FSCATX Presents:

 "A Lesson in Fire Code"

A discussion on Fire Sprinklers in the Fire Code and how building construction is affected. A comprehensive look at allowances and trade-offs in the Building and Fire Codes that are not found in NFPA.

Free for Members

PRESENTED BY:

Mr. Rob Hicks is Vice President and National Director of the Fire & Life Safety Engineering team at WSP USA. He brings over 29 years of professional experience to the firm. Rob’s experience covers a broad range of healthcare, commercial and industrial facilities. His professional experience includes inspection of numerous manufacturing facilities including garment and textile, electronics, automotive and other light manufacturing. This includes training and education of facility personnel in fire prevention activities including housekeeping practices, elimination of ignition sources (for example electrical and hot work) and maintenance of fire protection equipment. Additionally, he has extensive experience in educating facilities on operational changes that require the fire protection and life safety features to be modified.

Rob has also been responsible for the development of hospital life safety surveys, egress analysis, life safety systems commissioning, equivalency studies, detection/alarm and suppression systems design and negotiations with public officials. He also has extensive background in warehouse fire protection for high-piled and hazardous materials storage.

n Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) including serving as board member for the Houston SFPE Chapter.  He has also served on the Houston Construction Industry Council’s Building and Fire Code development committee for the past three review cycles.  He most recently has served on the rules development committee for the hospital and ambulatory surgical center licensing rules for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

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Tickets

$0.00 FSCATX Member Ticket

$20.00 Guest (Non Member) Ticket