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Upcoming events

    • April 18, 2024
    • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Merrick HQ - 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
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    Board meetings are open to the public and held both in-person and virtually. If you are interested in learning more about the SFPE RMC board, or you're interested in volunteering to help, please register for this meeting. A Teams meeting invite will be provide to those who register. 

    • April 18, 2024
    • 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
    • Merrick HQ - 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
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    Presentation: Non-BESS Lithium-Ion Batteries

    With every passing day, the fire protection community, as well as the wider society, are becoming increasingly aware of the hazards posed by lithium-ion batteries.  Simultaneously, the levels of lithium-ion battery production, storage and use continue to grow. 

    The codes and standards, which establish an important baseline for safety in our society, have likewise attempted to grow to encounter this new hazard, but always seem to be one or two steps behind the hazards presented in industry. There has been significant code development related to lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS), but what about lithium-ion batteries in other applications?  It often falls to the fire protection engineer to span the gap between the actual hazards present and the prescribed code requirements.  This must be accomplished in a fashion that is both safe, practical, within budget and justifiable to the fire/building code official.

    This presentation will focus on practical approaches to typical problems encountered when protecting facilities that use, store or test lithium-ion batteries.  Specific examples will be presented of typical problems where fire research and testing, engineering analysis or general fire protection principles must be relied on to develop viable solutions.

    Guest Presenter: Andrew Taggart, PE

    Andrew Taggart, PE has over 16 years of experience in developing fire protection engineering solutions for in the industrial, manufacturing, oil & gas and commercial sectors. He has specialized in developing fire hazard and risk-based design approaches to support unique fire safety challenges. His holistic approach to fire protection problems is supplemented by his extensive fire detection, gas detection, and fire protection system design experience. Andrew’s most recent project experience has been focused on the oil & gas, lithium-ion manufacturing/test lab/storage, lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) and warehouse storage projects.

    • May 08, 2024
    • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Merrick HQ - 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

