SFPE Great Plains Chapter: Inception Meeting

A team of local fire protection community members is launching a local Society of
Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Chapter in Omaha. Team members include: Design professionals, code consultants, facility engineers, fire department officers, University of Nebraska representatives, contractors.

Date: Wednesday March 9th, 2011
Time: 11:45 AM—1:00 PM; presentation to begin at noon
Location: DJ’s Dugout; 636 N. 114th St, Omaha, NE 68154
Cost: Buffet; $20 ($15 for Chapter members)
RSVP: http://www.sfpegreatplains.org/ no later than March, 2nd.

Topic: "How Nebraska Fire/Building Codes are Adopted" and "Updates on Current
Fire Related Issues Before the State Legislature"

To be presented by John Falgione, Nebraska State Fire Marshal. John Falgione was appointed as the Nebraska State Fire Marshal in January 2007 and has been a member of the State Fire Marshal's office since 1991. Previous positions have included serving as the deputy state fire marshal in both the investigations division and the code enforcement division. John began his service with the State Fire Marshal's office as an inspector in the flammable liquid storage division.

If you would like to receive information regarding the Chapter or would like to get involved, please contact Shane Cherney and plan to attend the Chapter kick-off meeting. A group webpage has been created to aid as a forum for discussion and keeping up to date with the group—you will also find chapter membership application information.

http://www.sfpe.org/ AND http://www.sfpegreatplains.org/. Contact Shane Cherney for Chapter Information: info@sfpegreatplains.org or 402-390-4236.