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September 2012
GREATER SAINT LOUIS CHAPTER SOCIETY OF FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERS
http://www.sfpe.org/Chapters/StLouis.aspx
2012-2013 Chapter
Officers & Directors
President
Larry Frank – Code Consultants Inc.
(314) 991-2633
[email protected]
Vice President
Patrick Garner - Heideman Assoc.
(314) 395-7708
[email protected]
Secretary
Mike Rositz – Code Consultants Inc.
(314) 991-2633
[email protected]
Treasurer
Bob Park
Park Engineering, LLC
314-330-4115
[email protected]
Immediate Past President
Patrick Bastow - Murphy Company
(314) 692-1184
[email protected]
Director
Don Wade
[email protected]
Director
Bill Kennedy
[email protected]
Director
Larry Wills
[email protected]
Director and Website Administrator
Rick DiMisa-Code Consultants Inc
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor
Sheila DeMand – Aon
[email protected]
Scholarship Fund
Patrick Bastow
Golf Outing Chairman
King Edmonston - Aon Risk Services
[email protected]
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WHEN?
Sept. 17, 2012
WHERE?
PROGRAM
TOPIC
The Engineers Club of St. Louis
4359 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 314-533-9333
Underground Storage Tanks for
Fire Protection
SPEAKER
Xerxes Corp.
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
OFFICERS &
DIRECTORS MTG
REGISTRATION
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
LUNCH
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
PROGRAM
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
BUSINESS MTG
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
COST
$15.00
RESERVATIONS
Reservations must be called in or emailed to Sheila
DeMand at 314-344-0450 ([email protected])
and received prior to 12:00 PM, Friday Sept 14.
Reservations made and not canceled prior to the
closing for reservations will be billed to that member.
SOCIETY OF FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERS ………
A not-for profit technical and professional organization, SFPE is the
international clearinghouse for fire protection engineering information.
The Society’s goals are to advance the science and practice of fire
protection engineering and its allied fields, to maintain high ethical
standards among its members, and to foster fire protection
engineering education.
Chapter News
September Meeting
Our speaker(s) for the September Meeting are from
Xerxes Corp. and speaking about underground storage
tanks. Fiberglass underground tanks for fire-protection
water are in high demand as a result of increased
regulations and insurance industry requirements. Whether
it is a sole source of water in rural areas or as a standby
water reservoir to supplement a pressurized municipal
water system, a Xerxes tank provides maintenance-free,
corrosion resistant underground water storage.
Fiberglass underground tanks are recognized in NFPA 22
standard, Water Storage Tanks for Fire Protection
Systems, as well as NFPA 1142 standard, Water Supplies
for Suburban and Rural Fire Fighting.
Please email your strange, funny, unusual, spectacular
pictures to Bill Kennedy at [email protected]!
RELAXING ON A "HOT" SUMMER DAY!
2012 SFPE Golf Outing
It’s not too late to sign up for the SFPE Golf Outing to be
held Thursday September 13, 2012 at the Falls Golf
Club. Alternatives in Engineering, Inc. is this year’s
Sponsor for the Event. Contact Larry Frank (314) 9912633 to get signed up.
2012 Meeting Dates
DATES
TOPIC
SPEAKER
SFPE Scholarships
9/17/12
Underground Storage
Tanks
Xerxes Corp.
Submitted by Patrick Bastow
Mike Mahler,
Sprinkler Fitters
268
1/21/13
2/18/13
Sprinkler Fitters local
268 training and
ongoing education
program
New Fire Detection
Technologies along
with new intelligibility
requirements
TBD
TBD
3/18/13
TBD
4/15/13
TBD
5/20/13
TBD
10/15/12
11/19/12
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The scholarship committee met, and we all agreed on
the 2012 scholarship recipients. This year, the
number of applicants was up significantly from the
past couple of years. Of the nine qualified
applicants, five were from University of Maryland,
three were from University of Missouri S&T (Rolla),
and one was from University of Missouri –
Columbia. We did not send scholarship information
this year to Washington University or UMSL.
David Myers,
System Sensor
Due to the number of qualified applicants, the
scholarship committee has decided this year to award
three scholarships.
The top applicant, receiving the $3,500 scholarship,
is Edward Pearson from Cuba, MO. Edward is a
CE/ArchE major at Rolla, who worked on a project
involving re-designing of smoke dampers.
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Chapter News
The next recipient ($2,500) is Chad Lannon from
Baltimore, MD. Chad is a Fire Protection
Engineering major at Maryland, who is a full time
firefighter/EMT.
In Memory of Dan J. Koziol
Dan Koziol from Viking passed away on August 1 after a seven
year battle with a brain tumor and several surgeries.
The third recipient ($1,500) is Michael DeMand
from St. Louis, MO. Michael is a CE/Environmental
Engineering major at Mizzou, who is specializing in
landfill design.
(January 17, 1969 - August 1, 2012)
Daniel “Dan” J. Koziol, 43, of West Chicago,
formerly of St, Louis. Beloved father of Jacob,
Morgan, Collin and Hailey; loving son of Fred and
Beverly (nee Rioux); dear brother of Douglas,
Patrick (Amie) and Matthew; fond uncle to Tyler,
Kiley, Taylor, Aden, Sarah and Nora and dear
nephew to David Koziol and Frank and Ronald
Rioux. Visitation Sunday, August 5, 2012, Funeral
Monday 8:30a.m. going to St. Isidore Church, Mass
9:30a.m. Interment Wayne Township Cemetery. In
lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Daniel
J. Koziol Foundation established for Daniel’s
children at:
https://secure.piryx.com/donate/BVwXdpfo/TheDan-Koziol-Foundation/donate
We congratulate our scholarship winners and thank
all of our applicants. Our efforts reaching out to the
Rolla students definitely paid off, as most of them
mentioned the presentation in their applications. We
plan on re-visiting the Rolla campus in the fall, as
well as making further contact with the Mizzou
campus. I will get the required information to Bob
Park so that he can write the checks to the schools.
Thanks again to all the scholarship committee
members and officers for all their efforts.
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