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Past events

March 14, 2024 March Meeting: Ghost Ship Fire Investigation
March 14, 2024 March SFPE RMC Board Meeting
February 22, 2024 SFPE RMC / CFPA / RMFAA Winter Networking Event
February 08, 2024 February Meeting: New and Emerging Fire Protection Technology
February 08, 2024 February SFPE RMC Board Meeting
January 26, 2024 SFPE RMC Training Event: Mock Fire Alarm Testing with Vulcan Fire
January 12, 2024 January Meeting: Update from the Denver Fire Department
January 12, 2024 January SFPE RMC Board Meeting
December 14, 2023 December Meeting: History of and Current State of Smoke Control in the US
December 14, 2023 December SFPE RMC Board Meeting
November 16, 2023 November Meeting: Hydrogen Fundamentals
November 16, 2023 November SFPE RMC Board Meeting
October 19, 2023 October Meeting: Explosives - Basics for the Fire Protection Professional, EH&S Manager or AHJ
October 19, 2023 October SFPE RMC Board Meeting
September 14, 2023 September Meeting: Fire Pumps - Common Design and Installation Mistakes
September 14, 2023 September SFPE RMC Board Meeting
May 10, 2023 2023 Fire Protection Symposium Reception
May 10, 2023 8th Annual SFPE RMC Fire Protection Symposium
May 08, 2023 May SFPE RMC Board Meeting - Virtual Only
April 14, 2023 SFPE RMC Volunteer Event: Food for Thought
April 13, 2023 April Meeting: Firestopping Inspections
April 13, 2023 April SFPE RMC Board Meeting
March 16, 2023 March Meeting: New and Emerging Fire Protection Technology
March 16, 2023 March SFPE RMC Board Meeting
February 16, 2023 February Meeting: Tour of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
February 02, 2023 SFPE RMC / CFPA / RMFAA Winter Networking Event
January 19, 2023 January Meeting: Update for Denver Fire Department - Systems Testing Group
January 19, 2023 January SFPE RMC Board Meeting
December 08, 2022 December Meeting: Sprinklers! NFPA 13 and FMDS 8-9
December 08, 2022 December SFPE RMC Board Meeting
November 17, 2022 November Meeting: Fire Department Access with Demonstration
November 17, 2022 November SFPE RMC Board Meeting - VIRTUAL ONLY
October 13, 2022 October Meeting: Practical Application of NFPA 3/4
October 13, 2022 October SFPE RMC Board Meeting
September 08, 2022 September Meeting: What's new with Antifreeze?
September 08, 2022 September SFPE RMC Board Meeting
July 20, 2022 SFPE RMC / CFPA / RMAFAA Summer Networking Event
May 12, 2022 Fire Protection Symposium Reception
May 12, 2022 7th Annual Rocky Mountain SFPE Symposium
May 04, 2022 May SFPE RMC Board Meeting
April 20, 2022 SFPE National Event: Fire Service Webinar: Challenges in Cannabis: Lessons Learned from an AHJ Perspective
April 20, 2022 AFSA Colorado Event: Anti-Freeze Panel / Construction Litigation & Forensics
April 14, 2022 April Meeting: Phased Occupancy of Large Residential Buildings (Virtual Option)
April 14, 2022 April Meeting: Phased Occupancy of Large Residential Buildings
April 14, 2022 April SFPE RMC Board Meeting
March 17, 2022 March Meeting: The NEC for FPE's (Virtual Option)
March 17, 2022 March Meeting: The NEC for FPE's
March 17, 2022 March SFPE RMC Board Meeting
March 07, 2022 2022 ICC Colorado Chapter Educational Institute
February 10, 2022 February Meeting: New and Emerging Fire Protection Technology (Virtual Webinar Only)
February 10, 2022 February SFPE RMC Board Meeting
January 13, 2022 January Meeting: AFFF Legislation and Foam System Replacement (Virtual Option)
January 13, 2022 January Meeting: AFFF Legislation and Foam System Replacement
January 13, 2022 January SFPE RMC Board Meeting
December 09, 2021 December Meeting: Understanding the Colorado Fire Commission (Virtual Option)
December 09, 2021 December Meeting: Understanding the Colorado Fire Commission
December 09, 2021 December SFPE RMC Board Meeting
November 18, 2021 November Meeting: Fire Alarm Circuit Survivability (Virtual Option)
November 18, 2021 November Meeting: Fire Alarm Circuit Survivability
November 18, 2021 November SFPE RMC Board Meeting
October 14, 2021 October Meeting: Fire Pump Controllers and Acceptance Testing (Virtual Option)
October 14, 2021 October Meeting: Fire Pump Controllers and Acceptance Testing
