, FSFPE, Elected President of Society of Fire Protection Engineers
• Dec 8, 2021 – The Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the International Code Council, and Springer Publishing Announce New Engineering Guide on Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings