THE FIRE PROTECTION NETWORKING COALITION

Presents

Fire Protection 2003

Tuesday April 22, 2003

Montgomery County Fire Academy

1175 Conshohocken Road

Conshohocken, Pa.  19428 (610) 278-3500

 

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8:00 - 8:30        Registration / Coffee & Doughnuts

 

8:30 – 8:45        Welcome by Dick Oliver--Fire Protection Coalition Executive Board Member

 

8:45 - 9:30        World Trade Center Incident—Presenter:  Robert Duval, NFPA International

The World Trade Center site, a timeline and event summary will be presented and form the foundation for the follow on discussions and presentations.  Building layouts, sequence of events and resulting damage will be outlined.

 

9:30 – 10:15      Comparison of the 1993/2001 Evacuations of the World Trade Center—Presenter: Rita Fahy, Ph. D. NFPA Fire Analysis & Research Division

Dr. Fahy will compare the 1993 World Trade Center evacuation with first-person accounts of the September 11 evacuation as reported in the media.  After the World Trade Center in New York City    was bombed in 1993, NFPA and the National Research Council of Canada(NRCC) undertook a study of the towers, including particularly the floor fire wardens.        

 

10:15 – 10:30    Break

 

10:30 - 11:15     Rescue Operations at the World Trade Center—Presenter:  Lt. Fred Endrikat of Phila. Rescue 1

Lt. Endrikat will give a report from the World Trade Center on the rescue operations that ensued after the tragic incident of September 11, 2001.  The primary mission of FEMA is the coordination, development, and maintenance of the Federal effort with resources to locate, extricate, provide immediate medical treatment to victims trapped in collapsed structures, and to conduct other life saving operations.

 

11:15 - 12:15    Update Panel Discussion on Important and Timely Issues

The .05 residential density requirement—James Golinveaux, Tyco Products

Sprinkler SIN numbers—Tom P. Field, Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company

                        CPVC Piping—Art O’Neil, Noveon Company

                        Pa. & Phila. International Building Code-Dave Wismer PE, CBO Phila. L&I

                        ICHRA regulations—Bob Shewbrooks, CFPS –Graduate Hospital

 

12:15 - 1:00       Lunch

 

1:00 – 2:30        Demonstrations

                                    Philadelphia Rescue 1 equipment

                                    Fire Equipment Sprinkler and Alarm Display Trailer

                                    Fire Caulk Display and Burn Demonstration