September 09, 2021 September Chapter Meeting: Simplifying Atrium Design by Incorporating Fire Protectives
May 13, 2021 SFPE RMC Webinar: Fire Safety in Very Tall Buildings and the Revised SFPE Guide
May 13, 2021 SFPE RMC Board Meeting - May
April 08, 2021 SFPE RMC Webinar: A Case Study In The Protection Of Industrial Scale Cannabis Production
April 08, 2021 SFPE RMC Board Meeting - April
March 11, 2021 SFPE RMC Webinar: Remote Inspections - In the Codes and in Practice
March 11, 2021 SFPE RMC Board Meeting - March
March 01, 2021 ICC EVENT: 2021 ICC-Colorado Chapter Education Institute
February 11, 2021 SFPE RMC Webinar: Elevators: Sprinklers and Fire Alarm – Tying It All Together
February 11, 2021 SFPE RMC Board Meeting - February
January 20, 2021 STI Webinar: Firestop Specifications - What Architects Need to Know
January 15, 2021 FMAC Webinar: Energy Storage Systems Best Practices
January 14, 2021 Webinar: AFFF - Risk vs. Reward in the face of environmental concerns
January 14, 2021 January Board Meeting
December 10, 2020 Webinar: NFPA 855 Energy Storage Systems
December 10, 2020 December Board Meeting
November 12, 2020 Webinar: Fire-Related Human Behavior
November 12, 2020 November Board Meeting
October 08, 2020 Webinar: Fire Modeling: How Forensic Examples Apply and Inform the Building Design Process
October 08, 2020 October Board Meeting
September 10, 2020 Webinar: 2019 Denver Code Updates
September 10, 2020 September Board Meeting
May 15, 2020 Paris Notre Dame Cathedral Fire
April 09, 2020 Webinar: Improving Fire Alarm Intelligibility Through Technology
March 12, 2020 Improving Fire Alarm Intelligibility Through Technology - Larry Rietz, SET
February 13, 2020 Smoke Control Systems & Challenges with New Codes - Greg Bradshaw
January 17, 2020 NFPA: Flammable Refrigerants
January 09, 2020 New IBC Office Occupant Load Factor - When and How to Use It - Warren Bonisch, P.E.
December 12, 2019 Fire Service Interaction with Building Fire Protection Features - Brett Lacey, CSFD
November 14, 2019 New Antifreeze Fire Sprinkler Technology and other Expert of the Day style TechNote topics - Mark Hopkins, NFSA
October 13, 2019 SFPE 2019 Annual Conference
October 10, 2019 Smoke Control Code Requirements and Applications - Ben Lombardo
September 18, 2019 SUPDET 2019 - Auto and Remote Testing & Maintenance Workshop
September 12, 2019 Application of Narrow-band Tone Signaling
August 29, 2019 National Society of Professional Engineers - Summer Social
May 17, 2019 FMAC meeting: Amazon Case Study and Facility Tour
May 13, 2019 NFPA’s Fire Service Photovoltaic & Battery Energy Storage Systems Safety Training
May 09, 2019 TopGolf - RSVP CANCELLED
May 09, 2019 Fire-Retardant-Treated Wood
April 11, 2019 SFPE RMC Symposium Reception
April 11, 2019 6th Annual Rocky Mountain SFPE Symposium
March 15, 2019 FMAC meeting: Off-Premise Signaling and Supervising Station Requirements
March 14, 2019 Surviving Suvivability - A User's Guide to Survivable Fire Alarm Circuits
March 04, 2019 2019 ICC Colorado Chapter Educational Institute
February 14, 2019 A Primer on Hazardous Materials
January 10, 2019 Fire Apparatus Access Issues
December 13, 2018 Fire Detection Video Analytics
November 08, 2018 Reorganization of NFPA 13
October 28, 2018 2018 SFPE Annual Conference & Expo
October 11, 2018 Pikes Peak Summit Project: a Fire Protection Case Study
September 13, 2018 SFPE International President: State of the Society
June 20, 2018 Colorado Rockies v. New York Mets Baseball Game
May 11, 2018 PE Exam Problem Writing Session
May 10, 2018 Research Needs for the Fire Safety Engineering Profession: The SFPE Roadmap
April 12, 2018 Symposium Reception 2018
April 12, 2018 Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Symposium 2018
March 15, 2018 ICC Provisions for Tall Wood Buildings
March 05, 2018 ICC Colorado Chapter Educational Institute
February 08, 2018 Regulating Laboratories - A Challenge for Designers and Enforcers
January 11, 2018 Performance Based Design: A Case Study
December 07, 2017 Risk Assessment and Fire Exposure
November 17, 2017 Energy Storage Systems (partner FMAC Seminar)
November 09, 2017 Navigating the Relationship of NFPA 30 and NFPA 13: Sprinklers for Flammable and Combustible Liquids
October 12, 2017 Fire Research Underway at Metro State University
September 14, 2017 Legal Discussion - Colorado Board of Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
May 19, 2017 Best of NFSA Expert of the Day (partner FMAC Seminar)
May 18, 2017 Proliferation of Structural Fire Engineering
May 17, 2017 PE Exam Problem Writing Session
April 20, 2017 2017 Symposium Reception
April 20, 2017 Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Symposium 2017
March 16, 2017 Fire Sprinkler Head Failure: Manufacturer Defect vs Installation and Service
February 09, 2017 Elevators: Sprinklers and Fire Alarm – Tying It All Together
January 20, 2017 Carbon Monoxide Requirements for the Code Professional
January 12, 2017 Business & Professional Ethics
December 08, 2016 LPG and CO2 [Marijuana] Extraction – the Importance of Engineering Peer Reviews and Field Verifications
November 10, 2016 Bureau of Reclamation Fire Protection Program
October 13, 2016 Colorado Board of Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
September 25, 2016 SFPE North America Conference & Expo
September 16, 2016 Fire Marshals' Association (FMAC) meeting: CMS & DFPC Healthcare Topics
September 08, 2016 Cannabis Extractions, Concentrates, and Infused Products: A Colorado Perspective
August 19, 2016 Colorado Rockies v. Chicago Cubs Baseball Game
May 13, 2016 PE Exam Problem Writing Session
May 12, 2016 SFPE Design Guide to Human Behavior in Fire
April 14, 2016 Updates to the Denver Fire Code
March 10, 2016 Rocky Mountain Chapter Annual Symposium 2016
February 11, 2016 Fire Protection in Mixed Use Buildings
January 14, 2016 Anatomy of an Arson
December 10, 2015 Improving Fire Safety in Bangladesh Garment Factories
November 12, 2015 Advances in Air Sampling Smoke Detection and Optical Imaging Detection
October 08, 2015 Fire and Evacuation Modeling - A Discussion of the State of the Art
September 10, 2015 Large Opening Fire Protectives
July 21, 2015 Colorado Rockies v. Texas Rangers Baseball Game
May 20, 2015 May 20, 2015 Annual chapter meeting - ELECTIONS -
May 19, 2015 PE Test Writing Session - Hosted at DFD by SFPE
April 23, 2015 Post Symposium RECEPTION
April 23, 2015 Rocky Mountain Chapter Fire Protection Symposium
March 18, 2015 March 18 - Elevator lobbies & smoke dampers
February 11, 2015 February 11 - Investigation of Hash Oil Fires & Explosions
January 14, 2015 January 14 - SoniTech - Alternate Technology for Corrosion Inspections
December 10, 2014 December 10 - St. Joe's Case Study
November 12, 2014 November 12 - Life Safety Plans & BIM
October 08, 2014 October 08 - Low Frequency Sounders
September 10, 2014 September 10 - Reduced Scale Enclosure Testing
May 07, 2014 May 07, 2014 chapter meeting
May 06, 2014 Colorado Rockies v. Texas Rangers Baseball Game
May 06, 2014 PE Test Writing Session - Hosted at DFD by SFPE
April 09, 2014 April 9, 2014: Specifying Clean Agents
March 19, 2014 March 19, 2014: Water Mist Fire Protection
February 19, 2014 February 19, 2014: Treated Wood Products
January 21, 2014 January 21, 2014: Combined meeting with RMAFAA
December 11, 2013 December 11, 2013: Monthly meeting - Josh Elvove
November 13, 2013 November 13, 2013: Nitrogen Inerting for Corrosion Control
October 09, 2013 October 09, 2013: CMS and Life Safety Code
October 01, 2013 UL Fire Alarm Communications Pathways
September 11, 2013 Understanding ICC and NFPA Vertical Opening Construction Requirements
May 08, 2013 Fire Service Considerations: A Primer for Building and System Designers
May 07, 2013 PE Writing Session
April 10, 2013 Rocky Mountain Chapter Fire Protection Symposium
March 13, 2013 New Technologies in Flow Testing
March 04, 2013 ICC Colorado Chapter Educational Institute
February 13, 2013 A Fire Protection Solution for Industrial Exhaust Systems in Corrosive Service
January 09, 2013 Fire Life Safety Certification Programs
December 05, 2012 Meeting Atrium Smoke Requirements with fire curtains
November 07, 2012 Public Safety Radio Amplification
October 03, 2012 Alternative to Fireproofing of Roof Structural Members in High Ceiling Gymnasiums and Recreation Facilities
September 05, 2012 Obstructions to Heat and Sprinkler Spray Discharge
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